Hasselbach (Weilburg)

Hasselbach City of Weilburg Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 1 ″ N , 8 ° 12 ′ 18 ″ E
Height :	261 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.44 km²
Residents :	364 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	67 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1970
Postal code :	35781
Area code :	06471

Hasselbach is a district of Weilburg an der Lahn in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse . With less than 400 inhabitants, Hasselbach is the second smallest district of Weilburg.

geography

Hasselbach is located in the Westerwald about six km from downtown Weilburg. The highest point in the Weilburg urban area is in the Hasselbach district: The Hohenstein (370.1 m above sea level).

history

The first mention Hasselbachs dates back to 1235. The Countess Lukardis of Wied-Runkel bequeathed Abbey Rommersdorf a pension of their goods to Hasilbach. Originally the place belonged to the Merenberg office and the Nassau county of Weilburg .

In 1844 the place comprised 59 houses.

The place belonged to the parish of Allendorf . A separate cemetery was set up in 1829, until then burial was in the cemetery in Allendorf. The place does not have an independent church building.

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1970 , as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the previously independent communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen and the city of Weilburg merged on a voluntary basis to form the expanded city of Weilburg. This made Hasselbach a district of Weilburg.

Territorial history and administration

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

until 1806: Holy Roman Empire , Principality of Nassau-Weilburg , Merenberg Office
from 1806: Duchy of Nassau , Amt Merenberg
from 1815: German Confederation , Duchy of Nassau, Weilburg office
from 1849: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Hadamar District Office
from 1854: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Weilburg office
from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , Oberlahnkreis
from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, administrative district of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Oberlahnkreis
from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Oberlahn district
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Oberlahnkreis
from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , Oberlahnkreis
on December 31, 1970 Hasselbach was incorporated as a district in the city of Weilburg.
from 1974: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt, district Limburg-Weilburg
from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen district , Limburg-Weilburg

population

Population development

Hasselbach: Population from 1834 to 1970
year		Residents
1834	328
1840	360
1846	355
1852	318
1858	301
1864	321
1871	331
1875	323
1885	309
1895	308
1905	307
1910	308
1925	303
1939	303
1946	418
1950	417
1956	347
1961	345
1967	344
1970	347
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

• 1885:	303 Protestant, 6 Catholic residents
• 1961:	266 Protestant and 78 Catholic residents

politics

Mayor is Lothar Hölzgen ( SPD ).

Culture and sights

societies

At the local level there are the voluntary fire brigade Hasselbach e. V., founded in 1932 (including youth fire brigade since March 27, 1997 and children's fire brigade since April 30, 2011), Hasselbach women's choir, Hasselbach freezing community, mixed choir "Germania" Hasselbach, Kyffhäuser Kameradschaft Hasselbach, rural women association Hasselbach, Reichsbund der war victims Hasselbach-Gaudernbach and TuS Hasselbach 1911, who appears in football in the Gaudernbach / Hasselbach syndicate.

Infrastructure

Since 1932 the Hasselbach volunteer fire brigade (from March 27, 1997 with the youth fire brigade and since April 30, 2011 with the children's fire brigade ) has provided fire protection and general help in this area.

There is the community center , a sports court, a barbecue hut, a children's playground and hiking trails.

literature

Edith Bröckel u. a .: Weilburg Lexicon . City Council of Weilburg, Weilburg 2006.
Vogel, Christian Daniel: Description of the Duchy of Nassau . Beyerle, Wiesbaden 1844.
Literature on Hasselbach in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Hasselbach district. In: Website of the city of Weilburg.
Districts of Weilburg. Brief info on Hasselbach. In: www.weilburg-lahn.info. Private website; accessed on March 20, 2018
Hasselbach, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hasselbach, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local lexicon for Hessen (as of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on March 22, 2018 .
↑ Life in the city of Weilburg - figures, data, facts. In: website. City of Weilburg, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
↑ Amalgamation in the Oberlahnkreis to form the town of "Weilburg" and the communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen to form the community of "Löhnberg" on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 111 , 119 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
^ 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).
↑ Local Advisory Councils / Mayors. City of Weilburg, accessed on August 11, 2020 .

[lagis-1] Hasselbach, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local lexicon for Hessen (as of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on March 22, 2018 .

[DF-2] Life in the city of Weilburg - figures, data, facts. In: website. City of Weilburg, accessed on March 1, 2020 .

[3] Amalgamation in the Oberlahnkreis to form the town of "Weilburg" and the communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen to form the community of "Löhnberg" on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 111 , 119 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).

[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).

[5] Local Advisory Councils / Mayors. City of Weilburg, accessed on August 11, 2020 .