Gembeck

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Gembeck
municipality Twistetal
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 17 "  N , 8 ° 53 ′ 54"  E
Height : 377 m above sea level NHN
Area : 10.35 km²
Residents : 233
Population density : 23 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 34477
Area code : 05695
Gembeck from the direction of Mühlhausen
Gembeck from the direction of Mühlhausen
Gembeck Church

Gembeck is a district in the municipality of Twistor Valley in the north Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg . It is the highest part of the municipality .

geography

Gembeck is idyllically situated in the lake triangle Edersee , Twistesee and Diemelsee . The Westphalian border is only 5 km north. The highest elevations are in the north-west of the village of the "soldiers bush" (438 m above sea level), in the south of the "Mühlenberge" (434 m) and "Am Köppel" in the north-east. To the west of Gembeck is the Dödinghausen desert .

history

Anno 940 it is mentioned in a document that Gembeck was obliged to give tithes to the Corvey monastery. In 1011 the place is mentioned as "Gambiki" owned by Bishop Meinwerk zu Paderborn . The Frederinghausen manor and the Obergembeck domain also belong to the place . The cities of Bad Arolsen and Korbach are nearby . Gembeck maintains a historical friendship with the mountain town of Landau, also located in Waldeck.

Incorporation

On January 1, 1974, Gembeck was incorporated into the municipality of Twistingal in the course of the regional reform in Hesse by virtue of state law.

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1541: 12 houses
• 1620: 16 houses
• 1650: 4 houses
• 1738: 19 houses
• 1770: 23 houses
Gembeck: Population from 1770 to 1967
year     Residents
1770
  
 173
1834
  
 227
1840
  
 229
1846
  
 240
1852
  
 237
1858
  
 261
1864
  
 273
1871
  
 258
1875
  
 275
1885
  
 282
1895
  
 292
1905
  
 305
1910
  
 294
1925
  
 303
1939
  
 318
1946
  
 452
1950
  
 436
1956
  
 384
1961
  
 360
1967
  
 345
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; Twistan valley community

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1895: 286 Protestant (= 97.95%), 6 Catholic (= 2.05%) residents
• 1961: 334 Protestant (= 92.78%), 21 Catholic (= 5.83%) residents

Mining

To the west of the village was a Coelestin mine , the only large exposed occurrence of this strontium mineral in Germany, light blue and crystalline, embedded in dolomites from the Zechstein Age. This material is used for fireworks and for the manufacture of tracer ammunition . The pit is no longer in operation.

societies

  • Sports club SV60 Gembeck
  • Men's Choir MGV 1881
  • Gembeck women's choir
  • Singing boots
  • Gembeck volunteer fire department
  • Boys' club Gembeck
  • Carnival Society Gembeck

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Gembeck, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Gembeck district. In: Internet presence of the municipality of Twist valley. Accessed June 2016.
  3. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Frankenberg and Waldeck (GVBl. II 330-23) of October 4, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 359 , § 2 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 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. 409 .