Edelsberg (Weinbach)

Edelsberg Community Weinbach Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 38 " N , 8 ° 18 ′ 58" E
Height :	198 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.75 km²
Residents :	566 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	119 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1974
Postal code :	35796
Area code :	06471

Edelsberg is a district of the municipality of Weinbach in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

Edelsberg is located above the Weiltal in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus Nature Park .

Neighboring towns are Freienfels (west), Kubach (northwest) and Essershausen (east).

history

Edelsberg was first mentioned by chance as Estelingesberge in 1246. The discovery of a bronze bracelet in 1842 and a burial mound uncovered during road construction work in the forest between Kubach and Edelsberg in 1974 with at least eleven burial mounds from the Middle Bronze Age (1500 to 1400 BC) confirm that this area was inhabited much earlier. In the pre-Reformation period, the place and Laimbach formed a parish belonging to the deanery of the Weilburg St. Walpurgis monastery. Daniel Greser, who later played an important role in the history of the Saxon Reformation as superintendent and court preacher at Dresden, was in charge of a small chapel in Edelsberg at the beginning of the Nassau-Weilburg Reformation from 1526 to 1528. After 1544 Edelsberg was assigned as a branch of the parish Essershausen. A church built outside the village in the direction of Essershausen in 1585 had to give way due to the dilapidation of today's church, which was largely completed in 1833.

Territorial reform

On July 1, 1974, as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the previously independent municipality of Edelsberg in the former Oberlahnkreis was incorporated into the newly formed municipality of Weinbach by state law.

Territorial history and administration

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

before 1806 Holy Roman Empire, County / Principality of Nassau-Weilburg , Weilburg office
from 1606: Duchy of Nassau , Weilburg office
from 1816: German Confederation , Duchy of Nassau, Weilburg office
from 1849: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Hadamar District Office
from 1854: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Weilburg office
from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , Oberlahnkreis
from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, administrative district of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Oberlahnkreis
from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Oberlahn district
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Oberlahnkreis
from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , Oberlahnkreis
on July 1, 1974 Edelsberg was incorporated as a district of the community Weinbach.
from 1974: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt, district Limburg-Weilburg
from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen district, Limburg-Weilburg district

Population development

Edelsberg: Population from 1834 to 1970
year		Residents
1834	280
1840	308
1846	323
1852	334
1858	325
1864	351
1871	384
1875	371
1885	408
1895	414
1905	429
1910	421
1925	461
1939	442
1946	568
1950	546
1956	531
1961	530
1967	547
1970	565
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources:

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885:	405 Protestant (= 99.26%), 2 Catholic (= 0.49%), one other Christian (= 0.25%)
• 1961:	459 Protestant (= 86.60%), 60 Catholic (= 11.32%) residents

societies

Sports club (SV) Rot-Weiß Edelsberg eV
Edelsberg women's choir
Men's Choir Association (MGV) Eintracht Edelsberg 1863 eV
Edelsberg spa and tourist office
Edelsberger Carneval Association (ECV)
Voluntary fire brigade Edelsberg founded in 1934 (since July 25, 1997 including youth fire brigade )
Social Association VdK , local group Edelsberg

Facilities

Since 1934, the Edelsberg volunteer fire brigade (from July 25, 1997 with the youth fire brigade) has been providing fire protection and general help in this area. There is a village community center in Edelsberg in the main street, a sports field on the red Hübel, a children's playground and hiking trails.

Personalities

Philipp Ernst (1814–1891), mayor and then mayor of Edelsberg from 1847 to 1890

literature

History of the community of Weinbach, Edelsberg district.
Literature on Edelsberg in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Edelsberg district on the Weinbach community website.
Edelsberg, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Edelsberg, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Numbers, data - facts . In: Internet presence. Weinbach municipality, accessed on May 4, 2020 .
↑ Law on the reorganization of the Limburg district and the Oberlahn district. (GVBl. II 330-25) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 5 , p. 101 , § 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 809 kB ]).
^ 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. 373 .
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
↑ Edelsberg on the website of the community of Weinbach , accessed in February 2017.

[lagis-1] Edelsberg, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[GWb1-2] Numbers, data - facts . In: Internet presence. Weinbach municipality, accessed on May 4, 2020 .

[3] Law on the reorganization of the Limburg district and the Oberlahn district. (GVBl. II 330-25) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 5 , p. 101 , § 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 809 kB ]).

[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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 373 .

[5] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[6] Edelsberg on the website of the community of Weinbach , accessed in February 2017.