Hartenfels

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Hartenfels (disambiguation) .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 34 '  N , 7 ° 47'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Selters (Westerwald)
Height :	344 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.18 km 2
Residents:	774 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	95 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56244
Area code :	02626
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 025
Association administration address:	Am Saynbach 5–7 56242 Selters (Westerwald)
Website :	www.vg-selters.de
Local Mayor :	Andreas Strüder
Location of the local community Hartenfels in the Westerwaldkreis

Hartenfels (dialect: Harbels ) is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Selters (Westerwald) .

Hartenfels with Hartenfels Castle, aerial photo (2016)

Geographical location

Hartenfels is located on the Holzbach and about 4 km from Herschbach and 8 km from Selters (Westerwald) . Neighboring communities are Herschbach and Schenkelberg in the west, Steinen in the east and Maxsain in the south of the community. A small forest area belonging to Hartenfels, the Hartenfelser Kopf , is located outside the municipal boundaries north of the town on the B 8 between Freilingen and Höchstenbach .

History and sights

Hartenfels including the castle hill

The tower of Hartenfels Castle

Catholic parish church

The castle Hartenfels is first mentioned in ancient writings in the year 1249, respectively. In 1332 the town of Hartenfels was granted city rights by Ludwig the Bavarian , which was confirmed in 1346 by Charles IV . The place is known for its castle ruins, which have been in ruins since 1593, of which only the tower stands, apart from a few walls. It is the creamer-like tower of a castle that was built in the middle of the 13th century to monitor the nearby trade route from Frankfurt to Cologne.

It belonged to Countess Mechthild von Sayn from the inheritance of her husband Heinrich III, who died in 1246 . von Sayn and came under Archbishop Arnold II. von Isenburg to Kurtrier .

The ruin is called Schmanddippe in dialect . In 1999 the municipality of Hartenfels celebrated its 750th anniversary.

In addition to the castle ruins, there are other sights:

• Jewish cemetery (under monument protection since 1991)
• Basalt column formation "Zehntgarben"

Population development

The development of the population of Hartenfels, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 429 1835 525 1871 531 1905 493 1939 529 1950 550

year Residents 1961 585 1970 646 1987 702 1997 834 2005 868 2019 774

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Hartenfels consists of twelve council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Andreas Strüder became the local mayor of Hartenfels on January 23, 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for another five years with 84.52 percent of the votes cast.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver a red cross of St. Anthony with two attached blue bells."

Economy and Infrastructure

The most important employer is Huf Haus GmbH & Co. KG with approx. 470 employees.

Hartenfelser Kopf wind farm

In the summer of 2006, twelve Enercon E-70 wind turbines were completed on the Hartenfelser Kopf. These supply around 12,500 households. It is therefore one of the largest wind farm projects in a forest that has ever been implemented in Germany. There are four wind turbines in the Hartenfels district. In the following years, more wind turbines were erected, so that 26 wind turbines have been erected in the meantime.

Regular events

In January, in honor of the patron saint, St. Anthony, patron saint's day January 17th, two concerts by the music association take place on two consecutive weekends. Every year at Whitsun the music festival "Rock am Turm" takes place on the Burgberg, and every year at Christmas an illuminated Christmas tree up to eight meters high is erected on the tower. The fair in Hartenfels usually takes place on the first weekend in July.

Choirs, clubs etc.

The community is enriched by the music club, which has a large number of members, the Hartenfels volunteer fire brigade , the Möhnenverein with a men's ballet, and the church choir. The tennis club Hartenfels / Schenkelberg is also integrated into the club life.

traffic

• The community is west of the B 8 , which leads from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg .
• The next motorway junction is Mogendorf on the A3 .
• Further motorway connections exist at Dierdorf and Montabaur .
• The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Hartenfels

literature

• On the occasion of the 750th anniversary in 1999, the municipality of Hartenfels published a chronicle, written and compiled by former mayor and honorary citizen Josef Marx (†); the former dean of the dean's office Herschbach-Selters (1971 to 1979), HH pastor i. R. Norbert Dorn (†); as well as Peter H. Görg and Josef Marx, Chronik der Ortsgemeinde Hartenfels , Hachenburg 1999, 649 pp.

Web links

Commons : Hartenfels  - Collection of Images

Wikisource: Hartenfelß in the Topographia Colonia et al. (Matthäus Merian)  - Sources and full texts

• Local community Hartenfels on the website of the Selters (Westerwald) community
• Private website with gallery

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Hermann-Josef Hucke: Place names in the Westerwaldkreis in their dialect pronunciation as well as Ortneckereien ( Memento from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , 2010, page 16 (PDF; 129 kB)
3. ^ Hellmuth Gensicke : Landesgeschichte des Westerwaldes . 3. Edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1999, page 440; ISBN 3-922244-80-7
4. ↑ The remarks on the medieval history of the Westerwald are taken from the book "Der Westerwald" by Hermann-Josef Roth (DuMont)
5. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
7. ↑ WW-Kurier: Andreas Strüder appointed local mayor. MVV Medienverlag Westerwald-Sieg UG & Co. KG, Wissen, January 27, 2014, accessed on June 10, 2020 . 
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, direct elections