Hatters

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′  N , 7 ° 47 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Hachenburg
Height :	295 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.53 km 2
Residents:	1748 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	152 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57644
Area code :	02662
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 235
Community structure:	5 districts
Association administration address:	Gartenstrasse 11 57627 Hachenburg
Website :	www.hattert.de
Local Mayor :	Christoph Hoopmann (CDU)
Location of the local community Hattert in the Westerwaldkreis

View of the Oberhattert district from the northeast

Hattert is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . In terms of population, it is the largest local community within the Hachenburg Association .

geography

Geographical location

Hattert is between Hachenburg and Altenkirchen , on the so-called Altenkirchen plateau (also Altenkirchen plateau ) in the Vorderwesterwald. The high trough Hatterter Grund extends to a height of 265  m above sea level. NHN to 349  u m. NHN . The Rothenbach, which rises in Gehlert, flows through the Hatterter Grund; in Oberhattert it is enlarged by the Selbach and the Niederbach, in Niederhattert by the Aggerbach and flows into the Wied as the Hatterter Bach between Winkelbach and Hanwerth . The federal highways 413 and 414 run along the edge of the Hatterter Grund, the intersection of which is near Hachenburg.

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Hattert / Westerwald

Community structure

The districts are Ober-, Mittel- and Niederhattert as well as Laad and Hütte. The residential areas Bahnhof Hattert and Eichhof also belong to Oberhattert, and the residential area Sophienthal to Mittelhattert.

Laad, aerial photo (2016)

Hut, aerial photo (2016)

history

Emergence

Based on the historical place names Hattert it is assumed that the place existed as a settlement as early as the 11th century. It is assumed that the Hattenrode settlement emerged from a Franconian farmhouse settlement . This part of Hattert was later called Auf dem Frankenhof and is still called that by the residents today. From 1180 the Hatterter Grund is under the rule of the Count von Sayn . The first written mention of the place is dated December 13th, 1373 (the original document is under the archive signature Dept. 74, No. 484 in the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden ). As with most of the surrounding villages, the name or its historical predecessor suggests a clearing settlement for which wooded areas were cut down.

The villages Niederhattert, Mittelhattert, Oberhattert, Laad and Hütte emerged in the Hatterter Grund. The Hatterter Grund belonged to the parishes of Kroppach and Altstadt (the latter today part of Hachenburg ), the limits of which were represented by the Rothenbach. So the individual places were partly assigned to Kroppach, partly to the old town.

The lower noble family Nail von Hattenrode (also Nayl or Nayll ) is first mentioned in 1393. In 1427 the mill in Hatterter Grund belonged to their farm. The last representative of this family, Wilhelm von Hattenrode, died around 1523, which was followed by changing ownership of Hof Hatteroth (later Hof Sophiental). The von Hattert appear several times as aldermen and mayors in Hachenburg and were enfeoffed in particular by Kurtrier . The most important possessions were castle feuds in Hartenfels and Montabaur . Free float was in Hachenburg, Weidenhahn , Salz und Wissen .

The lords of the whole area were the Counts of Sayn . After the introduction of the Reformation in County Sayn, the inhabitants became Lutheran and later Reformed. After the division of the County of Sayn in the 17th century, the Hatterter Grund belonged to the County of Sayn-Hachenburg until Sayn-Hachenburg came to Nassau-Weilburg in 1799 , which became part of the Duchy of Nassau in 1806 .

In 1817 Niederhattert and Laad merged into one municipality, and Mittelhattert and Hütte experienced the same. The latter were enlarged further in 1818 by adding the Hof Sophiental district. In 1866 the Duchy of Nassau was annexed by Prussia as a result of the German War . From 1867 onwards, the localities in Hatterter Grund were assigned to the Oberwesterwaldkreis with administrative headquarters in Marienberg .

From 1946 the localities belonged to Rhineland-Palatinate, administrative region Montabaur , and then between 1968 and 2000 to the administrative region Koblenz . On June 7, 1969, the Hattert community was re-formed from the previously independent communities of Niederhattert with Laad (at that time 375 inhabitants), Mittelhattert with hut (439) and Oberhattert (793) and since then has been the largest local community in terms of population within the Hachenburg community.

