Fussingen

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Fussingen
Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 19 ″  N , 8 ° 7 ′ 4 ″  E
Height : 319 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.4 km²
Residents : 741  (Jan. 1, 2012)
Population density : 137 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1972
Postal code : 65620
Area code : 06479

Fussingen is the smallest district of the community Waldbrunn in the central Hessian district Limburg-Weilburg .

geography

View of Fussingen, in the background the Heidersberg

Fussingen is located in the southern Westerwald , about 19 kilometers north of Limburg an der Lahn , 13 kilometers west of Weilburg and 12 kilometers east of Westerburg . The place is in Hesse on the border with Rhineland-Palatinate .

The neighboring places are, starting from the north in a clockwise direction: Waldernbach ( municipality Mengerskirchen ), Lahr , Ellar , Hausen , (municipality Waldbrunn Westerwald), Neunkirchen ( Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod ). Neunkirchen belongs to the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, the other places to the Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse.

Fussingen is located on the southern slope of the mountains Heidersberg (388 m above sea level), Stein (390 m above sea level) and Hagenberg (370 m above sea level). The place is above 330 m above sea level. Some tributaries of the Kerkerbach originate in the Fussinger district. The northern part of the district belongs to the receiving area of the Lasterbach, an inlet of the Elbbach . The highest mountain in the district is the Kohlhau (425 m above sea level) between Fussingen and Waldernbach.

geology

The place is in the transition area between the Oberwesterwald and the Limburg Basin in the Oberwesterwald hill country . Geologically, the subsoil consists of Upper Devonian slate , which, however, does not emerge. This layer is about 300 million years old. Tertiary deposits have formed over this layer, especially during the Miocene period around 20 million years ago. These essentially consist of basalts and clays , but also lignite , phosphorite , copper ores , pyrite , iron ores and manganese ores . The topsoil is rich in loess .

climate

The annual mean temperature is 7.2 ° C. The mean annual rainfall is around 760 millimeters, which is slightly less than in the Oberwesterwald, but significantly higher than in the Limburg Basin .

history

The district was already settled during a pre-Germanic settlement period. During construction work on the Kerkerbach Railway , an urn from around 1000 BC was used. Found. This urn is now in the Wiesbaden Museum , a copy is in the Ellar Local History Museum. Finds of the Dornburg and the Heidenhäuschen are known that prove a Celtic settlement during the La Tène period . Another important archaeological find in Fussingen is a stone box grave from the late 8th century on Lahrer Weg. The origin of the place name Fussingen is controversial. According to Heinrich Richter (formerly a prehistorian at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen ), it is a fake -ingen name that was used during the Ubian settlement period up to 39 BC. Was created. The name refers to the Ubian matron Vesuninahae . According to the historian Hellmuth Gensicke, it is a real -ingen name. This would indicate the origin of the place during the Great Migration between 375 and 600 AD. The name would refer to the founder of the place, Fuso or Fusing. The first clear documentary mention comes from the year 1270. In the inheritance dispute between the Lords of Westerburg and the Lords of Runkel, Ministerials from Fussingen were named. In the service of the Counts of Nassau , a Heinze von Fussingen is documented from 1342 .

