Wahlbach (Burbach)
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Wahlbach
municipality Burbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ N , 8 ° 3 ′ 20 ″ E
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| Height : | 310-420 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 12.39 km² |
| Residents : | 1981 (2015) |
| Population density : | 160 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1969 |
| Postal code : | 57299 |
| Area code : | 02736 |
 Location of Wahlbach within the municipality of Burbach
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Wahlbach is a district of the municipality of Burbach in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia with around 2050 inhabitants.
geography
Wahlbach is located in the southern Siegerland . Characteristic for the place are the large Hauberg forests and the meadows surrounding the places. With an area of 12.39 km², Wahlbach is the largest town in the municipality of Burbach. About 88% (corresponds to 10.9 km²) of the area are forest and meadows . The place is located about 1 km northwest of the Burbach town center and also borders the town of Burbach. The Heller flows through it towards Neunkirchen . In the middle of the village, the Buchheller , a small stream that rises behind Lippe on the Stegskopf , meets the river. A little further downstream, the Gilsbach , which rises near Gilsbach, flows into the Heller. The highest elevation in the local area is the Steincheskopf and the Schallroth in the west, each with a height of 478 m above sea level.
Neighboring places
Neighboring towns to Wahlbach are Wiederstein (to Neunkirchen ) in the north-west, Wilden (to Wilnsdorf ) in the north, Gilsbach (to Burbach ) in the east, Burbach in the south-east, Emmerzhausen in the south-west, Daaden in the west and Herdorf and Altenseelbach in the north-west.
history
The first documentary mention of Wahlbach dates back to the year 1402. As early as August 15, 1326, goods in "Heystern", a farm complex in the Hellertal that was later lost, were mentioned. In 1447 the lung disease destroyed 20 oxen, 20 cattle, 52 cows and 25 calves from October to December.
In 1852 a cemetery was established in Wahlbach , which was expanded in 1883 and has had a morgue since 1972. Its own fire brigade has existed since 1883. There was always a lack of water in the village . When in 1898 an offer to build an aqueduct in the village was received, they accepted directly. But in 1901 there was again a water shortage. So a 560 m long trench was dug up to the Nenkersberg fountain. The first electrical lines were built in 1911. Ewald Bär was the mayor from 1905 to 1943.
In the course of the community reforms , the Burbach office was dissolved on January 1, 1969 and Wahlbach was incorporated into the large community of Burbach . Today Wahlbach is the third largest district of Burbach after Holzhausen. In terms of area, Wahlbach is the largest district in the municipality of Burbach with 12.39 km².
In the Burbach district, mainly in the Buchhellertal towards Lippe, there were some, in part, larger pits, such as B. Peterszeche , Green Hope , Viktorsfeld and Crone . (see also list of Burbach mines )
Population and house numbers
Population numbers
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House numbers
| year | 1589 | 1600 | 1698 | 1700 | 1704 | 1706 | 1725 | 1730 | 1788 | 1810 | 1846 | 1850 | 1867 | 1913 |
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| Houses | 37 | 44 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 62 | 62 | 70 | 70 | 93 | 96 | 116 | 176 |
Attractions
The Triftstraße is in the front part, i. H. from the intersection to the rail tunnel, nicely made with pavement, trees and bushes. The half-timbered houses in Wahlbach make this street particularly idyllic.
Transport and infrastructure
Industry
There are around 450 jobs in industry and trade in the village, including around 300 at the Hess Group.
traffic
Wahlbach has a stop at the Hellertalbahn . This is served by the Hessische Landesbahn line RB96 every two hours.
The connection to the A 45 is via Gilsbach and Wilden to the junction Wilnsdorf, or via Burbach and Würgendorf to the junction Haiger / Burbach.
Schools and clubs
In 1766 a chapel school was built in the village. When this became too small, an extension was added in 1872. In 1932, despite the lack of money, the place had to build a new, multi-class elementary school.
The first club in town was the Wahlbach men's choir. It was founded in 1848. Thirty years later, in 1878, the children in Wahlbach went to Sunday school for the first time . The YMCA was founded in 1881, followed by the trombone choir in 1901. In 1907 the Wahlbach football club was founded, which was later renamed VfB 1907 Wahlbach and merged with Adler Burbach in 1972 to form VfB 1907/1920 Burbach eV. The Heimatverein was founded in 1939. It has around 435 members, 35 of whom are active. The soccer club FC 1990 Wahlbach has existed since 1990 and today (2015) has over 200 members.
fire Department
The syringe house / Steigerhaus was built in 1878 on Freier-Grund-Straße. The fire brigade was officially founded in 1883. After the National Socialists came to power, the Wahlbach volunteer fire brigade was renamed the “Official Fire Brigade Burbach - Fire Brigade VII” on December 15, 1933. Towards the end of the Second World War , many firefighters were at war and the service was taken over by firefighters. In 1958 the marching band of the Wahlbach volunteer fire brigade was founded.
March of the Volunteer Fire Brigade Wahlbach
The Spielmannszug was founded in 1958. It belongs to the volunteer fire brigade Burbach, fire fighting train Wahlbach and is next to the marching band Burbach the 2nd marching band of the fire brigade in the municipality of Burbach. Some of the male members are active as firefighters in the Wahlbach fire brigade. Otherwise, femininity predominates in the marching band with around 65%. The marching band is home to many young people between the ages of 9 and 25.
The marching band from Wahlbach has already won gold twice at the state valuation games of the NRW fire brigade and is a member of the NRW folk music association and the state fire brigade association.
See also
literature
- Kurt Becker: Our fathers. The miners of the Bautenberg mine between Gilsbach and Wilden, Dill and Westerwald. Dillbrecht 1994.
Web links
- Wahlbacher website
- Wahlbach (Burbach) in the Westphalia Culture Atlas
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Philippi (Ed.): Siegener Urkundenbuch. Volume 1: Until 1350. Kogler, Siegen, 1887, pp. 210-212, no. 168a.
- ↑ 700 years of Neunkirchen. Otto Braun, Neunkirchen 1988, p. 175.
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia. A handbook on the local reorganization with systematic overviews and lists of the new and the dissolved (= Kommunale Schriften für Nordrhein-Westfalen . Volume 32 ). Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, 1970, ISSN 0454-2584 , p. 69 .
- ↑ a b c d 700 years of Neunkirchen. Otto Braun, Neunkirchen 1988.
- ↑ Otto Schaefer: The district of Siegen. Wins 1968.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l E. Weidenbach: History of the County of Sayn and the components of the same , print E. Weidenbach, Dillenburg 1874, p. 287.
- ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1887, ZDB -ID 1458761-0 , p. 112/113.
- ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1897, pp. 114/116.
- ↑ gemeindeververzeichnis.de: District of Siegen
- ↑ a b Heinrich Gamann: history of free reason , printing of the West German Publishing Company, Neunkirchen 1925, p. 6
- ↑ genealogy.net: Office Burbach
- ↑ a b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Siegen. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 260 .
- ↑ Rolf Betz: Burbach ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 7.4 MB), approx. 1995
- ↑ Chronicle of the Wahlbach fire brigade ( memento of the original from September 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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