Elkerhausen

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Elkerhausen
Community Weinbach
Elkerhausen coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 1 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 57 ″  E
Height : 209 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.16 km²
Residents : 668  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 129 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1974
Postal code : 35796
Area code : 06474

Elkerhausen is a district of the community Weinbach in the central Hessian district Limburg-Weilburg with about 700 inhabitants.

Geographical location

Elkerhausen is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus Nature Park . Neighboring towns are Blessenbach (southeast) and Weinbach (north).

history

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

Elkerhausen Castle

Coat of arms of those from El (c) ker (s) hausen called Klüppel, around 1707
Luthmer III-000n-coat of arms Elkershausen.jpg

The Lords of Elkerhausen were first mentioned in a document in 1191. The castle Elkerhausen, which emerged from a tower castle and was considered impregnable in the 14th century , was redesigned in the 16th century into a moated castle with five- tower , polygonal ring and farm yard. The influential family of knights and later barons of Elkerhausen, who had a wealth of free float in numerous federal states, took on the nickname Klüppel from 1420 onwards . The last of the family, Philipp Franz Damian Freiherr von Elkerhausen called Klüppel, sold the Elkerhausen headquarters with all accessories and rights to the Counts of Nassau-Weilburg in 1718 . The renaissance castle Elkerhausen has been privately owned since 1979 and housed a. a. the private art museum Dr. Krupp with a collection of international contemporary art and the studio of the academic painter Hermann Krupp (1926–2019).

church

Not far from their property, the Lords of Elkerhausen have built their own church. In 1278 the Archbishop of Trier gave them permission to build a new church on their own land and at their own expense. After the previous building from the 17th century was closed in April 1911 due to dilapidation, the foundation stone for today's church building was laid in June 1911. In October 1912 the Protestant parish church was ceremoniously handed over to its destination.

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

Elkerhausen: Population from 1834 to 1970
year     Residents
1834
  
 378
1840
  
 406
1846
  
 455
1852
  
 482
1858
  
 520
1864
  
 528
1871
  
 528
1875
  
 547
1885
  
 570
1895
  
 562
1905
  
 567
1910
  
 596
1925
  
 597
1939
  
 564
1946
  
 805
1950
  
 815
1956
  
 776
1961
  
 741
1967
  
 810
1970
  
 823
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: 560 Protestant (= 98.25%), 10 Catholic (= 1.75%) residents
• 1961: 617 Protestant (= 83.27%), 115 Catholic (= 15.52%) residents

Culture and sights

societies

In addition to the volunteer fire brigade Elkerhausen eV founded in 1934 (including the youth fire brigade since August 2, 1975 and the children's fire brigade since March 11, 2011), there are also several sports , leisure and cultural associations in Elkerhausen .

Buildings

  • Parts of the circular wall, the farmyard and the two main houses of the former moated castle Elkerhausen have been preserved.

Facilities

Since 1934, the Elkerhausen volunteer fire brigade (from August 2, 1975 with the youth fire brigade and since March 11, 2011 with the children's fire brigade ) has provided fire protection and general help in the area. There is a village community center in Elkerhausen on Pfarrstraße, a lawn sports field on Lindig, children's playgrounds and hiking trails.

Personalities

  • Margit Bach (* 1951), journalist and former athlete, has lived on a farm in Elkerhausen since 1989.

literature

  • Ingrid Krupp, buyout per Immedietät. Klüppel versus Nassau. Communications from Reich Chamber Court and Reich Court Council files from the 16th to 18th centuries. Elkerhäuser Schriften Volume 3, (self-published by Dr. Ingrid Krupp MA) Weinbach-Elkerhausen 2010 with source appendix, index and bibliography a. a. to those of Elkerhausen
  • Ingrid Krupp, Elkerhausen Castle. Castle and museum guide. Elkerhäuser Writings Volume 1, (self-published by Dr. Ingrid Krupp MA) Weinbach-Elkerhausen 2005
  • Ingrid Krupp: Elkerhausen 1191–1991. A historical introduction to the 800-year history of Elkerhausen. in: Elkerhausen 800 years. Yesterday and today. Weinbach 1991, pp. 13-31
  • Ingrid Krupp, castles and palaces in Nassau. Würzburg 1987 (Elkerhausen pp. 86–97)
  • Ingrid Krupp, The History of the Lords of Elkerhausen and their Castles. in: Messages from the Upper Hessian History Association, Giessen. Vol. 67 Giessen 1982, pp. 9-94
  • Ingrid Krupp, Elkerhausen Castle. in: Nassauische Annalen 93, 1982, pp. 213-224
  • Ingrid Krupp, Burg Elkerhausen, in: Yearbook for House Research, Vol. 32, Detmold 1982, p. 321 ff
  • Ingrid Krupp, The history of the lords of Elkerhausen and their castles, in: das münster, magazine for Christian art and art history, issue 3, Munich / Zurich, 1982, p. 250 ff
  • Ingrid Krupp, The family castle of the Lords of Elkerhausen called Klüppel, in: Burgen und Schlösser, Volume II, Braubach am Rhein, 1982, p. 111 ff
  • FA Schmidt, history of the Elkerhausen castles. In: Nassauische Annalen 46/1, 1920/25, pp. 57–80.
  • Literature about Elkerhausen in the Hessian Bibliography
  • Search for Elkerhausen in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Elkerhausen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  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. ↑ Kulturamt Stadt Frankfurt am Main: Krupp, Hermann (accessed on April 28, 2019.)
  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).