Territorial sovereignty and administration

Map from 1828 of the Hadamar Office in the Duchy of Nassau

Fussingen belonged to the Central Lahr of the Office of Ellar . Towards the end of the Carolingian era, the office of Ellar belonged to the Niederlahngau of the Duchy of Franconia . The seat of the central court of the gentlemen von Molsberg was Lahr. The court went to the County of Diez as early as the 13th century . The Counts of Diez moved the court to Ellar. This step was directed against the lordship of Westerburg , who, as bailiffs of the Gemünden Monastery, also had bailiwick rights over the parish of Lahr . From 1315 the Zente Lahr was pledged to the Merenberg rule . The redemption took place before 1333. In 1337, the County of Diez mortgaged the areas again, this time to the House of Nassau-Hadamar . The redemption took place between 1356 and 1362. In 1367 the County of Diez ceded the office of Ellar with the Zente Lahr as a dowry to the County of Katzenelnbogen . After the end of the dispute over the succession of the County of Nassau-Hadamar, in 1408 the house of Nassau-Dillenburg received a third of the Ellar office, the rest remained with the County of Katzenelnbogen. With the death of Philipp von Katzenelnbogen in 1479, the counts of Katzenelnbogen died out in the male line. A long-lasting dispute developed between the Counts of Nassau-Dillenburg and the Landgraviate of Hesse . As the closest relative of Philip, Heinrich III. of Hessen-Marburg possession of the Katzenelnbogen inheritance. In 1534 the Hessian landgraves sold half of their share to Kurtrier . With the settlement in the Katzenelnbogen succession dispute in 1555, the Ellar office came completely to Nassau-Dillenburg. When the house of Nassau-Dillenburg was divided in 1607, the office of Ellar was assigned to the newly founded county of Nassau-Hadamar under Count Johann Ludwig . In 1650 the county was elevated to a principality. After the house of Nassau-Hadamar died out in 1711, the principality was divided several times between the remaining Ottonian lines of the House of Nassau. In 1717, Fussingen fell to the House of Nassau-Dillenburg, from 1739 to the House of Nassau-Diez , 1742/43 to the House of Nassau-Siegen (Catholic), and in 1743 again to Nassau-Diez as the last Ottonian line. In 1806, Fussingen was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Berg . The place belonged to the Mairie Lahr in the canton Hadamar . This belonged to the Arrondissement Dillenburg and thus to the Département Sieg . After Napoléon Bonaparte's defeat in the Battle of Leipzig , the Oran-Nassau sovereignty was restored. The House of Orange-Nassau exchanged its property in the Westerwald with the Kingdom of Prussia for Luxembourg at the Congress of Vienna . The Kingdom of Prussia handed over the territory to the Duchy of Nassau on the same day . When the offices in the Duchy of Nassau were reorganized in 1816, Fussingen was added to the Hadamar office. After the annexation of the Duchy of Nassau , it belonged again to the Kingdom of Prussia from September 1866. There it belonged to the province of Hessen-Nassau and the administrative district of Wiesbaden . In 1866, the Prussian district and provincial order abolished the Nassau office. Fussingen belonged to the Oberlahnkreis and from 1886 to the newly founded Limburg district . In 1945 the place was assigned to the US-American zone of occupation and thus part of Hesse. The place belonged to the administrative district Wiesbaden. With its dissolution in 1968, Fussingen became part of the Darmstadt administrative district and in 1981 the Gießen administrative district . On July 1, 1974, the place became part of the newly created district of Limburg-Weilburg .

On April 1, 1972, Lahr, Fussingen and Hausen merged to form the community of Waldbrunn . The name was a compromise of the places involved. On July 1, 1974, the old municipality of Waldbrunn was merged with the municipality of Ellar to form the new municipality of Waldbrunn.

In a letter dated February 28, 1973, the Hessian Interior Minister spoke out against the name Waldbrunn as colorless and unfamiliar. To distinguish it from Waldbrunn (Lower Franconia) , he suggested the name Waldbrunn (Hesse) . The community advocated the name Waldbrunn (Westerwald) . It was finally given this name on January 1, 1977.

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which the villages of Fussingen were located and the administrative units to which they were subordinate:

Local history

In the Middle Ages, a Hohe Strasse ran past near Fussingen , which ran from Mainz via Limburg to Siegen . The road followed the watershed between the Kerkerbach and the Lasterbach. Presumably, this road was laid out as a royal road during the Carolingian period. A street fortress is suspected to be north of Fussingen, but no archaeological work has yet been carried out. Little is known about the village from before the 17th century. The population lived mainly from the low income from agriculture on the rather poor soils. Sheep breeding played an important role for a long time . The place belonged to the Zenten and parish Lahr . In Fussingen there was a Gothic chapel of unknown construction date. As early as the 16th century, Fussingen is documented as the seat of a Hubengericht. Furthermore, from 1544 there was an independent court for the subjects of the House of Nassau-Dillenburg in the offices of Ellar and Neunkirchen. The Reformation began in the county of Nassau-Dillenburg in 1536 . The residents of Fussingen had to convert to the new faith. Around 1557, the sovereign Johann VI. from Nassau-Dillenburg to Calvinism , which led to another change of religion. In 1630 the place became Catholic again as part of the County of Nassau-Hadamar. For this purpose, Prince Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Hadamar commissioned the Jesuits. Since the residents of Fussingen were particularly willing to convert, they were henceforth allowed to lead the Corpus Christi procession in the parish of Lahr.

