Heimbach (Bad Schwalbach)

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Heimbach
Coat of arms of the former community Heimbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 15 ″  N , 8 ° 2 ′ 43 ″  E
Height : 379  (350-500)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.38 km²
Residents : 600 approx.
Population density : 252 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 65307
Area code : 06124

Heimbach is a district of the city of Bad Schwalbach in the Hessian Rheingau-Taunus district . For the district, there is a local district with the town council .

Geographical location

Heimbach is located north of the core town of Bad Schwalbach at an altitude of around 390 meters in the valley of the Heimbach , a left tributary of the Nesselbach , which flows into the Aar through Bad Schwalbach . The district of Heimbach belongs to the Western Aartaunus , a natural subdivision of the western Hintertaunus .

history

Heimbach is first mentioned in a document around the year 1260. According to the wisdom of the 15 village communities , a document in the main state archive of Wiesbaden from April 21, 1489, the place belonged to the overheight villages of the Rheingau and later to the lower county of Katzenelnbogen .

Since December 31, 1971, Heimbach has been part of Bad Schwalbach after a voluntary merger in the course of the regional reform in Hesse . As for every district outside the core city, the main statute established a local district for Heimbach with a local advisory board and local councilor .

Culture and sights

The Upper German-Raetian Limes runs on the northern edge of the district.

The life of the club is supported by the volunteer fire brigade and the Heimbach Carneval Club. There has been a community center on site since 1983.

Economy and Infrastructure

tourism

Like the whole region, Heimbach is part of the Rhein-Taunus Nature Park , which aims to enable people to relax in a natural environment. A good half of the district is wooded and invites the spa guests and residents of the district and spa town of Bad Schwalbach to go hiking with numerous marked trails.

traffic

Heimbach is located on the L 3456, which comes from the federal road 260 , runs in the Heimbachtal , for Heimbach itself actually has the character of a bypass, and bypasses most of Bad Schwalbach north, after three kilometers to the sports facilities, the outdoor pool and the The district building of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis merges into Bad Schwalbacher Bahnhofstrasse ( Bundesstrasse 275 ). This leads 500 meters further east to Aarstrasse in the Aartal . In this way Heimbach is conveniently located and yet quiet near the district town of Bad Schwalbach, and Taunusstein , Wiesbaden and the Rhine-Main area can be reached quickly.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Heimbach district on the website of the city of Bad Schwalbach , accessed in August 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Hessian Land Surveying Office: District map 1: 50,000 Wiesbaden Rheingaukreis Untertaunuskreis, edition 1969
  3. ↑ Westlicher Aartaunus, Zorner plateau, Katzenelnbogen plateau, Nastätter Mulde and Unterlahnhöhen
  4. ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  5. ↑ quoted from the Rheingau-Taunus district's homeland yearbook from 1961  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.swa-heimbach.de
  6. ^ 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. 377 .
  7. ↑ main statute. (PDF; 85 kB) § 6. In: Website. City of Bad Schwalbach, accessed February 2019 .
  8. ^ German Limes Road: Limes near Heimbach