Hilgenroth

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Hilgenroth (definition of terms ) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '  N , 7 ° 39'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Height :	285 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.96 km 2
Residents:	303 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	102 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57612
Area code :	02682
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 052
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 13 57610 Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Website :	www.vg-altenkirchen.de
Mayoress :	Monika Otterbach
Location of the local community Hilgenroth in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

Hilgenroth, aerial photo (2017)

Hilgenroth

Hilgenroth Church

Hilgenroth is a municipality in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld .

geography

Geographical location

Hilgenroth is located in the Westerwald between Altenkirchen and Hamm . Neighboring communities are Breitscheidt in the north, Seelbach and Volkerzen in the east, Obererbach and Bachenberg in the south and Busenhausen and Birkenbeul in the west. To the east is the Marienthal Monastery (district of Seelbach) in the Altenkirchen State Forest .

climate

The annual precipitation is 996 mm. The rainfall is high. They are in the upper quarter of the values ​​recorded in Germany. Lower values ​​are registered at 85% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is April, with the most rainfall in December. In December there is 1.5 times more rainfall than in April. The rainfall varies moderately. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at 43% of the measuring stations .

history

Hilgenroth was first mentioned in a document in 1428. The name of the settlement at that time was Heiligenrode or Hilgerode . These names suggest that the village was cleared from the Middle Ages.

Hilgenroth was an important place of pilgrimage in the 15th century , to which numerous people from far away parts of the Westerwald as well as from Westphalia , the Eifel , the Rhineland and the Sauerland made pilgrimages. The center of the community is still the Hilgenrother Church. A list of miracle reports in the Hilgenroth church has come down to us from the 15th century (Hilgenrother Mirakelbuch ). After the introduction of the Reformation in the county of Sayn , to which Hilgenroth belonged, the pilgrimages to Hilgenroth ended. After the division of the County of Sayn in the 17th century, Hilgenroth belonged to the County of Sayn-Altenkirchen . Since 1665, the Hilgenrother Church has been used as a simultaneum by Lutherans and Reformed people. At the instigation of the Saynian estates , the Latin school in Altenkirchen was reopened at the beginning of the 18th century and the pastor of Hilgenroth was given the position of rector. During the First Coalition War (1792–1797), French troops of the Sambre Maas Army marched through the Westerwald through the local community of Hilgenroth and left considerable damage.

Through the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , Hilgenroth came to the Principality of Nassau-Usingen in 1803 , which was added to the Duchy of Nassau in 1806 . After the Congress of Vienna , Hilgenroth belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia . In the Prussian time Hilgenroth belonged to the mayor Altenkirchen in Altenkirchen district and belonged to Koblenz in the Prussian Rhine Province .

During the Second World War , Hilgenroth was a stage stop for the Wehrmacht as early as 1940 and was used again in 1944 and 1945 to billet tank units . In early 1945 an American bomber ( B 17 ) crashed near Hilgenroth. After the passage of German units, the Americans marched into Hilgenroth on March 27, 1945 and set up heavy artillery positions in the village. Hilgenroth was spared from fighting, however.

Hilgenroth has been part of Rhineland-Palatinate since the state was founded .

Population development

The development of the population of Hilgenroth, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 107 1835 146 1871 163 1905 200 1939 220 1950 249

year Residents 1961 260 1970 286 1987 260 1997 273 2005 315 2019 303

politics

Municipal council

The council in Hilgenroth consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the volunteer local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Monika Otterbach is the local mayor of Hilgenroth. Since there were no applicants for the direct election on May 26, 2019, the election was up to the local council.

coat of arms

Blazon : "The coat of arms of the local community Hilgenroth shows under a red shield head ,dividedby five pinnacles , inside a blue armored and tongued golden leopard lion , split in blue and silver, in front a day-lit church tower , behind a red lily cross ."

Reasons for the coat of arms: The golden leopard on a red background takes up the coat of arms of the Counts of Sayn and creates a territorial reference to the County of Sayn , to which Hilgenroth belonged since the Middle Ages. The battlements under the lion are a symbol of the former village wall around Hilgenroth, which was a special feature of the area as a fortification. The church tower is symbolic of the church in Hilgenroth, which is a regional specialty due to its construction and the church tower itself is also the oldest building in Hilgenroth. The lily cross symbolizes the past of the local community Hilgenroth as an important pilgrimage site in the past and establishes a connection to the pilgrimages to Hilgenroth. The blue and white coloring in the lower part of the coat of arms indicates the club life in Hilgenroth through the blue and white colors of the Hilgenroth men's choir, which has existed since 1866.

