Gusternhain

Gusternhain community Breitscheid Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 54 ″ N , 8 ° 10 ′ 42 ″ E
Height :	510 m above sea level NN
Area :	5 km²
Residents :	820 (March 2015)
Population density :	164 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1977
Postal code :	35767
Area code :	02777

Gusternhain is a district of the Breitscheid community in the Lahn-Dill district in the central Hessian part of the high Westerwald .

geography

Gusternhain, at the foot of the Barstein (614 m above sea level) at an altitude of approx. 530 m, has a district size of 500 ha. The district is surrounded by forest to the west and north. To the east you can see over the Dilltal to Hohensolms and the Dünsberg behind it and 25 km away .

history

Mentioned for the first time in a document in 1330, the place was for a long time more agricultural, but mining and the almost forgotten pottery were also part of it. Like the other districts, Gusternhain was also transformed into a community of residence for employees. Some of the residents still find work in medium-sized businesses and companies.

On March 11, 1945 , 22 people died and many houses were destroyed or damaged in a momentous bomb attack that was actually aimed at Breitscheid airfield .

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , on January 1, 1977, the previously independent municipality of Gusternhain was incorporated into the municipality of Breitscheid by the law on the reorganization of the Dill district, the districts of Gießen and Wetzlar and the city of Gießen .

Gusternhain has seen a remarkable development in recent years. Those willing to build, including many Russian emigrant families of German descent, found their new home here, built houses and apartments and increased the population from 514 in 1987 to around 850 today.

Territorial history and administration

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

before 1739: Holy Roman Empire , County / Principality of Nassau-Dillenburg , Driedorf office
from 1739: Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Nassau-Diez , Driedorf office
1806–1813: Grand Duchy of Berg , Department of Sieg , Canton of Driedorf
1813–1815: Principality of Nassau-Orange , Driedorf office
from 1816: German Confederation , Duchy of Nassau , Herborn office
from 1849: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Herborn district office
from 1854: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Herborn Office
from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , Dillkreis
from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, administrative district of Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
from 1932: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hesse-Nassau, District of Wiesbaden, District of Dillenburg
from 1933: German Reich, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Dill District
from 1945: American occupation zone , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Dillkreis
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Dillkreis
from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , Dillkreis
from 1977: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Darmstadt administrative district, Lahn-Dill district
On January 1, 1977 Gusternhain was incorporated as a district of the newly formed Breitscheid community.
from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen administrative district , Lahn-Dill district

population

Population development

Gusternhain: Population from 1834 to 2015
year		Residents
1834	302
1840	323
1846	325
1852	310
1858	348
1864	385
1871	361
1875	348
1885	347
1895	344
1905	356
1910	364
1925	422
1939	412
1946	449
1950	462
1956	441
1961	428
1967	496
1970	504
1987	514
2008	850
2010	835
2015	820
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: Breitscheid municipality ( see web archive; several values )

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885:	342 Protestant and 5 Catholic residents
• 1961:	402 Protestant and 23 Roman Catholic residents

Local advisory board

Gusternhain has a five-person local council with a local councilor . After the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , the mayor is Heide Roßmann (CDU).

Cultural monuments

For the cultural monuments of the place see the list of cultural monuments in Gusternhain .

Web links

Breitscheid and its districts. In: Internet presence. Breitscheid community; accessed in August 2018
Gusternhain, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Gusternhain in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ “Figures, Data, Facts” on the Breitscheid municipality's website , accessed in September 2015.
↑ 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 ff ., § 23 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Gusternhain, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (Status: Template: FormatDate : Invalid date! ). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
^ Anton Friedrich Büsching: D. Anton Friderich Büsching's new description of the earth. The German empire. tape 3 . JC Bohn, 1771, 1771, pp. 840 ( google.de ).
↑ Local councils of the Breitscheid community on the community's website, accessed in February 2017.

[1] “Figures, Data, Facts” on the Breitscheid municipality's website , accessed in September 2015.

[2] 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 ff ., § 23 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).

[lagis-3] Gusternhain, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (Status: Template: FormatDate : Invalid date! ). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[4] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[EB-5] Anton Friedrich Büsching: D. Anton Friderich Büsching's new description of the earth. The German empire. tape 3 . JC Bohn, 1771, 1771, pp. 840 ( google.de ).

[6] Local councils of the Breitscheid community on the community's website, accessed in February 2017.