Dexbach

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Dexbach
City of Biedenkopf
Coat of arms of Dexbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 13 ″  N , 8 ° 35 ′ 19 ″  E
Height : 343 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.07 km²
Residents : 335
Population density : 47 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 35216
Area code : 06461
View from the southwest
View from the southwest

Dexbach is a district of the city of Biedenkopf in the central Hessian district of Marburg-Biedenkopf on the border of the natural areas of the bagpipe and bagpipe foreshore on the eastern slope of the Rothaargebirge .

geography

The place is northwest of Engelbach and south of Eifa and five kilometers north of Biedenkopf. Dexbach can be reached via the state road 3091 - it follows the course of the Engelbach that crosses the village and joins the federal road 253 in a north-westerly direction .

history

Protestant church

The choir of today's Evangelical Church in Dexbach was built around 1260. The place itself was first mentioned in 1332 under the name Deckenspach . Dexbach had its own court in the Biedenkopf office , which exercised the lower jurisdiction .

The statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse reports on Dexbach in 1830:

"Dexbach (L. Bez. Battenberg) evangel. Parish village; is 2 3 ⁄ 4  St. from Battenberg in a rough area, has 58 houses and 253 Protestant mostly poor inhabitants. There are 2 grinding mills to which 1 oil mill is connected. Ore was dug here as early as 1654. "

On December 31, 1971, the previously independent community was incorporated into Biedenkopf.

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1577: 022 house seats
• 1630: 023 house seats (6 two-horse, 9 single-horse farm workers, 8  single men ), 1 widow.
• 1677: 002 free people, 23 house grounds, 5 widows, 11 single people
• 1791: 279 inhabitants
• 1800: 282 inhabitants
• 1806: 295 inhabitants, 50 houses
• 1829: 253 inhabitants, 58 houses
Dexbach: Population from 1791 to 2011
year     Residents
1791
  
 279
1800
  
 292
1806
  
 295
1829
  
 253
1834
  
 331
1840
  
 356
1846
  
 397
1852
  
 351
1858
  
 312
1864
  
 334
1871
  
 310
1875
  
 313
1885
  
 309
1895
  
 300
1905
  
 289
1910
  
 301
1925
  
 312
1939
  
 302
1946
  
 451
1950
  
 411
1956
  
 351
1961
  
 336
1967
  
 341
1971
  
 365
1980
  
 ?
1990
  
 ?
2000
  
 ?
2011
  
 285
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 1791 :; City of Biedenkopf: 1971 ; 2011 census

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1829: 253 Protestant residents
• 1885: 309 Protestant, no Catholic residents
• 1961: 297 Protestant, 39 Roman Catholic residents

Gainful employment

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1867: Workforce: 47 agriculture, 1 forestry, 2 mining and metallurgy, 9 trade and industry, 2 church and worship, 1 community administration.
• 1961: Labor force: 123 agriculture and forestry, 55 manufacturing, 5 trade and transport, 17 services and others.

politics

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on July 16, 1955 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.

Coat of arms of Dexbach
 Blazon : "In gold, a cherry cluster with three red cherries (2 to 1) and three green leaves (1 to 2)."
flag

The flag was approved on February 20, 1956 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior . It shows the town's coat of arms in a wide, green central strip framed by two golden stripes.

Culture and sights

The Dexbach volunteer fire brigade provides fire protection and general help. The place has a fraternity , a beautification association and the club of the Beigefritt, founded in 1987 . In the latter, the foreign citizens who have moved to the village through marriage organize themselves to spend their leisure time together. The folk group Poeta Magica is at home here.

Web links

Commons : Dexbach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Dexbach, Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ A b c Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner : Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Upper Hesse . tape 3 . Carl Wilhelm Leske, Darmstadt August 1830, OCLC 312528126 , p. 52 ( online at google books ).
  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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 350 .
  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. ↑ The affiliation of the Biedenkopf 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 .
  7. ↑ 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. 7 ( online at google books ).
  8. ↑ a b 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 6d) ( online at google books ).
  9. ↑ a b Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1806 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1806, p.  240 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  10. ↑ Latest countries and ethnology. A geographical reader for all stands. Kur-Hessen, Hessen-Darmstadt and the free cities. tape  22 . Weimar 1821, p. 415 ( online at Google Books ).
  11. ↑ a b Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1791 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1791, p.  186 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  12. ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1800 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1800, p.  198 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  13. ↑ 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;
  14. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the community Dexbach, district Biedenkopf, administrative district Wiesbaden from July 16, 1955 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1955 no. 31 , p. 771 , point 816 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.5 MB ]).