Hohenahr

This article deals with the community of Hohenahr in Hesse. For the eponymous landscape see Niederweidbach Basin .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′  N , 8 ° 31 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	to water
County :	Lahn-Dill district
Height :	305 m above sea level NHN
Area :	45.67 km 2
Residents:	4772 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	104 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	35644
Primaries :	06444, 06446
License plate :	LDK, DIL
Community key :	06 5 32 013
Address of the municipal administration:	Rathausplatz 6 35644 Hohenahr
Website :	www.hohenahr.de
Mayor :	Armin Frink ( independent )
Location of the community of Hohenahr in the Lahn-Dill district

Hohenahr is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill district in central Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

Hohenahr is located in the Gladenbacher Bergland at an altitude of between 260 and 435 meters above sea level. With the districts of Ahrdt and Mudersbach, the community borders on the Aartalsee .

	Bischoffen 6.5 km
Mittenaar 9.7 km		Biebertal 6.4 km
Aßlar 9.9 km	Wetzlar 12.1 km

Neighboring communities

Hohenahr borders the municipality of Bischoffen (Lahn-Dill district) in the north, the municipality of Biebertal ( district of Gießen ) in the east, the city of Wetzlar in the south, the city of Asslar in the southwest and the municipality of Mittenaar (all in the Lahn-Dill district).

structure

The community includes the six districts of Hohensolms , Altenkirchen , Erda (seat of the municipal administration), Großaltenstädten , Ahrdt and Mudersbach .

history

The district of Erda was first mentioned in the year 771, but it can be assumed that the district of Altenkirchen with its much older church is a few years older than Erda and was not mentioned earlier only because of its size. In the 14th century, built Counts of Solms , the castle Hohensolms .

The municipality of Hohenahr was created on April 1, 1972 as part of the regional reform in Hesse through the voluntary amalgamation of the municipalities of Erda , Hohensolms and Ahrdt . On July 1, 1972, Großaltenstädten was also incorporated into Hohenahr on a voluntary basis . On January 1, 1977, followed by integration of the communities Altenkirchen and Mudersbach powerful state law. Local districts with local advisory councils and community leaders were established for all formerly independent communities . The district of Erda became the seat of the municipal administration.

politics

Community representation

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016     A total of 19 seats SPD : 9 Greens : 3 CDU : 7	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	47.7	9	45.7	11	48.0	11	49.5	11
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	38.8	7th	34.9	8th	41.6	10	32.7	8th
	GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	13.5	3	19.4	4th	10.3	2	7.4	2
	FWG	Free voter community Hohenahr	-	-	-	-	-	-	10.4	2
	total		100.0	19th	100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	23
	Voter turnout in%		51.4		45.4		44.3		52.7

mayor

After the Hessian municipal constitution is the Mayor Chairman of the Municipal Board , the six volunteers in the community Hohenahr next to the Mayor Councilor belong. Mayor has been Armin Frink, who is not party to any party, since 2004. Frink was confirmed in office in 2010 and 2016.

His directly elected predecessors were

• 1998 to 2004 Wilhelm Netz (SPD)

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on January 7, 1988 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior .

Blazon : "In gold, a blue oak branch with 6 leaves and 3 red acorns, growing from a shortened and curved red tip covered with a golden lion head."

The densely wooded municipality is located in the area of ​​the former Solms counties (color combination gold or yellow / blue). The six oak leaves represent the districts of the municipality.

flag

The flag was approved on March 23, 1988 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.

"The flag of the Hohenahr municipality shows the municipal coat of arms in the upper half of the flag strip, which is divided lengthways by blue and yellow."

Attractions

Cultural monuments in Hohenahr

see list of cultural monuments in Hohenahr

Natural monuments in Hohenahr

see list of natural monuments in Hohenahr

Economy and Infrastructure

energy

A solar park was set up on the site of the former NATO tank terminal Erda in 2011 and went into operation in December of that year. The solar park covers an area of ​​16.2 hectares and consists of 17,040 modules with a total nominal output of 3.91 MW . Furthermore, between 2012 and 2013 a wind farm was built near Altenberg near Hohensolms , consisting of seven 198.5 meter high wind turbines of the Nordex N117 / 2400 type . These should generate around 44 million kWh of electricity per year , which corresponds to the consumption of around 12,500 households.

See also : Hohenahr wind farm

education

The Dünsbergschule, a primary school for grades 1-4, is located in the Erda district .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No. 28 , p. 1197 , item 851; 2. Para. 6. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 4.4 MB ]).
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 ff ., § 15 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
4. ↑ K.-H. Gerstenmeier (1977): Hessen. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation. Melsungen. P. 297. DNB 770396321
5. ^ 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. = 380 .
6. ↑ main statute. (PDF; 38 kB) §; 8. In: Website. Hohenahr community, accessed February 2019 . 
7. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
8. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
9. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
10. ↑ ^{a b} Mayor election of Hohenahr on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office 
11. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the community Hohenahr, Lahn-Dillkreis from January 7, 1988 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1988 No. 4 , p. 242 , point 108 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 9.3 MB ]).
12. ↑ Approval of a flag of the community Hohenahr, Lahn-Dillkreis from March 23, 1988 . In: Hessian Ministry of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1988 No. 15 , p. 787 , point 269 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.1 MB ]).
13. ↑ Thanks to the good conditions, online much earlier ( memento from July 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). In: Gießener Anzeiger , December 22, 2011. Accessed July 26, 2012
14. ↑ Homepage of the Dünsberg School in Erda

Web links

Commons : Hohenahr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hohenahr, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Information on the community of Hohenahr. In: Hessisches Gemeindelexikon. HA Hessen Agentur GmbH , 2016. 
• Literature about Hohenahr in the Hessian Bibliography
• Link catalog on Hohenahr at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )