Hesseck
Hesseck is a former municipality in the Odenwaldkreis in southern Hesse . With only 640 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2015) on 29.98 km² , Hesseneck was the smallest independent municipality in Hesse. It was at the border triangle between Hesse and Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg . It was dissolved on January 1, 2018 through the merger to form the new town of Oberzent .
Geographical location
Hesseck had a height of 285 m above sea level. NHN and was the most southeastern municipality in the Odenwaldkreis. It was located in the red sandstone area of the Odenwald on the source streams and the middle course of the Itter , which flows into the Neckar near Eberbach . Between Hesseneck and the core area of the circuit in the Odenwald Mümlingtal the rises Krähberg ( 554.9 m above sea level. NN ) to the pass Reußenkreuz ( 515 m above sea level. NN ). The highest elevation in the municipality was the Hohe Langhaele ( 548.3 m above sea level ) east of the district of Hesselbach on the Baden state border. The lowest point is the confluence of the bark base in the Itter with about 205 m above sea level. NN .
Neighboring communities
Hesseck bordered the cities of Beerfelden and Erbach (both in the Odenwaldkreis) and Markt Kirchzell ( Miltenberg district in Bavaria ) to the north, the municipality of Mudau ( Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg ) to the east, and the city of Eberbach to the south ( Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg) and in the west to the municipality of Sensbachtal (Odenwaldkreis).
Beerfelden | Erbach | Kirchzell |
Sensbach valley |
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Mudau |
Sensbach valley | Eberbach | Mudau |
Community structure
The community consisted of the following districts:
- Hesselbach
- Kailbach
- Schöllenbach (seat of the municipal administration)
history
Territorial reform
In the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse , the previously independent municipalities of Hesselbach, Kailbach and Schöllenbach merged to form the new municipality of Hesseneck on October 1, 1971.
Declining population numbers and economic reasons led to efforts to merge the communities of Hesseneck, Beerfelden , Rothenberg and Sensbachtal into one community with the name Oberzent on January 1, 2018 . In referendums on March 6, 2016, the majority of the citizens of the four municipalities each voted in favor. With a vote participation of 77.4% in Hesseneck, the majority was 88.7% of the citizens voting. The postal code 64754 for Hesseneck became obsolete with the merger.
Population development
The number of inhabitants of the municipality developed over time as follows (unless otherwise noted, taken from the publications of the Hessian State Statistical Office):
month and year | population |
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June 1976 | 850 |
December 2009 | 636 |
December 2010 | 622 |
December 2011 | 612 |
December 2012 | 644 |
December 2013 | 635 |
December 2014 | 631 |
December 2015 | 640 |
politics
Former community council
The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:
Parties and constituencies | % 2016 |
Seats 2016 |
% 2011 |
Seats 2011 |
% 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
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SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 70.0 | 8th | 74.7 | 8th | 57.3 | 6th | 67.2 | 10 | |
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 30.0 | 3 | 25.3 | 3 | 33.1 | 4th | 32.8 | 5 | |
GREEN | Alliance 90 / The Greens | - | - | - | - | 9.6 | 1 | - | - | |
total | 100.0 | 11 | 100.0 | 11 | 100.0 | 11 | 100.0 | 15th | ||
Voter turnout in% | 77.4 | 76.2 | 71.2 | 77.2 |
mayor
After the Hessian municipal constitution is Mayor Chairman of the Municipal Board , the volunteer next to the Mayor three in the municipality Hesseneck councilor belonged. The first and last directly elected mayor was Thomas Ihrig (SPD) from 1993 until the dissolution of the community.
badges and flags
coat of arms
Blazon : “ On silver a red cross on a red bow, accompanied by two red stars. "
The coat of arms of the municipality of Hesseneck was approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on June 8, 1981 . It was designed by the Bad Nauheim heraldist Heinz Ritt . Cross and arch are old place symbols, the stars come from the coat of arms of the county of Erbach. |
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flag
The flag was approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on December 5, 1983 and is described as follows:
"On a red central panel, accompanied by a red (outside) and a white (inside) edge strip, in the upper half the municipal coat of arms"
Culture and sights
Buildings
- The course of the Limes through the district of Hesselbach with the fort of the same name and watchtower foundations as well as the spring church in Schöllenbach (built in 1465) is worth seeing .
- The Haintal viaduct of the Odenwaldbahn is located near Kailbach . With a length of 173 meters and a height of 30 meters, it consists of nine arches with a span of 15 meters each.
nature
- The Eutersee (bathing lake)
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The state road 3108 offered as a winding pass road over the Krähberg the only road connection from Hesseneck to the rest of the Odenwaldkreis . After about nine kilometers in Hetzbach, it reached Bundesstraße 45 ( Hanau - Eberbach ). The Odenwaldbahn had two stops in the municipality , in Kailbach and in Schöllenbach.
Hiking trails
The Nibelungensteig , a 130-kilometer long long- distance hiking trail certified with the seal of approval “Quality Trail Wanderable Germany” , runs through the districts of Schöllenbach and Hesselbach .
literature
- Literature by and about Hesseneck in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature on Hesseck in the Hessian Bibliography
Web links
- Hesseck community. (No longer available online.) Former municipality of Hesseneck, archived from the original on January 1, 2018 .
- Hesseck, Odenwaldkreis. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of March 7, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on July 18, 2014 .
- Information on the community of Hesseneck. In: Hessisches Gemeindelexikon. HA Hessen Agentur GmbH , 2016.
- Link catalog on the subject of Hesseneck at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 358 .
- ^ Citizens' decision on March 6, 2016 in Hesseneck. (No longer available online.) In: www.statistik-hessen.de. Archived from the original ; accessed on March 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Statistical reports from the Population Department 2009–2015 , accessed on January 3, 2018
- ↑ Local elections 1977; Relevant population figures for the municipalities as of December 15, 1976 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No. 52 , p. 2283 , point 1668 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 10.3 MB ]).
- ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
- ^ Final result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
- ^ Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt: direct elections in Hesseneck
- ↑ Hesseck is soon absorbed in the town of Oberzent. Everything is different at the southernmost tip. ( Memento from January 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) In: Frankfurter Neue Presse from July 20, 2017, accessed on January 10, 2018
- ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the municipality of Hesseneck, Odenwaldkreis, administrative district Darmstadt from June 8, 1981 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1981 No. 26 , p. 1314 , point 767 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.4 MB ]).
- ↑ Approval of a flag of the municipality of Hesseneck, Odenwaldkreis from December 5, 1983 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1983 No. 52 , p. 2448 , point 1485 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.6 MB ]).
Coordinates: 49 ° 34 ' N , 9 ° 4' E