Griedelbach

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Griedelbach
Municipality Waldsolms
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 31 ′ 2 ″  E
Height : 326 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.71 km²
Residents : 726  (Jan 1, 2009)
Population density : 127 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 35647
Area code : 06085

Griedelbach is a district of the central Hessian community Waldsolms in the southern Lahn-Dill district . The place has about 700 inhabitants.

geography

The village is located in the eastern Hintertaunus ( Wetzlarer Hintertaunus ) on a plateau above the Solmsbach valley . In the north is the 425 meter high Köhlerberg , in the south the Bodenroder Kuppen . Griedelbach is part of the Taunus Nature Park .

Neighboring towns are Brandoberndorf (southwest), Oberwetz (north), and Cleeberg (east).

history

Barrows in the area suggest an early settlement.

The village was first mentioned in 1258. On November 26, 1333, Gridelbach was mentioned in a document in a court settlement between two nobles with the city of Wetzlar . Griedelbach belonged to the Quembach court , which came into the possession of the Counts of Solms in the 15th century . The place was administered by the Braunfels office. Presumably the village formed its own church parish, which however was dissolved after the Reformation and became a branch of Oberwetz .

During fires in 1802 and 1830, a large part of the houses in the village and numerous documents with them were destroyed. After the residents initially found accommodation in neighboring villages, the place was partially rebuilt.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Griedelbach became Prussian and was assigned to the mayor's office in Braunfels . In 1841 it came to the mayor's office of Schöffengrund.

The local research association, the working group "Griedelbacher traces" organized the community festival 2008 for the 750th anniversary.

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1971, the independent community of Griedelbach merged with another five communities as part of the Hessian regional reform to form the new large community of Waldsolms.

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

Griedelbach: Population from 1834 to 1970
year     Residents
1834
  
 256
1840
  
 269
1846
  
 272
1852
  
 273
1858
  
 290
1864
  
 297
1871
  
 296
1875
  
 292
1885
  
 280
1895
  
 271
1905
  
 270
1910
  
 285
1925
  
 298
1939
  
 330
1946
  
 475
1950
  
 493
1956
  
 474
1961
  
 506
1967
  
 501
1970
  
 499
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

• 1834: 248 Protestant, 11 Jewish residents
• 1961: 424 Protestant (= 83.79%), 72 Catholic (= 14.23%) residents

Sights and culture

societies

In addition to the Griedelbach volunteer fire brigade and the Griedelbach sports club, there is also a women's choir and the “Germania Griedelbach” choir .

Cultural monuments

See the list of cultural monuments in Waldsolms-Griedelbach

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Griedelbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 25, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ 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. 380 .
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ↑ Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbuch des Rheinischen Particular-Rechts: Development of the territorial and constitutional relations of the German states on both banks of the Rhine: from the first beginning of the French Revolution up to the most recent times . tape 3 . Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1832, OCLC 165696316 , p. 250 ( online at google books ).