Eschenburg
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Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ' N , 8 ° 21' E |
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| State : | Hesse | |
| Administrative region : | to water | |
| County : | Lahn-Dill district | |
| Height : | 370 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 45.78 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 9981 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 218 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 35713 | |
| Primaries : | 02774, 02770 (Hirzenhain) | |
| License plate : | LDK, DIL | |
| Community key : | 06 5 32 009 | |
| LOCODE : | DE ESG | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Nassauer Strasse 11 35713 Eschenburg |
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| Mayor : | Götz Konrad ( independent ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Eschenburg in the Lahn-Dill district | ||
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Eschenburg is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill district in Hesse .
geography
Geographical location
The individual districts of Eschenburg are located on the Dietzhölze and in its side valleys, which meet the foothills of the Rothaargebirge to the west or the Struth , which is naturally part of the Dilltal , and east to the Gladenbacher Bergland . Only the district of Hirzenhain lies at an altitude of around 530 m on the plateau of the Bottenhorn plateau of the Gladenbacher Bergland.
The lowest point of the community is 275 m in the Dietzhölzaue, the highest with 609 m is the Angelburg . The neighboring community of Angelburg is named after this mountain , while the eponymous Eschenburg measures 589 m and is already in the immediate vicinity of the southern border with Dillenburg .
Eschenburg is located in the north of the Lahn-Dill district , about 10 km northeast of Dillenburg .
Neighboring communities
Eschenburg borders in the north on the communities Dietzhölztal (Lahn-Dill-Kreis) and Breidenbach , in the east on the communities Steffenberg and Angelburg (all three in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf ), in the south on the community Siegbach , in the southwest on the city of Dillenburg as well in the west to the town of Haiger (all in the Lahn-Dill district).
structure
Eschenburg includes the districts of Eibelshausen , which is also the administrative seat, Eiershausen , Roth , Simmersbach , Wissenbach and Hirzenhain .
Around 2000 ha, that is 43.8% of the community area, are forested, 985 ha of which is community forest, the rest is state forest.
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history
The settlement of the community can be proven on the basis of finds back to Celtic times. The first documented mentions go back to the 13th century. At an early stage, ores such as silver, nickel, copper and iron as well as slate and diabase were dug in various places . As a result, processing plants such as smelting works and hammer mills emerged. Only recently has it been possible to uncover the foundations of a medieval forest smithy in the Wissenbach district during archaeological excavations , which is part of the Westerwald-Lahn-Taunus National Geopark as a geotope .
In the district of Hirzenhain, the teacher Emil Schäfer founded a gliding club in 1923 and built an airfield. First experiments with self-built aircraft failed. As early as 1928, the aviation pioneer Max Kegel managed to fly for over an hour. The first public flight competition took place in 1932. The flight operations had to be stopped in 1945, but in 1951 it was resumed with the first German glider pilot's meeting. In 1962 the Hirzenhain airfield was moved to its current location.
Territorial reform
In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the community was founded on October 1, 1971 through the voluntary merger of the communities Eibelshausen, Eiershausen and Wissenbach. The 589 meter high Eschenburg mountain , seven kilometers northeast of Dillenburg, gave the new community its name. Force state law were the communities Eschenburg Hirzenhain and Simmersbach and Roth of the former district Biedenkopf to advanced large village Eschenburg together . The entry into force took place on July 1, 1974 by the district president in Darmstadt. Local districts with local advisory boards and local councilors were established for all six districts .
Eibelshausen is the largest village in the municipality. It performs the central function in the middle Dietzhölztal, is the administrative seat and school location of the secondary and secondary school with a grammar school branch for ten villages in the communities of Eschenburg and Dietzhölztal .
Population development
Since 1961 the number of residents has developed as follows ( main and secondary residences , in 1961 and 1970 only main residences):
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politics
Community representation
The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:
| Parties and constituencies |
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Seats 2016 |
% 2011 |
Seats 2011 |
% 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
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| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 48.5 | 15th | 46.9 | 14th | 52.9 | 16 | 52.6 | 16 | |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 32.0 | 10 | 38.1 | 12 | 29.9 | 9 | 34.0 | 11 | |
| FWG | Free community of voters | 19.5 | 6th | 15.0 | 5 | 15.8 | 5 | 9.3 | 3 | |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| total | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | ||
| Voter turnout in% | 37.6 | 36.7 | 34.4 | 43.1 | ||||||
mayor
After the Hessian municipal constitution is the Mayor Chairman of the Municipal Executive Board , the next to the mayor seven volunteer in the community of Eschenburg Associate members. Götz Konrad, a non-party member, has been mayor since January 1, 2005. His predecessors were
- 1993 to 2004 Walter Jank (CDU)
- 1972 to 1992 Otto Friedrich Schlemper (CDU), previously Mayor of Eibelshausen
Local partnerships
Since 1990 there has been a partnership with the Altenfeld community , since 2019 part of the city of Großbreitenbach in Thuringia .
