Dietenhausen (Weilmünster)

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Dietenhausen
Community Weilmünster
Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 23 "  N , 8 ° 25 ′ 44"  E
Height : 336 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.81 km²
Residents : 412  (Jun 30, 2020)
Population density : 86 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1970
Postal code : 35789
Area code : 06472

Dietenhausen is a district of the hamlet of Weilmünster in the central Hessian district of Limburg-Weilburg .

geography

The place is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus Nature Park , at an altitude of 340 meters above sea ​​level , southeast of the core town of Weilmünster. The Iserbach rises south-east of the village and continues to flow to Möttau , forming a valley in which the villages are located. The highest elevations near Dietenhausen are the Heiligenwald at 415 meters above sea level and the Heidenkopf at 405 meters above sea level.

Neighboring towns are Weilmünster (west), Möttau (north-west), Brandoberndorf (north-east), Hasselborn (east) and Grävenwiesbach (south-east).

history

Dietenhausen must have been settled long before it was first mentioned. This is indicated by the burial mounds in the nearby forests. An old Hellweg and the Celtic Wellerstraße cross near the village . The settlement will probably have taken place in the Celtic or pre-Celtic times.

In 1301 the place is mentioned for the first time as Didenhusen . In 1335, Count Gerlach von Nassau bought the village, as well as other possessions, such as the nearby Möttau, from the Counts of Solms . To protect himself, he built Grebenhausen Castle in the forest between Dietenhausen and Möttau . For centuries Dietenhausen remained a farming village. In addition to farming, the residents also smelted iron in the surrounding forests.

Territorial reform

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the former market town of Weilmünster in the Oberlahnkreis merged voluntarily on December 31, 1970 with the previously independent communities Aulenhausen, Dietenhausen, Ernsthausen, Laimbach, Langenbach, Laubuseschbach, Lützendorf, Möttau, Rohnstadt and Wolfenhausen to form the new large community of Weilmünster. Essershausen was added on December 31, 1971. For all twelve formerly independent municipalities, local districts with local advisory councils and local councilors were formed in accordance with the Hessian municipal code.

Historical forms of names

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

  • Didenhusen (1301)
  • Dydenhusen (1318)
  • Diedenhaußen (1627)

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

Occupied population figures are:

• 1630: 30 households
Dietenhausen: Population from 1825 to 2020
year     Residents
1825
  
 235
1834
  
 267
1840
  
 287
1846
  
 307
1852
  
 333
1858
  
 303
1864
  
 329
1871
  
 304
1875
  
 280
1885
  
 292
1895
  
 284
1905
  
 269
1910
  
 282
1925
  
 309
1939
  
 271
1946
  
 409
1950
  
 400
1956
  
 387
1961
  
 369
1967
  
 359
1970
  
 373
1987
  
 411
1993
  
 445
1996
  
 425
2001
  
 432
2005
  
 458
2010
  
 455
2011
  
 444
2015
  
 436
2020
  
 412
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: 291 Protestant (= 99.66%), one Catholic (= 0.34%) residents
• 1961: 310 Protestant (= 84.01%), 49 Catholic (= 13.28%) residents

politics

Local advisory board

The local advisory council of Dietenhausen consists of five voting members. After the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , the mayor is Rainer Fischer.

societies

At the local level, there are the clubs Gesangverein "Liederkranz" eV, the gymnastics and sports club Dietenhausen eV, the Dietenhausen volunteer fire brigade , founded in 1934 (including the youth fire brigade since February 27, 1996 and children's fire brigade since April 2, 2011), as well as the Dietenhausen Carneval Club eV

Economy and Infrastructure

Facilities

Since 1934 the Dietenhausen volunteer fire brigade (from February 27, 1996 with its youth fire brigade and since April 2, 2011 with the children's fire brigade ) has provided fire protection and general help in this area.

Freetime activities

There is the village community center in Lindenstrasse, a sports field, children's playground and hiking trails.

Sales cooperative

The purchasing and sales cooperative in Dietenhausen merged with Raiffeisenbank Grävenwiesbach in 1976.

Web links

Commons : Dietenhausen  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Dietenhausen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 8, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ a b Development of the population in the market town of Weilmünster. In: website. Weilmünster community, accessed August 2020 .
  3. ↑ Amalgamation of communities to form the community "Weilmünster", Oberlahnkreis on January 6, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 4 , p. 141 , point 170 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.3 MB ]).
  4. ^ 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. 373 .
  5. ↑ main statute. (PDF; 51 kB) § 6. In: Website. Weilmünster community, accessed March 2020 .
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ↑ a b Dietenhausen district. Population numbers. In: website. Weilmünster community, accessed August 2020 .
  8. ↑ 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;
  9. ^ Community Weilmünster: Dietenhausen local advisory board , accessed in January 2017.