In the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) the village was almost destroyed. Other places in the neighborhood disappeared completely from the map. In 1619 Bavarian and Habsburg soldiers looted the place. In 1622/23 the troops of the imperial general Johann t'Serclaes von Tilly took winter quarters in the Westerwald. Holstein troops were housed in the office of Ellar . In 1624 the place was sacked again by imperial troops. In 1632/33 there was severe devastation by Swedish troops. As a result, the plague broke out among the needy population, during the years 1633–1636 an infirmary was built in Fussingen for the plague victims of the Zente Lahr. In 1640 the Swedish troops took up quarters in the Amt Ellar. There were two soldiers for every inhabitant. In 1646 the place was sacked again by imperial troops.

In 1736 the farmers from Fussing took part in the "lace dispute", an uprising against the new sovereign in Dillenburg. The cause was the war tax that Prince Christian von Nassau-Dillenburg had imposed on the villages. The farmers chased the seizure officers out of the villages. About 1,600 farmers gathered for an army camp at the Seeweiher near Mengerskirchen. The peasants had brought cattle and movable property to other rulers across the nearby borders. At the same time, the farmers called the Reich Chamber of Commerce . On June 13, 1736, however, the court confirmed Prince Christian von Nassau-Dillenburg's rights and sentenced the farmers to a fine. Prince Christian von Nassau-Dillenburg had to ask the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg for help to enforce the sentence. In 1762 an independent school was founded in Fussingen. Up to this point the school in Lahr was attended. First the lessons were given in the house of the teacher Johann Georg Beck . From 1789 a school room was added to the bakehouse . With the construction of the new Mainzer Landstrasse (today Bundesstrasse 54) from 1780, Fussingen lost the trunk road. During the land consolidation around 1790, the now meaningless old Hohe Straße disappeared from the district. During the First Coalition War , troops marched and billeted again from 1794. In 1795 French troops looted the places in the Amt Ellar.

The field cross erected in 1803 (probably the oldest surviving structure)
The school building from 1830

In the ducal Nassau epoch the population increased strongly and agriculture could no longer support the families. Many residents traveled as peddlers from the Rhineland to Saxony and Switzerland . The traders from Fussingen and Ellar maintained a joint base in St. Gallen . Pottery, linen and clothing were mainly traded. During the 19th century there were isolated emigrations to North America. In 1830 a new school building was built.

In October 1848 the German Revolution reached the Westerwald. After initial tumult and tax refusals, open resistance broke out when the military tried to seize the taxes. On February 5, 1849, there were widespread riots.

The station building of the former Kerkerbachbahn

In 1887 a cemetery was created. Up to this point in time, the deceased were buried in the cemetery in Lahr. With the construction of the Kerkerbach railway station in 1907, Fussingen was connected to the railway network. In the warfare of the First World War , 15 residents died in combat operations, one resident was reported missing.

Cenotaph for the fallen of both world wars at the cemetery

After the First World War, Fussingen was right on the border of the demilitarized strip of the Rhineland, in accordance with the Versailles Peace Treaty . Troops of the German Reichswehr were stationed here from 1919 to 1924. In Hundsangen that American troops were in Diez and Limburg to French troops were located. The Gothic chapel was demolished in 1914 because it was dilapidated in order to build a new church on the same site. The foundation stone was laid for this church on May 28, 1916. The construction was carried out during the First World War and finished in 1918. In 1921, Fussingen was detached from the Lahr parish and assigned to the new Hausen / Fussingen parish based in Hausen. In 1921 a water supply was built in the place . At the same time, more and more residents used the better transport connections and commuted to the Rhineland and the Ruhr area as construction workers . At times there were bus connections to Cologne and Düsseldorf . Agriculture slowly lost its importance. After the land consolidation in the late 1930s, the three-field economy practiced since the Middle Ages ended and was replaced by crop rotation . Also the continued tourism one as a source of income. In 1933 a traffic and beautification association was founded.

