Hohenstein Castle

Hohenstein Castle Community Hohenstein Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 28 ″ N , 8 ° 3 ′ 25 ″ E
Height :	354 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.2 km²
Residents :	585 (Jun. 30, 2017)
Population density :	71 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	65329
Area code :	06120

The upper village

The castle

Burg-Hohenstein is a district of the municipality of Hohenstein in the Rheingau-Taunus district in southern Hesse in Hesse .

geography

Burg-Hohenstein is located in the Taunus (western Hintertaunus ), in the valley of the Aar, surrounded by forest . The federal highway 54 runs to the east . The station at the Aartalbahn the community Hohenstein is located in Burg Hohenstein Unterdorf.

history

The ruins of Hohenstein Castle stand high above the town. The castle was first mentioned in 1190 and served as the official residence of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen from 1367 . The disintegration began after the Thirty Years War . The ruin is the namesake for the community and landmark of Hohenstein. The place Hohenstein developed around this castle.

On July 1, 1972, the previously independent community of Hohenstein formed the new large community of Hohenstein together with six other communities on a voluntary basis as part of the regional reform in Hesse . The district of Hohenstein was renamed Burg-Hohenstein. For Burg-Hohenstein, as for the other districts, a local district with a local advisory board and local council was established.

Web links

Burg-Hohenstein district on the website of the Hohenstein community.
Burg-Hohenstein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Burg-Hohenstein in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Statistics of the Hohenstein community: areas and population figures , accessed in September 2018.
^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No. 28 , p. 1197 , point 851 para. 6. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 4.4 MB ]).
^ 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. 378 .
↑ main statute. (PDF; 22 kB) § 6. In: Website. Hohenstein community, accessed February 2019 .

[DF-1] Statistics of the Hohenstein community: areas and population figures , accessed in September 2018.

[2] Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No. 28 , p. 1197 , point 851 para. 6. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 4.4 MB ]).

[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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 378 .

[4] main statute. (PDF; 22 kB) § 6. In: Website. Hohenstein community, accessed February 2019 .