Brandoberndorf

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Brandoberndorf
Municipality Waldsolms
Brandoberndorf coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 59 ″  N , 8 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 247 m above sea level NHN
Area : 17.25 km²
Residents : 2131  (2008)
Population density : 124 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 35647
Area code : 06085

Brandoberndorf , with around 2100 inhabitants, is the largest district of the Central Hessian community of Waldsolms in the southern Lahn-Dill district and the seat of its local authority.

geography

Brandoberndorf is located in the upper Solmsbachtal in the eastern Hintertaunus and belongs to the Taunus Nature Park . The highest point in the densely wooded south is the Gähenstoss with 415 meters above sea level.

Neighboring towns are Kröffelbach in the north-west, Griedelbach in the north, Cleeberg in the north-east, Weiperfelden in the east, Bodenrod in the south-east, and Hasselborn and Grävenwiesbach in the south.

history

A burial mound from the Celtic times on the Heidenkopf (404 m above sea level) between Brandoberndorf and Dietenhausen testifies to a settlement in the area as early as around 200 BC. Chr.

In the Lorsch Codex, in his description of the Duchy of Nassau around 1840, the local history researcher Christian Vogel wrote the Brandoberndorfer first mention of the year 768, when the priest Randolf from the Lorsch Monastery in Oberndorph juxta Cleeberg built a little church in the Cleeheimer Marca . However, due to various other places with the designation Oberndorf , a clear allocation is not possible for the Hessian State Archive Wiesbaden. The first officially recognized documentary mention of Brandoberndorf dates back to 1389.

The current name can be traced back to 1543, when almost the entire village was destroyed in a great fire. Nickel Schwob was arrested for arson but later acquitted.

Until 1806 Brandoberndorf belonged to the Cleeberg office . With the establishment of the Duchy of Nassau in 1806, the administration went to the office of Usingen . In 1866 the Duchy of Nassau, and with it Brandoberndorf, fell to Prussia . With the territorial reform of 1932, when the Wetzlar district was separated from the Prussian Rhine province and assigned to the Hesse-Nassau province , Brandoberndorf moved to the Wetzlar district, which merged with the Dillenburg district to form the Lahn-Dill district in 1977 .

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1971, the independent community of Brandoberndorf merged with another five communities as part of the Hessian regional reform to form the new large community of Waldsolms.

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

• 1791: 490 inhabitants
• 1800: 542 inhabitants
Brandoberndorf: Population from 1791 to 2011
year     Residents
1791
  
 490
1800
  
 542
1834
  
 623
1840
  
 672
1846
  
 732
1852
  
 711
1858
  
 695
1864
  
 656
1871
  
 662
1875
  
 661
1885
  
 664
1895
  
 651
1905
  
 718
1910
  
 861
1925
  
 828
1939
  
 880
1946
  
 1,297
1950
  
 1,370
1956
  
 1,292
1961
  
 1,309
1967
  
 1,425
1970
  
 1,439
1980
  
 ?
1992
  
 1,700
2005
  
 2.159
2008
  
 2.131
2011
  
 1,968
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 2011 census

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 650 Protestant (= 97.89%), 3 Catholic (= 0.45%), 11 Jewish (= 1.66%) residents
• 1961: 992 Protestant (= 75.78%), 298 Catholic (= 22.77%) residents

coat of arms

In 1816 Brandoberndorf received a seal that showed an oak tree ( "because the salvation of Brandoberndorf is in the forest"). On October 20, 1937, the municipality was given a coat of arms based on this seal image from the Wiesbaden State Archives ( “The coat of arms shows a golden oak tree in the blue shield” ).

Attractions

Lindenplatz with Protestant church and town hall in the run-up to Christmas

In the historic center of Brandoberndorf there are several listed buildings. The Lindenplatz with the Protestant church from the 17th century and the town hall (old school building) should be emphasized .

Economy and Infrastructure

Due to the rich stock of oaks, Brandoberndorf was able to earn a lot of money as a supplier of railway sleepers in the years 1867 to 1869. No taxes had to be paid, every citizen even got free wood and a gift of money from the community.

The abundance of forests was also responsible for the industrial development of the village. The leather and wood industries determined life in Brandoberndorf. Through them, the farming village developed into an industrial village, which was externally characterized by five towering factory chimneys (of which only two remain today).

Until the end of the Cold War, the Bundeswehr property "Brandoberndorf Main Equipment Depot" was located in Brandoberndorf.

Freetime activities

In addition to well-signposted hiking trails, such as the Panoramaweg , there is an outdoor pool ("Taunusperle") and a golf club (Attighof) in Brandoberndorf.

education

Lotte Eckert School (primary school)

2 kindergartens

Taunusbahn Brandoberndorf

traffic

After the passenger traffic of the Solmsbachtalbahn between Grävenwiesbach and Albshausen was stopped on May 31, 1985, Brandoberndorf was not connected to the local rail passenger traffic for 15 years . Since 2000, Brandoberndorf has been the end point of the Taunusbahn from Frankfurt (Main) main station, operated by Hessische Landesbahn GmbH as RMV line 15 .

The L 3053 runs along the Solmsbach valley from Butzbach via Schwalbach to Wetzlar .

The L 3055 leads from the B 456 from Grävenwiesbach towards the A 45 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Brandoberndorf, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Serowy (ed.): Chronicle Brandoberndorf - A village through the ages . 2005.
  3. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 380 .
  4. ^ 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).
  5. ^ 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 ).
  6. ↑ a b c 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. 28 , § 41 ( online at google books ).
  7. ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1791 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1791, p.  193 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  8. ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1800 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1800, p.  205 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  9. ↑ 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;