Blasbach

Blasbach City of Wetzlar Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 36 ″ N , 8 ° 31 ′ 9 ″ E
Height :	224 m
Area :	6.65 km²
Residents :	962 (March 12, 2019)
Population density :	145 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Incorporated into:	Hermannstein
Postal code :	35585
Area code :	06446
	Location of Blasbach in Wetzlar

Blasbach is the smallest district of the district town of Wetzlar in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse .

geography

Blasbach is in the north of the city and has about 950 inhabitants. The place name is derived from the water of the same name, which flows into the Dill .

history

Church in Blasbach

The oldest known mention was in the Lorsch Codex : Probably in 787 an Eberhard or Ebur in Blasbach donated the church with a mansus , a hat , four servants and another mansus to the Lorsch monastery . In 1150 Adalbert and his sons Friedrich and Konrad donated serfs from Blasbach to the Schiffenberg monastery . In 1246 a Siegfried von Blasbach appears as a witness in a document from the Schiffenberg monastery. In the course of the Solms partition treaty of 1432, Blasbach came to Count Johann von Solms . Until the 19th century, the mining and smelting of iron ore was an important industry in the town. To this day, Blasbach has remained a predominantly rural district.

Territorial reform

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , Blasbach became a district of Hermannstein on December 31, 1971 on a voluntary basis .

On January 1, 1977, the city of Lahn emerged from the two cities of Gießen and Wetzlar and 21 surrounding communities, including Hermannstein . When it was dissolved on July 31, 1979, Hermannstein and Blasbach became districts of Wetzlar.

Historical forms of names

In documents that have survived, Blasbach was mentioned under the following place names (the year it was mentioned in brackets):

Blasbach, in villa (787?) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3087 = 3721 d]
Blasbach, in (787?) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3087 = 3721 d]
Blasbahc, de (1150) [forgery Wyss, document book of the Deutschordens-Ballei 3, no. 1336, p. 312]

Territorial history and administration

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

before 1351: Holy Roman Empire , House of Solms (joint ownership of the lines Solms-Braunfels, Solms-Burgsolms and Solms-Königsberg)
from 1351: Holy Roman Empire, Counties of Solms-Braunfels, Solms-Burgsolms and Landgraviate of Hesse
from 1415: Holy Roman Empire, County of Solms-Braunfels and Landgraviate of Hesse, joint office of Hohensolms and Königsberg
from 1432: Holy Roman Empire, County of Solms-Lich in various partition constellations and Landgraviate of Hesse, joint office of Hohensolms and Königsberg
1567–1604: Holy Roman Empire, County of Solms-Lich in various partition constellations and Landgraviate of Hessen-Marburg , joint office of Hohensolm and Königsberg
1604–1648: Hessian share disputed between Landgraviate Hessen-Darmstadt and Landgraviate Hessen-Kassel ( Hessian War )
from 1614: Holy Roman Empire, Landgraviate of Hesse (-Darmstadt) (4/8), Counties of Solms-Hohensolms (3/8) and Solms-Lich (1/8), community office Hohensolms and Königsberg
from 1629: Holy Roman Empire, County of Solms-Hohensolms (3/4) and County of Solms-Lich (1/4), Office of Hohensolms
from 1718: Holy Roman Empire, County of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, Office of Hohensolms
from 1792: Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich , Office of Hohensolms
from 1806: Duchy of Nassau , Office of Hohensolm
1816: Kingdom of Prussia , Rhine Province , Region of Koblenz , county Braunfels , Amtsbürgermeisterei Hohensolms
from 1822: Kingdom of Prussia, Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District , Hohensolms District Mayor

from 1866: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia, Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District, Hohensolms District Mayor

from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District, Hohensolms District Mayor

from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District, Hohensolms District Mayor

from 1932: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , District of Wetzlar

from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Wetzlar District

from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Wetzlar district

from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Wetzlar district

from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , district of Wetzlar.

on December 31, 1971 Blasbach was incorporated as a district of the municipality Hermannstein.