Attractions

The evangelical parish church Hilgenroth with its oldest building structure, the tower, has Roman origins. The cornering of the tower towards the nave is remarkable. It can be traced back to the complicated building history and indicates that in the original state in Hilgenroth there was a more extensive multi-aisle facility. The late Gothic side aisle of the church, the chapel of Our Lady , dated 1433, originally served as a chapel of grace for an image of Our Lady . After Hilgenroth had lost its importance as a place of pilgrimage as a result of the Reformation, the church could no longer be maintained and became dilapidated. In the Baroque era , the Romanesque main nave was therefore laid down behind the tower and the Gothic side aisle continued to be used as the only remaining nave. In this way, the corner of the church tower was created to the nave. The Protestant church in Hilgenroth today shows a succession of different architectural styles since the Middle Ages. With the church tower there is a reference to the Romanesque, today's main nave was built during the Gothic and final modifications in the Baroque. Worth mentioning are the colorful church windows of the Gothic choir , which were created in the 1960s and, thanks to their color, bathe the church building in a warm light.

To the left of the Marienthaler Bach lies the Marienthaler Kreuzweg on a hill in the Hilgenroth district . It was built between 1853 and 1869. In the immediate vicinity was the Marienthal monastery near Seelbach.

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Hilgenroth
• List of natural monuments in Hilgenroth

traffic

In terms of traffic, the place is opened up by the district roads 37, 51 and 52.

Hilgenroth is a conveniently located local recreation area with extensive hiking trails around the picturesque village. The long-distance hiking trail Westerwald-Steig runs near the local community .

Not far from the town between Hilgenroth and Marienthal is the station “Kloster Marienthal” of the Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn , on which the trains of the line RB90 ( Kreuztal - Siegen - Kirchen - Au (Sieg) - Altenkirchen (Westerwald) - Hachenburg - Nistertal) / Bad Marienberg - Westerburg - Diez East - Limburg an der Lahn ) of the Hessische Landesbahn (HLB), Dreiländerbahn area , operates every hour in both directions according to the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle ; From Monday to Friday there is a 30-minute cycle during rush hour on the section between Au (Sieg) and Altenkirchen .

economy

The agricultural land in Hilgenroth is now only farmed as a sideline or by foreign farmers. A number of craft businesses offer jobs in town.

literature

• Gabriel Busch (Ed.): Hilgenroth / Marienthal - two places of pilgrimage , Siegburg, 1982.
• Daniel Schneider: The coat of arms of the local community Hilgenroth , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen, 2003, pp. 43–45.
• Daniel Schneider: The estates in the county of Sayn as well as Sayn-Altenkirchen and Sayn-Hachenburg , in: Yearbook for West German State History, 33rd year, 2007, pp. 213-229.
• Daniel Schneider: The last days of the war in Hilgenroth and the surrounding area , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen, 2000, pp. 109–116 (Part I) and 2001, pp. 124–130 (Part II).
• Daniel Schneider: The history of the local community Obererbach (Westerwald). The localities Hacksen, Niedererbach, Obererbach and Koberstein from the Middle Ages to the present , 2 volumes, Obererbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027494-7 (with numerous references to Hilgenroth).
• Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the county of Sayn in the ground plan , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen, 2015, pp. 74–80.

Web links

Commons : Hilgenroth  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Hilgenroth
• Local community Hilgenroth on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Salome Solf-Maennersdoerfer: Das Hilgenrother Mirakelbuch , in: Gabriel Busch (ed.): Hilgenroth / Marienthal. Two places of pilgrimage, Siegburg 1982, pp. 193–240.
3. ↑ On denominational development cf. Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the county of Sayn in plan , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 2015, pp. 74-80.
4. ↑ See Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the County of Sayn in the ground plan , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 2015, p. 79.
5. ^ Daniel Schneider: The estates in the county of Sayn as well as Sayn-Altenkirchen and Sayn-Hachenburg , in: Yearbook for West German State History, 33rd year, 2007, p. 227.
6. ^ Daniel Schneider: The history of the local community Obererbach (Westerwald). The localities Hacksen, Niedererbach, Obererbach and Koberstein from the Middle Ages to the present , Obererbach 2009, vol. 1, pages 228–234.
7. ^ Daniel Schneider: The last days of the war in Hilgenroth and the surrounding area , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen, 2001, pp. 124–127.
8. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Hilgenroth. Retrieved December 25, 2019 . 
10. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Verbandsgemeinde, 25th line of results. Retrieved December 25, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Hilgenroth local parish: Local council, election period 2019-2024. Retrieved December 25, 2019 . 
12. ^ Daniel Schneider: The coat of arms of the local community Hilgenroth , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 2003, p. 44.
13. ^ Daniel Schneider: The coat of arms of the local community Hilgenroth , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 2003, p. 45.
14. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments. Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland. 2nd edited and expanded edition, Berlin 1984, p. 371.
15. ^ Margot Bitterauf-Remy (arrangement): Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreis Altenkirchen , Düsseldorf 1935, pp. 115–117.