Heiligenborn (Driedorf)
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Heiligenborn
Driedorf municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 32 " N , 8 ° 12 ′ 49" E
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| Height : | 485 (475-560) m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 1.08 km² |
| Residents : | 166 (December 31, 2017) |
| Population density : | 154 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st October 1971 |
| Postal code : | 35759 |
| Area code : | 02775 |
Heiligenborn is one of the nine districts of the municipality of Driedorf in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse . The place in the eastern Westerwald has about 170 inhabitants. It has the smallest demarcation of all Driedorf districts.
geography
The place is on the eastern edge of the High Westerwald about 8 km southwest of Herborn and 45 km northeast of Montabaur . The distance to Siegen is about 42 km and Wetzlar 33 km. Heiligenborn is about 5 km from the Hessian border with Rhineland-Palatinate . The distance to the border triangle Hesse - Rhineland-Palatinate - North Rhine-Westphalia is about 8 km. The district of the place has a size of 1.07 km².
Heiligenborn borders exclusively on the towns of Driedorf and Roth . Both places belong to the municipality of Driedorf in the Lahn-Dill district.
The district is mainly on the Rehbach , a tributary of the dill . To the north of the town, already on the Roth boundary, the Rother Berg (572 m above sea level) and the Oberster Berg (560 m above sea level) rise .
history
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1398 as Heiligenborn . Based on the place name and the location on the edge of the high Westerwald, the place can be assumed to have originated in the 10th century, during the last major state development phase .
In the Middle Ages, Heiligenborn belonged to the office and parish of Herborn. After 1591, however, the place was attached to the Driedorf office.
The long-distance trade route ran from Cologne to Leipzig via Altenkirchen and Herborn near the town . In the vicinity of the village, a Hohe Straße branched off to Frankfurt via Wetzlar.
With the construction of the first section of the Westerwaldquerbahn from Herborn to Driedorf, the place was connected to the railway network on May 1, 1906. By 1910, the line was extended via Westerburg to Montabaur. On May 31, 1966, the section of the Westerwaldquerbahn was finally shut down and partially dismantled.
Territorial reform
The municipalities Heiligenborn, Heisterberg and Hohenroth were on 1 October 1971 at the course of municipal reform in Hesse on a voluntary basis in the community Driedorf incorporated . Local districts with local advisory councils and local councilors were set up for all formerly independent communities .
Territorial history and administration
The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Heiligenborn 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
- On October 1, 1971, the newly formed municipality of Driedorf was created through the merger of Driedorf, Heiligenborn, Heisterberg and Hohenroth. The seat of the municipal administration is Driedorf.
- from 1977: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Darmstadt administrative district, Lahn-Dill district
- from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen administrative district , Lahn-Dill district
Population development
| Heiligenborn: Population from 1834 to 2017 | ||||
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| year | Residents | |||
| 1834 | 74 | |||
| 1840 | 76 | |||
| 1846 | 78 | |||
| 1852 | 66 | |||
| 1858 | 70 | |||
| 1864 | 77 | |||
| 1871 | 75 | |||
| 1875 | 75 | |||
| 1885 | 67 | |||
| 1895 | 67 | |||
| 1905 | 54 | |||
| 1910 | 60 | |||
| 1925 | 77 | |||
| 1939 | 99 | |||
| 1946 | 154 | |||
| 1950 | 148 | |||
| 1956 | 154 | |||
| 1961 | 148 | |||
| 1967 | 145 | |||
| 1970 | 167 | |||
| 1980 | ? | |||
| 1990 | ? | |||
| 2003 | 205 | |||
| 2006 | 188 | |||
| 2010 | 197 | |||
| 2014 | 173 | |||
| 2017 | 166 | |||
| 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: | 66 Protestant (= 98.51%), one Catholic (= 1.49%) residents |
| • 1961: | 107 Protestant (= 72.30%), 40 Catholic (= 27.03%) residents |
politics
For elections to the German Bundestag, the place belongs to the constituency “173 Lahn-Dill ”, for elections to the Hessian state parliament it belongs to the constituency “21 Lahn-Dill I ”.
With the regional reform, the municipal administration was transferred to the municipality of Driedorf. The last mayor was Gerhard Henrich. A local advisory board consists of five members. The town council has told the local council proposal and right to be heard in matters that affect the town. After the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , Frank Heidrich is the mayor .
Cultural monuments
Economy and Infrastructure
The place has a village community center with an integrated fire brigade base.
traffic
The place is near the B 255 from Herborn via Driedorf to Montabaur. The next train station is in Herborn and offers a connection to the Dill route . There are bus connections to Driedorf and Schönbach . The distance to Frankfurt airport is 103 km, to Cologne / Bonn approx. 95 km.
education
There is no kindergarten in Heiligenborn. This is in Driedorf. The place belongs to the catchment area of the Westerwaldschule Driedorf, a primary , secondary and secondary school . Secondary schools can be attended in Herborn or Dillenburg .
literature
- Hermann-Josef Hucke (Ed.): Great Westerwaldführer . 3. Edition. Westerwald-Verein eV, Montabaur 1991. ISBN 3-921548-04-7
- Hellmuth Gensicke: State history of the Westerwald . 3. Edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1999. ISBN 3-922244-80-7
- Christian Daniel Vogel : Description of the Duchy of Nassau . Wilhelm Beyerle, Wiesbaden 1844.
- Heinz Wionski: monuments in Hesse Lahn-Dill I . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen. 1986, ISBN 3-528-06234-7 (Former Dillkreis).
Web links
- Heiligenborn on the website of the municipality of Driedorf
- Heiligenborn, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Driedorf in numbers - municipal statistics. Municipality of Driedorf, archived from the original ; accessed on February 18, 2017 . (Data from archive)
- ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 356 .
- ^ Main statute of the municipality of Driedorf. (PDF; 16 kB) In: Website. Municipality of Driedorf, accessed February 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Heiligenborn, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). 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. (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, p. 840 ( on google books ).
- ↑ Statistics 2003. In: Website. Municipality of Driedorf, archived from the original on February 10, 2004 ; accessed in February 2019 .
- ↑ Statistics 2006. In: Website. Municipality of Driedorf, archived from the original on February 10, 2004 ; accessed in February 2019 .
- ↑ Local advisory boards of the municipality of Driedorf , accessed in February 2017.