On January 1, 1977, Blasbach was incorporated into the newly founded urban district of Lahn as the previous district of the Hermannstein community .

from 1977: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt, city of Lahn

on August 1, 1979 the town of Lahn was dissolved and Blasbach, Dutenhofen, Garbenheim, Hermannstein, Münchholzhausen, Nauborn, Naunheim and Steindorf became districts of the town of Wetzlar.

from 1979: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt, Lahn-Dill district , city of Wetzlar

from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen District, Lahn-Dill District, City of Wetzlar

population

Population development

Blasbach: Population from 1834 to 2017
year		Residents
1834	334
1840	360
1846	379
1852	392
1858	381
1864	377
1871	391
1875	350
1885	394
1895	408
1905	497
1910	523
1925	526
1939	564
1946	782
1950	746
1956	702
1961	720
1967	783
1970	827
1980	?
1990	992
1998	1,088
2005	1,056
2009	989
2011	960
2015	946
2017	966
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Further sources:; after 1977: Population figures in the city of Wetzlar; 2011 census

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1834:	331 Protestant residents, 3 Catholics
• 1961:	651 Protestant (= 90.42%) and 63 (= 8.75%) Catholic residents
• 2017:	547 Protestant (= 56.6%), 122 (= 12.6%) Catholic, 297 non-denominational and other (= 30.7%) residents

nationality

Source: City of Wetzlar

• 2005:	947 Germans, 39 non-Germans (4.0%) thereof 23 women and 16 men
• 2012:	929 Germans, 36 non-Germans (3.7%) thereof 18 women and 18 men
• 2015:	892 Germans, 54 non-Germans (5.7%) thereof 25 women and 29 men
• 2017:	900 Germans, 66 non-Germans (6.7%) thereof 23 women and 16 men

politics

Local advisory board

In the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , the Blasbach local advisory board received the following results. For comparison, the election results of the previous election periods.

Municipal election in

Blasbach 2011

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

43.5%

29.1%

27.4%

SPD

CDU

FW

Gains and losses

compared to 2006

% p

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-10

+ 5.8 % p

+ 3.2 % p

-9.0 % p

SPD

CDU

FW

Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	-	0	43.5	3	37.7	3
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	-	0	29.1	2	25.9	2
FW	Free voters	75.4	5	27.4	0	36.4	2
FDP	Free Democratic Party	24.6	2		0		0
total		100.0	7th	100.0	7th	100.0	7th
Voter turnout in%		47.1		53.0

Mayor

The mayor is Karl-Thomas Köhler (FDP). His deputy is Manfred Brandtner (FW).

Culture and sights

The crime novelist Wolfgang Borchers has his first novel set in Blasbach (Wolfgang Borchers: Mord in Blasbach. Detective chief inspector Leo Trinkau's first case. 2nd edition 2003).

Buildings

List of cultural monuments in Blasbach

Economy and Infrastructure

Blasbach is reached by bus line 415 of the Lahn Dill transport association every 30, 60 or 120 minutes and has a connection to the A 480 and the A 45 via the Wetzlarer Kreuz . If you leave the place to the north, you get to Hohenahr .

The place has a Protestant church . There is a kindergarten at educational institutions; the closest school is the Hermannstein Elementary School. In addition, Blasbach has a volunteer fire brigade and, with the Blasbach home parlor, its own local museum and various associations.

South of the village, near the Wetzlarer Kreuz, is a test track for truck tolls in Germany . The multi-lane road used as a test route was actually the continuation of the 480 motorway in the direction of Giessen.