Before the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, the last free Reichstag elections produced the following results in Fussingen:

Parties and constituencies %
November 6, 1932 		Voices
November 6, 1932 		%
March 5, 1933 		Voices
March 5, 1933
center German Center Party 89.4 245 86.5 238
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 1.5 4th 0.7 2
NSDAP National-socialist German Workers' Party 2.6 7th 8.0 22nd
KPD Communist Party of Germany 4.7 13 3.3 9
Otherwise. Other parties 1.8 5 1.5 4th
total 100.0 274 100.0 275
Voter turnout in% 88.4 88.7

On November 1, 1935, Pastor Emil Hurm was transferred from Bad Camberg to the parish of Hausen / Fussingen. He had already been banned from teaching in Bad Camberg because of his position on National Socialism. In Hausen and Fussingen, Hurm was primarily concerned with Catholic youth work. On December 2, 1939, Hurm was arrested by the Secret State Police for his "continually hidden attacks on the party and the movement" and first imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp , and from 1940 in Dachau concentration camp . After the Second World War, Hurm was able to return to his parish in Hausen / Fussingen. During the time of National Socialist rule, the associations in the village were either aligned or stopped working. The work of the Nazi killing center Hadamar was known to the population. In September 1936, Fussingen was in an extensive maneuver area . In the Second World War , 24 residents were killed and 15 residents were reported missing.

In 1952/54 a new primary school was built in Hausen, which has been attended by the children from Fussingen since August 28, 1970. The Fussinger School was closed. From 1958 the Kerkerbachbahn was finally shut down and dismantled until 1960. The proportion of the population displaced at home was 10% in 1961 and was thus significantly lower than in the Limburg district as a whole (19%). Most of the expellees came from what was then Czechoslovakia . With the economic miracle , tourism also revived . The traffic and beautification association resumed its activity. On November 7, 1973, Fussingen was awarded the title of a state-approved resort . In 1980 he joined the Ferienland Westerwald-Lahn-Taunus initiative . On October 24, 1984, all parts of the community of Waldbrunn (Westerwald) were awarded the title “State-approved climatic health resort ”, which Fussingen still has today. The advancing technical development led to a gradual departure from agriculture. The commuter movement increasingly shifted to the Rhine-Main area .

population

Population development

Fussingen: Population from 1751 to 2005
year     Residents
1751
  
 246
1789
  
 267
1810
  
 309
1820
  
 331
1830
  
 368
1834
  
 396
1840
  
 432
1846
  
 442
1852
  
 459
1858
  
 455
1864
  
 466
1871
  
 445
1875
  
 491
1885
  
 467
1895
  
 410
1905
  
 418
1910
  
 428
1925
  
 466
1939
  
 451
1946
  
 599
1950
  
 576
1956
  
 519
1961
  
 544
1967
  
 577
1970
  
 604
1986
  
 705
2005
  
 809
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources:

 Source:

year households
1608 16
1624 20th
1679 21st
1751 42
1804 51
1820 90

The proportion of foreigners is 1.75%. The largest foreign population group comes from the successor states of Yugoslavia .

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: one Protestant (= 0.21%), 462 Catholic (= 98.93%), 4 Jewish (= 0.86%) residents
• 1961: 4 Protestant (= 0.74%), 535 Catholic (= 98.35%) residents

religion

The predominant religion is Roman Catholic. About 65% of the population belong to this belief. With the carol singers and the Corpus Christi procession, the community in the village has an impact beyond the church. Numerous wayside shrines and crosses characterize the townscape and the district.

About 18% of the population belong to the Protestant church . The next Protestant church is in Neunkirchen. Around 16% of the population belong to other religious groups or are non-denominational.

politics

In elections to the German Bundestag, the place belongs to the Bundestag constituency Rheingau-Taunus - Limburg . In elections to the parliament of Hesse , he belongs to the Limburg-Weilburg I .