A partnership with Becov nad Teplou in the Czech Republic has existed since 2018.
Culture, leisure and sights
Museums
The local history museum in Eibelshausen and the Eschenburg-Dietzhölztal cultural area offer exhibitions and a cultural program.
Attractions
The village of Hirzenhain is over 750 years old. The second oldest glider association in the world is there.
In the district of Simmersbach, the Philippsbuche commemorates the return of Landgrave Philip of Hesse from five-year Spanish-Dutch captivity on September 10, 1552 .
Gymnasiums, sports and leisure facilities
In Eschenburg there are many sports clubs in which you can practice almost all disciplines, from football, handball and athletics to gymnastics, gymnastics, tennis, etc.
Barbecue areas and leisure facilities are available in the districts. Forest trails, hiking trails, bird sanctuaries and nature reserves invite you to go hiking.
Economy and Infrastructure
Established businesses
The largest companies based in Eschenburg are:
- Bosch Thermotechnik GmbH, Eibelshausen plant
- Rittal RGS large switch cabinets GmbH, Wissenbach plant
- Kettenbach Medical Dental GmbH, Eibelshausen
- Giebeler Kunststofftechnik, Wissenbach
- IVG industrial packaging, Wissenbach
- Fritz WEG GmbH Technical Wholesale, Wissenbach
- Reich GmbH Armaturen, Wissenbach
- Westerwald Bio GmbH, Roth
Public facilities
- Voluntary fire brigades in every district
- Indoor swimming pool "Panoramablick leisure pool"
- Youth center in Eibelshausen
- Ambulance station (Eschenburg Rescue Service GmbH)
- Protestant or free day-care centers in every district
- Catholic day care center in Eibelshausen
- Community library
- Town houses in every district
- Multipurpose hall in Wissenbach
education
- Primary schools in Eibelshausen, Wissenbach, Hirzenhain, Simmersbach and Eiershausen
- Holderbergschule ( secondary school , secondary school , grammar school ) in Eibelshausen
Personalities
- (Johann) Daniel Müller (* 1716 – after 1786) violinist , violist , concert director and radical pietist religious founder. born in Eschenburg-Wissenbach.
- Erich Klingelhöfer (1919–1985), historian, classical philologist and senior studies director, born in Eschenburg-Eibelshausen
- Klaus Holighaus (1940–1994), sailplane designer and pilot, born in Eschenburg-Eibelshausen
- Roderich Feldes (1946–1996), German writer and PEN member, lived in Eschenburg-Eibelshausen
- Wolfgang Linsenmaier (* 1949), judge at the Federal Labor Court , born in Eibelshausen.
- Esther Weitzel-Polzer (* 1950), sociologist and university lecturer, born in Eschenburg
- Hella Heizmann (1951–2009), Christian songwriter, worked in Eschenburg.
- Ingrid Kretz (* 1959), author and songwriter, grew up in Eschenburg-Wissenbach
- Harry Voss (* 1969 in Eibelshausen), author
- Stefanie Kühn (* 1973), financial advisor and author, grew up in Hirzenhain.
- Tina Hermann (* 1992) World Champion 2016 in skeleton , born in Eschenburg-Hirzenhain.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
- ↑ a b c 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. 356-357 .
- ↑ Law on the restructuring of the Dill district, the districts of Gießen and Wetzlar and the city of Gießen (GVBl. II 330–28) of May 13, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 17 , p. 237 , § 27 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
- ↑ Designation of parts of the community in the Dill district from November 21, 1974 . In: The government president (ed.): State gazette for the state of Hesse. 1974 No. 49 , p. 2257 , point 1663 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.7 MB ]).
- ^ Dill-Zeitung, October 23, 2010, p. 23
- ^ Municipality of Eschenburg: Statistical data. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 23, 2007 ; Retrieved July 26, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
- ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
- ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
- ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: direct elections in Eschenburg
- ↑ Municipality of Eschenburg: Historical Development, Mayor ( Memento from April 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Dill-Zeitung, February 8, 2008 ( Memento of the original from July 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 198 kB)
Web links
- Eschenburg, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Eschenburg in the Hessian Bibliography
- Link catalog on the subject of Eschenburg at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
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