Personalities

Fabian Hambüchen (* 1987), German gymnast and Olympic champion, grew up in Blasbach
Wilhelm Molly (1838–1919), secret medical council and promoter of the Esperanto language

literature

Literature about Blasbach in the Hessian Bibliography
Search for Blasbach in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library

Web links

City of Wetzlar: Districts: Blasbach
Blasbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Landmark areas. ( Memento from March 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) In: Website of the city of Wetzlar, accessed in March 2018 (PDF 111 kB)
↑ Population figures on December 31, 2018, City of Wetzlar retrieved in Feb 2020 (PDF 118 kB)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Blasbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of August 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
^ Document of July 21, 1246: "Sifridus dictus de Blasbach, milites" Published in: A. Wyß, Hessisches Urkundenbuch, first department. Document book of the Deutschordens-Ballei Hessen. Third volume 1360-1399 (Leipzig 1899), p. 329 f., No. 1352.
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 380 .
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
^ Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 13 . G. Jonghause's Hofbuchhandlung, Darmstadt 1872, DNB 013163434 , OCLC 162730471 , p. 12 ff . ( Online at google books ).
^ The affiliation of the Königsberg office based on maps from the Historical Atlas of Hessen : Hessen-Marburg 1567–1604 . , Hessen-Kassel and Hessen-Darmstadt 1604–1638 . and Hessen-Darmstadt 1567–1866 .
^ Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 13 . G. Jonghause's Hofbuchhandlung, Darmstadt 1872, DNB 013163434 , OCLC 162730471 , p. 27 ff ., § 40 point 1) ( online at google books ).
↑ ^a ^b website of the city of Wetzlar (from web archive): 2005 ; 2006 ; 2009 ; 2012 ; 2015 ; 2017 Accessed January 2019.
↑ Selected data on population and households on May 9, 2011 in the Hessian municipalities and parts of the municipality. (PDF; 1 MB) In: 2011 Census . Hessian State Statistical Office; accessed in April 2020
↑ Resident population by religious affiliation 2017. In: Website. City of Wetzlar, archived from the original ; accessed in January 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Local Advisory Board Blasbach , City of Wetzlar . Retrieved February 14, 2017.
^ Result of local council election Blasbach 2016

[1] Landmark areas. ( Memento from March 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) In: Website of the city of Wetzlar, accessed in March 2018 (PDF 111 kB)

[2] Population figures on December 31, 2018, City of Wetzlar retrieved in Feb 2020 (PDF 118 kB)

[lagis-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Blasbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of August 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[4] Document of July 21, 1246: "Sifridus dictus de Blasbach, milites" Published in: A. Wyß, Hessisches Urkundenbuch, first department. Document book of the Deutschordens-Ballei Hessen. Third volume 1360-1399 (Leipzig 1899), p. 329 f., No. 1352.

[5] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 380 .

[6] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[7] Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 13 . G. Jonghause's Hofbuchhandlung, Darmstadt 1872, DNB 013163434 , OCLC 162730471 , p. 12 ff . ( Online at google books ).

[Amt-1597-8] The affiliation of the Königsberg office based on maps from the Historical Atlas of Hessen : Hessen-Marburg 1567–1604 . , Hessen-Kassel and Hessen-Darmstadt 1604–1638 . and Hessen-Darmstadt 1567–1866 .

[KB-9] Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 13 . G. Jonghause's Hofbuchhandlung, Darmstadt 1872, DNB 013163434 , OCLC 162730471 , p. 27 ff ., § 40 point 1) ( online at google books ).

[EWweb-10] website of the city of Wetzlar (from web archive): 2005 ; 2006 ; 2009 ; 2012 ; 2015 ; 2017 Accessed January 2019.

[Z2011-11] Selected data on population and households on May 9, 2011 in the Hessian municipalities and parts of the municipality. (PDF; 1 MB) In: 2011 Census . Hessian State Statistical Office; accessed in April 2020

[12] Resident population by religious affiliation 2017. In: Website. City of Wetzlar, archived from the original ; accessed in January 2019 .

[OB-13] Local Advisory Board Blasbach , City of Wetzlar . Retrieved February 14, 2017.

[14] Result of local council election Blasbach 2016