Local advisory board

With the territorial reform, the municipal administration was transferred to the municipality of Waldbrunn (Westerwald). A local advisory board consists of five members. At the head of the local advisory board is the mayor Martin Erler (as of 2013). The town council has told the local council proposal and right to be heard in matters that affect the town.

The election of the local council is based on the Hessian municipal electoral law . This provides for cumulation and variegation . Only four candidates ran for the five seats in the local elections in March 2016.

Parties and constituencies Seats
2016 		Seats
2011 		Seats
2006 		Seats
2001
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 4th 3 3 3
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany - 0 1 1
FOAG Waldbrunn Citizens List - 2 1 1
total 4th 5 5 5

Culture and sights

societies

The cultural life of the village is carried out by the associations. The club life in Fussingen is particularly due to the volunteer fire brigade founded in 1933 (with youth fire brigade since May 13, 1977) and the comparatively large number of musical associations such as the Liederkranz men 's choir (founded in 1907), the Fussingen women's choir (founded in 1989) or the original Waldbrunn brass band (founded 1968 as Musikverein Fussingen eV ). There is also a Horrido hunting horn group in Fussingen ! and a boys choir .

Sports

The place has a soccer field and a tennis hall . Several clubs such as the Rot-Weiß sports club (founded in 1925) and the gymnastics club organize a sporting program. In 1966 the footballers of the sports club founded a game community together with the TuS DJK Blau-Weiß Hausen. In 2003 the Turn und Sportverein e. V. Lahr joined the syndicate called SG Hausen / Fussingen / Lahr . In April 2006 she joined the newly founded FC Waldbrunn 2016 e. V. on. Their first soccer team currently plays in the soccer association league Hessen Mitte.

Since 1955, is deaf association in the promotion of the pigeon sport operates.

natural reserve

To the east of the village there is a fauna-flora-habitat reserve with the meadows north of Lahr . This protected area is particularly used as a habitat for the endangered species of the dark ( Maculinea nausithous ) and the light blue-fly blue ant ( Maculinea teleius ).

Buildings

The St. Leonhard Church, built between 1916 and 1918

The Catholic Church “St. Leonhard ”was built between 1916 and 1918 during the First World War. It is dedicated to Saint Leonard of Limoges . The church is built in the neo-Gothic style. Local basalt was used as building material . The bells that are present today were purchased after 1945, as the old bells were melted down during the Second World War. The interior design of the church was done by the artist Paul Grimm from Fussingen . It comprises the unity of the image of the King of Christ, the image of Our Lady, pulpit , altar , cross and tabernacle . The last renovation of the church took place in 2004.

The previous building was a Gothic chapel with an unknown date of construction. This was closed in 1914 due to dilapidation and demolished. The chapel's altar, built in 1767, was also removed. The chapel was also dedicated to St. Leonhard. The oldest building in Fussingen today is likely to be the Stone Field Cross on Lahrer Weg. This field cross was erected in 1803. The slender crucifix is 3.80 meters high.

Regular events

The main festival in the village is the fair in June. The carnival is celebrated with cap sessions. Local evenings are organized for tourists, where an entertainment program is organized by local and foreign associations.

The event Waldbrunn on the Road / Waldbrunn uf de Baa has been held annually since 2002 . The streets in Waldbrunn and the neighboring towns are closed to motor vehicle traffic for cycling, hiking and skating days. The event is accompanied by an extensive supporting program.

Culinary specialties

The regional cuisine corresponds to the typical Western Forest cuisine. Johann Textor described this in his Nassauer Chronik 1617 with the words: “The house dishes / as well as the citizens in the towns / as the builders and village people in the country / are either pure: or with barley / oats / beans etc. Bread baked with mixed grain: Bey maalzeiten / and otherwise also wol Weck od 'wheat bread: fresh veal: hammel: sheep: beef and pork: soups or broth / also made from wine / beer or milk. ”This list is in the In the following centuries the potato was added as an important food.