See also

List of cultural monuments in Hattert

railroad

On April 1, 1885, the Altenkirchen- Hachenburg section of the so-called Oberwesterwaldbahn was opened, with a station in Hattert, the construction time of which, however, can no longer be precisely dated. The first plans for such a railway line existed as early as 1842, the last section Altenkirchen – Au / Sieg was released on May 1, 1887. From August 1, 1901, a narrow-gauge railway connected the places Hachenburg and Selters (Westerwald) ( Kleinbahn-AG Selters-Hachenburg ). The route led directly through the Hatterter Grund and Niederhattert and Oberhattert had a stop. In 1950 the narrow-gauge railway began to be dismantled; today the route is only visible in a few places in Hattert. The former station of the Oberwesterwaldbahn is now a stop on demand, the associated building is privately owned.

schools

Old school in Hattert, Hut district

In 1820 a school building was built in Oberhattert and Niederhattert. With the no longer precisely datable school in Hütte, there were a total of three school buildings in Hatterter Grund. Even after extensive repairs, the Oberhattert school was found to be unsuitable as early as 1887, but a new building or renovation could not be carried out due to lack of money and disagreements among those responsible. A new school building in Oberhattert was not completed until October 3, 1911, and the previous one was demolished. In the 1960s, school operations in Hattert were completely stopped. To this day, the students are divided between the primary school in Müschenbach , the secondary school and the secondary school in Hachenburg (today dual secondary school or secondary school plus), and the private grammar school Marienstatt .

church

The church building with the chapel. The train station can be seen in the background above the bell tower of the chapel.

In 1940 a Catholic branch church was built in Oberhattert, which was expanded into a chapel in 1948 and rebuilt after a fire in 1996. In 1957 the parish church Maria Königin was added on the same property, as well as the parish office Hattert- Merkelbach .

On 1 January 2007, were parishes Hachenburg and Hattert-Merkelbach merged to the parish of St. Mary Hachenburg Hattert . Since then, the parish church has been a branch church of the Assumption of Mary in Hachenburg and the Queen of Mary in Hattert.

Population development

The development of the population of Hattert in relation to today's municipality; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 663 1835 758 1871 794 1905 952 1939 1,206 1950 1.314 1961 1.406

year Residents 1970 1,626 1987 1,637 1993 1,749 1999 1,784 2005 1,719 2011 1,738 2017 1,734

Oberhattert

The place was first mentioned in 1568. For the first time there is evidence of a tan mill that existed until at least 1755. In 1695 an oil mill is mentioned for the first time, which was in operation until at least 1832. In 1579 the place had five houses, 1653 eight houses, 1714 21 men and 1760 110 inhabitants.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Hattert consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	Green	FWG	total
2019	5	6th	2	3	16 seats
2014	6th	6th	1	3	16 seats
2009	5	6th	1	4th	16 seats
2004	5	6th	1	4th	16 seats

• FWG = Free Voting Group Hattert e. V.

mayor

Christoph Hoopmann (CDU) became local mayor of Hattert in summer 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 58.19% of the vote.

Hoopmann's predecessor Horst Johanntokrax (SPD) did not start again in 2019 due to an illness. For a while, the first alderman Markus Wolf had exercised official duties until the local elections.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Split of gold and red, in front three blue nails, behind a golden, blue-armored, red-tongued lion."
	Reasons for the coat of arms: The coat of arms refers to the family coat of arms of the Nayl family. Their relatives carried the title Denß Monhard Nayl von Hatterode (see history). The nails indicate the name Nayl . The lion stands for the territorial affiliation to the County of Sayn and the County of Sayn-Hachenburg .

traffic

The Hattert train stop on the Oberwesterwaldbahn ( Limburg an der Lahn - Diez Ost- Westerburg - Nistertal / Bad Marienberg - Hachenburg - Altenkirchen (Westerwald) - Au (Sieg) - Wissen (Sieg) - Siegen - Kreuztal ) is served by regional trains on the RB90 line (Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn) operated by the Hessian State Railway (HLB) according to the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle . At the Au (Sieg) station there is a connection to the trains in the direction of Cologne , Aachen and Siegburg / Bonn . At Limburg (Lahn) train station, there is a connection to regional trains in the direction of Frankfurt am Main , Wiesbaden , Gießen / Fulda , Koblenz and Montabaur / Siershahn .

Personalities

Thomas Denter (* 1936), Abbot emeritus of Marienstatt Abbey, awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (1996) and the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate (2008).

literature

• Hellmuth Gensicke : The parish of Kroppach. In: Nassauische Annalen 83. 1972, pp. 209-231.
• Frances de Schrevel: Chronicle of the community Hattert. A Westerwald community as reflected in the centuries. Hattert 1990.
• Daniel Schneider: The milling industry in the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 59 (2016), pp. 219–237.
• Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the county of Sayn in the plan. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 58 (2015). Pp. 74-80.

Web links

Commons : Hattert  - Collection of Images

• Local community Hattert on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Hachenburg
• Private website about Hattert (unofficial)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 73 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ On the historical development of the mills in the County of Sayn cf. Daniel Schneider: The milling industry in the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen, pp. 219–237.
4. ↑ See Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the county of Sayn in the plan, pp. 74-80.
5. ↑ Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 178 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.  
6. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved January 13, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Hachenburg, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of the result. Retrieved June 6, 2020 . 
9. ^ Nadja Hoffmann-Heidrich: Primary elections in the Verbandsgemeinde Hachenburg. Westerwälder Zeitung, April 30, 2019, accessed on June 6, 2020 .