Biskirchen

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Biskirchen
City of Leun
Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 58 ″  N , 8 ° 18 ′ 48 ″  E
Height : 153 m
Area : 6.38 km²
Residents : 1571  (Jun. 30, 2016)
Population density : 246 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 35638
Area code : 06473

Biskirchen is the second largest district of the Hessian city ​​of Leun in the Lahn-Dill district .

geography

Biskirchen is located in the Lahn valley between Wetzlar and Weilburg on the south-eastern edge of the Westerwald . The Ulmbach flows through the village and flows into the Lahn. Biskirchen has therefore always been the starting point for the Ulmtal .

Neighboring places
Bissenberg
2 km 		Stockhausen
2 km
Niedershausen
7 km 		Neighboring communities Tiefenbach
5 km
Löhnberg
5 km

history

Biskirchen, first mentioned in 1245 in the files of the Princely Archive of Braunfels, is a typical clustered village with old buildings and winding streets and alleys. The entire town center is a listed building as a whole.

The name Biskirchen (in the Middle Ages "cathedrals") comes from a formerly located in the district Church (Episcopal Church) that the original landlord and church founder Bishop Rudolf I of Würzburg (892-908), a brother of King Conrad I , is due . He is said to have donated the church to Gemünden Abbey in the Westerwald, which was founded by his grandfather Gebhard . The church later passed from the monastery to the Lords of Runkel and Westerburg , who have been attested as patrons since the 13th century . The church was in the flood-prone Lahn lowlands at the foot of the elevation that supported the village and was demolished in 1871 and replaced by a new church.

Territorial reform

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the communities of Biskirchen, Bissenberg , Stockhausen and the city of Leun merged on December 31, 1971 on a voluntary basis to form the new city of Leun.

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Biskirchen was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

Culture and sights

Quotes

The Biskirchen local poet Friedrich Zutt (1899–1988) dedicated the Biskirchen homeland song to his place of birth , in which he specifically refers to the wealth of mineral springs. The song set to music by music director Heinrich Blaß was premiered in 1972 by the Borussia-Sängergruß Biskirchen singers' association .

societies

The largest association in Biskirchen is the Turn- und Sportgemeinde Biskirchen eV

Buildings

There is only one memorial to the "Bishop's Church", which was probably built in the Ottonian period (around 900) and which gave the place its name . ( 50 ° 31 ′ 49 ″  N , 8 ° 18 ′ 48.3 ″  E ) scientifically investigated in 1939 (Dr. Helmut Schoppa ) to determine when the church was built. The bypass road, created after the Second World War , leads across the site of the old church, which is reminiscent of an obelisk erected in 1884 by Pastor Karl Wetz on the former cemetery wall between the bypass road and the railway line. In the old bishop's church there was once an organ from the workshop of Johann Georg Bürgy from 1822, which was sold to Daubhausen in 1872 .

The neo-Gothic-Romanesque successor to the venerable Episcopal Church , built between 1868 and 1870 with the participation of the famous architect Friedrich August Stüler , dominates the townscape today.

A special feature is the domestic bottled water industry ( Westerwald source , spa Karl bubble and the former fountain establishments St. Georg source and Gertrude wells ).

The landmark of the Leun district is the fountain house of the state-recognized Gertrudisbrunnen (1601 called "Wilder Brunnen"), which was used commercially between 1874 and 1966 for the production of soft drinks with the name "Biski".

  • Memorial of the Episcopal Church

  • Evangelical parish church

  • Fountain house of the Gertrudis fountain

Infrastructure

The central elementary school for the surrounding towns of Biskirchen, Bissenberg and Stockhausen is located in Biskirchen. The place has an exit on the federal road 49 .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Biskirchen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b "Facts + Figures" on the city of Leun's website , accessed in February 2017.
  2. ↑ Handbook of Historic Places in Germany, Hesse, 3rd revised edition, p. 54
  3. ↑ Gerstenmeier, K.-H. (1977): Hessen. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation. Melsungen. P. 302
  4. ↑ Biskirchen, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 24, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  5. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  6. ↑ Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbuch des Rheinischen Particular-Rechts: Development of the territorial and constitutional relations of the German states on both banks of the Rhine: from the first beginning of the French Revolution up to the most recent times . tape 3 . Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1832, OCLC 165696316 , p. 249 ( online at google books ).
  7. ↑ Local history working group Biskirchen eV, Biskirchener Heimatkalender 2012, Leun 2011, page 21