The local dishes include: B. the pan . These are baked eggs with bacon, blood and liver sausage. The dip cake made from grated potatoes with diced ham and fried eggs is also a traditional dish, as a side dish it is consumed with Äppelmok ( apple sauce ). Another traditional dish is egg cheese , a dessert made from cracked eggs with milk and sugar, which requires special dishes to be prepared with the egg cheese strainer.

Traditional drinks are cider and corn brandy . Meanwhile, however, beer has the predominant importance. As in other places, brocksel was prepared on New Year's Eve . It is a dish made from gingerbread, brown sugar candy and Dauborn corn brandy.

Economy and Infrastructure

Fussingen is the seat of the municipality of Waldbrunn (Westerwald). The place has the central commercial area of ​​the municipality. In addition, there are local craft and service companies . The most important source of income is commuting to Limburg and the Rhine-Main area .

The place has a village community center, which houses a public library .

Fire protection

The voluntary fire brigade in Fussingen has been providing defensive fire protection and general help in the area since 1933 (from May 13, 1977 with its youth fire brigade ) .

traffic

The Borsig locomotive , built in 1901, was erected as a memorial for the Kerkerbach Railway in Heckholzhausen

There are no highways through the town. The connection points to the federal highway 49 are in Heckholzhausen and near Obertiefenbach . The next connection point to the federal highway 54 is in Dorchheim.

Since the closure of the Kerkerbach Railway in 1958, there has been no railway line. However, there are regular bus routes to Limburg an der Lahn, Hadamar and Mengerskirchen. The distance to Frankfurt Airport is around 80 km.

The Hessian long-distance cycle path R8 and the Kerkerbachtal cycle path run through Fussingen . The place has an extensive network of signposted hiking trails.

education

There is a kindergarten in Fussingen . The next elementary school is in Hausen. As a secondary school serve as a main and secondary school the Westerwald school in Waldersbach. The next grammar school is in Hadamar, and secondary schools in Limburg an der Lahn are also attended.

Personalities

literature

  • Hermann-Josef Hucke (Ed.): Great Westerwaldführer . 3. Edition. Verlag Westerwald-Verein eV, Montabaur 1991, ISBN 3-921548-04-7 .
  • Hellmuth Gensicke: State history of the Westerwald . 3. Edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-922244-80-7 .
  • Walter Rudersdorf : In the shadow of Ellar Castle . Ed .: Municipality of Ellar / Westerwald. Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1967.
  • Walter Rudersdorf : Waldbrunn / Westerwald - From farming village to climatic health resort . Ed .: Community of Waldbrunn Westerwald. 1st edition. Geiger-Verlag, Horb 1986, ISBN 3-89264-015-7 .
  • Hessischer Rundfunk (Ed.): Hessen à la carte, Spicy from the Westerwald . No. 7 . Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt June 22, 1988.
  • Armin M. Kuhnigk: The 1848 Revolution in the Province . 2nd Edition. Camberger Verlag Lange, Camberg 1980, ISBN 3-87460-028-9 .

Web links

Commons : Fussingen  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Population statistics ( memento from November 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 19 kB) of the community of Waldbrunn (Westerwald) (as of January 2012), accessed on January 16, 2013
  2. ^ Walter Rudersdorf : Waldbrunn / Westerwald - From farming village to climatic health resort, page 41
  3. ↑ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 369, 370 and 384 .
  4. ↑ a b c Fussingen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  5. ^ 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).
  6. ^ Walter Rudersdorf : Chronicle Hausen, p. 160
  7. ^ Walter Rudersdorf : Chronicle Hausen, p. 204
  8. ^ A b Walter Rudersdorf: Waldbrunn / Westerwald. From farming village to climatic health resort . Ed .: Community of Waldbrunn Westerwald. 1st edition. Geiger-Verlag, Horb 1986, ISBN 3-89264-015-7 .
  9. ↑ § 6 of the main statute of the community Waldbrunn (PDF file; 37 kB)
  10. ^ Rules of procedure of the local advisory board. (pdf) Waldbrunn community, accessed on October 21, 2007 .