Essershausen

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Essershausen
Community Weilmünster
Essershausen coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 28 "  N , 8 ° 19 ′ 34"  E
Height : 157 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.96 km²
Residents : 193  (Jun 30, 2020)
Population density : 49 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 35789
Area code : 06472
Protestant church
Edelsberger Strasse

Essershausen is a district of the hamlet of Weilmünster in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

The place is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Weiltal , 4.4 km northwest of the core village of Weilmünster. State road 3025 runs through the village .

history

The village is first mentioned in a document in 1233 as the seat of an imperial knight . At that time the village was called Eschershusen . The place name then changed via Eichschershusen , Eschershusen , Aschesshusen , Eschersshusen , Eschershausen and Essershaußen to today's Essershausen. He lived in a homestead in the middle of the valley. It was surrounded by a moat. The church was built in 1391 . In 1520 the village was raised to a parish . The parish includes Bermbach, Laimbach and Edelsberg. From the middle of the 19th century until after the Second World War , Eisenstein was mined near the village .

In 1939 the place had 188 inhabitants and belonged to the Oberlahnkreis .

Essershausen had a train station on the Weiltalbahn . The railway line was built in 1889 and dismantled in 1990 after passenger traffic had ceased in 1969.

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 12 formerly independent municipalities, local districts with local advisory councils and local councilors were formed according to the Hessian municipal code.

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

Occupied population figures are:

• 1630: 12 households
Essershausen: Population from 1825 to 2020
year     Residents
1825
  
 141
1834
  
 145
1840
  
 154
1846
  
 167
1852
  
 170
1858
  
 178
1864
  
 199
1871
  
 224
1875
  
 215
1885
  
 220
1895
  
 226
1905
  
 219
1910
  
 219
1925
  
 204
1939
  
 188
1946
  
 281
1950
  
 294
1956
  
 270
1961
  
 231
1967
  
 249
1970
  
 224
1987
  
 242
1993
  
 281
1996
  
 240
2001
  
 234
2005
  
 213
2010
  
 219
2011
  
 213
2015
  
 201
2020
  
 193
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; after 1970 :; 2011 census

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 210 Protestant (= 95.45%), 10 Catholic (= 4.55%) residents
• 1961: 162 Protestant (= 70.13%), 67 Catholic (= 29.00%) residents

politics

Local advisory board

The Essershausen local advisory council consists of five voting members. After the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , the mayor is Daniel Rosenkranz.

coat of arms

Essershausen coat of arms
 Blazon : "In blue a golden, red-armored eagle."

The coat of arms was approved on February 18, 1955 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

For the cultural monuments in the municipality, see the list of cultural monuments in Essershausen .

societies

At the local level there are the associations Evangelical Women’s Aid Essershausen, the German Association for Bird Protection - local group Essershausen, the volunteer fire brigade Essershausen e. V. founded in 1934, the hiking and barbecue club Essershausen, the Sheriff Club e. V., the Minitreff and the football club Essershausen e. V.

Infrastructure

Since 1934, the Essershausen volunteer fire brigade has provided fire protection and general help in this area.

There is the village community center on Brückenstraße, the sports field in Weilwiesen, a children's playground, and cycling and hiking trails.

Web links

Commons : Essershausen  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Essershausen, 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 Essershausen 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. ↑ Weilmünster community: Essershausen local advisory board , accessed in January 2017.
  10. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the municipality of Essershausen in the Oberlahnkreis, administrative district Wiesbaden of February 18, 1955 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1955 no. 10 , p. 214 , point 252 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).