Hirzenhain (Eschenburg)

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Hirzenhain
community Eschenburg
Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '59 "  N , 8 ° 22' 59"  E
Height : 520 m above sea level NHN
Area : 9.56 km²
Residents : 2001  (June 30, 2019)
Population density : 209 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1974
Postal code : 35713
Area code : 02770

Hirzenhain is a district of the municipality of Eschenburg in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

Hirzenhain place from the east
Hirzenhain train station from the north
Hirzenhain place from the west

Hirzenhain is located in the northeast of the Lahn-Dill district on the Bottenhorn plateau , which is part of the Gladenbacher Bergland . The over 500 m high place is located directly on the border with the Marburg-Biedenkopf district . Today the place consists of two parts: "Hirzenhain-Ort" and "Hirzenhain-Bahnhof".

The neighboring towns, starting from the north in a clockwise direction, are Simmersbach (municipality of Eschenburg), Lixfeld (municipality of Angelburg ), Wallenfels , Tringenstein (both municipality of Siegbach ), Nanzenbach (town of Dillenburg ) and Eiershausen (municipality of Eschenburg).

The Kurzbeul (566 m above sea level) rises directly north of Hirzenhain-Ort . East of Hirzenhain train station is the highest point in the municipality of Eschenburg, the Angelburg, at 609 m above sea level . The tallest structure in the Lahn-Dill district, the Angelburg television tower, is also located here .

history

Hirzenhain was first mentioned in 1269 as Hirtinghagen .

In 1911, the place received a train station on the Dillenburg- Wallau Schelden Valley Railway , which, however, was two kilometers from Hirzenhain. In the 1950s, more and more industry and commerce settled around the station. Many residential buildings were also built, and so the new district of Hirzenhain-Bahnhof was created . An Evangelical and a Catholic church were also built here in the 1960s .

Territorial reform

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the Eschenburg community was founded on October 1, 1971 through the voluntary amalgamation of the communities Eibelshausen, Eiershausen and Wissenbach. Force state law were the communities Eschenburg Hirzenhain and Simmersbach and Roth of the former district Biedenkopf to advanced large village Eschenburg together . The entry into force took place on July 1, 1974 by the district president in Darmstadt. Local districts with local advisory boards and local councilors were established for all six districts .

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Hirzenhain was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

population

Population development

Overview of the population:

year Residents of which place of which station
1974 2083 1455 628
1980 2125 1447 678
1990 2271 1552 719
2000 2282 1520 762
2010 2131 1441 690
2015 2076 1345 731
Hirzenhain: Population from 1530 to 2018
year     Residents
1530
  
 160
1834
  
 373
1840
  
 404
1846
  
 410
1852
  
 415
1858
  
 419
1864
  
 439
1871
  
 458
1875
  
 470
1885
  
 541
1895
  
 612
1905
  
 678
1910
  
 836
1925
  
 920
1939
  
 1,129
1946
  
 1,505
1950
  
 1,572
1956
  
 1,605
1961
  
 1,666
1967
  
 1,868
1970
  
 1,906
1974
  
 2,083
1980
  
 2.125
1990
  
 2,271
2000
  
 2,282
2011
  
 2,105
2015
  
 2,076
2018
  
 2,001
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; after 1970: Eschenburg municipality

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 0491 Protestant (= 90.76%), no Catholic and 49 other (= 9.06%) Christians, one Jew (= 0.18%)
• 1961: 1388 Protestant (= 83.31%) and 218 Catholic (= 13.09%) residents

politics

Local advisory board

There is a five-member local council in Eiershausen . After the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , it consists of two members of the CDU, two members of the SPD and one member of the FWG. The mayor is Heiner Baum from the CDU.

Economy and Infrastructure

Hirzenhain has a village community center .

In the middle of the 2000s, the community of Eschenburg in Hirzenhain-Bahnhof designated the new “Kaltwasser” industrial park in the hope of further business settlements.

As part of the Lahn-Dill-Bergland hiking park , Hirzenhain has become a popular hiking destination today.

Aviation

In 1923, after the Wasserkuppe, the world's second glider club was founded in Hirzenhain . In the years that followed, a glider airfield was set up on the Eiershausen slope and an air hall was built in 1936. In the Second World War were over 70 aircraft and destroyed all the facilities. After the lifting of the ban on gliding in 1950, there was a new beginning.

After the glider airfield on the slope was closed for security reasons in 1961, construction of a new airfield on the "Great Cattle Pasture" on the other side of the village began the following year. This was completed in 1966. The airfield Hirzenhain than today Sonderlandeplatz classified.

Winter sports

In 1945, one of the first winter sports clubs in Hesse after the Second World War was founded in Hirzenhain. A ski jump was built in 1964 and in 1973 a 450 m long ski lift followed on the "Eiershäuser Slope". Today, in addition to the drag lift, which was modernized in 2009, the ski club can boast floodlights and a ski hut. Cross-country trails are also groomed in winter.

traffic

Hirzenhain is several country - and county roads to the Dietzhölz and - Dilltal connected. There are also road connections to Siegbach and Angelburg. It is about 5 km to federal highway 253 (Dillenburg– Frankenberg ); the Dillenburg junction on Autobahn 45 is 14 km away.
The station Hirzenhain was in kilometer 13.4 of the Scheldt Valley Railway . All traffic on this route was stopped on May 30, 1987 in the section Dillenburg – Niedereisenhausen, in which Hierzenhain is located.

education

In Hirzenhain there is a primary school with the Herbert Hoover School . There is also a kindergarten in each of the two districts . Secondary schools can be attended in Eibelshausen ( cooperative comprehensive school ) and Dillenburg ( grammar school ).

Personalities

  • Tina Hermann (born March 5, 1992 in Hirzenhain), German skeleton athlete

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistical data. In: website. Eschenburg community, accessed March 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 356-357 .
  3. ↑ Law on the restructuring of the Dill district, the districts of Gießen and Wetzlar and the city of Gießen (GVBl. II 330–28) of May 13, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 17 , p. 237 , § 27 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  4. ↑ Designation of parts of the community in the Dill district from November 21, 1974 . In: The government president (ed.): State gazette for the state of Hesse. 1974 No. 49 , p. 2257 , point 1663 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.7 MB ]).
  5. ↑ a b c Hirzenhain, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ^ Anton Friedrich Büsching: D. Anton Friderich Büsching's new description of the earth. The German empire. tape 3 . JC Bohn, 1771, p. 841 ( google.com ).
  8. ↑ Das Fliegerdorf: From the story of Hirzenhain
  9. ^ Dill-Zeitung, October 23, 2010, p. 23
  10. ↑ Statistical data. In: website. Eschenburg community, archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .
  11. ↑ Local councils of the Eschenburg community , accessed in April 2019.
  12. ^ Flying village Hirzenhain
  13. ↑ The Hirzenhain Ski Club introduces itself