Oberelsaff

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oberelsaff is a district of the local communities Neustadt (Wied) and Vettelschoss in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Neuwied . A smaller part in the west of the village lies in the area of ​​the local community Windhagen , the main part belongs to Neustadt (Wied).

geography

Oberelsaff is between 190 and 200  m above sea level. NHN in a valley section of the Elsaffer Bach (also called Hallerbach ) characterized by grassland , to which the Seelbach flows from the south . While the Elsaffer Bach, which runs on the northwestern edge of the town, forms the border between Neustadt (Wied) (district Elsaffhal ) and Windhagen (district Rederscheid ), the Seelbach marks the border between Neustadt (Wied) and Vettelschoss. Oberelsaff has the appearance of a street village that extends along state road 252 (Vettelschoss – Wiedmühle), which runs in a south-west-north-east direction. In the west of the village is the Hohner Mühle on Hallerbach , which is part of the Rederscheid district. To the northeast, Oberelsaff flows into the district of Mittelelsaff.

history

Oberelsaff originally belonged to Honnschaft "Elsaff in the valley" in the parish Neustadt and was under the administration of the Electoral Cologne Office Altenwied . The border to the Honnschaft Lohrscheid (Vettelschoss) ran directly to the southwest, and to the northwest that to the Honnschaft Rederscheid. The place was first mentioned in 1660 at the latest as "Ober-Elsaff" during an inventory of the settlements in the Altenwied office . In 1670 the Hohnermühle was added to the west of Oberelsaff in the area of ​​the Rederscheid Honnschaft . At that time the place was on a path that led from Vettelschoss through an unpaved moorland ("Walheld") down into the Elsaffhal and was referred to as "Hohlweg".

The area of ​​the Altenwied office fell as a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss (1803) first to the Prince of Wied-Runkel and when the Rhine Confederation was formed (1806) to the Duchy of Nassau and in 1815 after the Congress of Vienna to the Kingdom of Prussia . From 1817, the Elsaffhal and Oberelsaff formed a municipality in the Neuwied district, which was initially administered by the Altenwied mayor . After this was dissolved in 1823 and divided between the mayorships of Asbach (with Rederscheid) and Neustadt (with Elsrachthal and Vettelschoss), Oberelsaff was on the border of both mayorries. In the 1860s, the town's transport links were significantly improved with the construction of the Provinzialstraße (today's L 252) between Vettelschoss and Neustadt. In terms of population, the hamlet stagnated in the 19th century and did not grow beyond the size of ten houses.

Since 1912, the Linz – Neustadt railway has passed on the edge of Oberelsaff , the embankment of which from Hallerbach and its connected Mühlengraben had to be crossed in newly constructed tunnels. In 1934/1935, an Antonius chapel was built west of the Seelbach in the area of ​​the municipality of Vettelschoss , and two residential houses were built next to it in the following period.

As part of the Rhineland-Palatinate administrative and territorial reform , the municipality of Elsrachthal was dissolved on January 1, 1969 and assigned to the newly formed local municipality Neustadt (Wied), the municipality of Rederscheid was incorporated into the municipality of Windhagen on November 7, 1970 and at the same time the municipality of Vettelschoss der Associated municipality of Linz am Rhein . Since then Oberelsaff, including the Hohner Mühle, has belonged to three communities and two association communities.

Population development
year Residents
1816 46
1828 61
1843 36
1885 44
1987 > 61

Hohner Mill

The Hohner mill on the district of Rederscheid ( 50 ° 37 '6.2 "  N , 7 ° 21' 53.7"  O ) was as one of four mills throughout history from Hallerbach were operated. It goes back at least to the year 1670, when it was still used as an oil mill . The tenant at that time was Franz Prangenberg from the village of Hohn, about one kilometer to the northwest . The amount of rapeseed oil obtained in the oil mill is given as 180–200 kg per day. The building that is preserved today was built in 1848 when the Hohner mill was expanded to include a flour mill . This had a grinding capacity of 30 quintals of flour per day . The Hohner Mühle was supplemented by a 15 hectare farmed area. In 1885 the Hohnermühle residential area had three residents. In 1890, on the opposite side of the Vettelschosser brook, a half - timbered house was built to serve as a residence , which was replaced in 1932 by a solid construction house .

At the end of the Second World War, the mill, which was the headquarters of the German troops in March 1945, suffered severe damage. The subsequent reconstruction took place in half-timbered style. In 1962 the operation of the Hohner Mill was stopped for economic reasons. The mill building stands today as a cultural monument under monument protection .

Anthony's Chapel

St. Anthony's Chapel

The Antonius Chapel, consecrated on June 9, 1935 , is located west of the Seelbach and south of the Hallerbach in the district of Vettelschoss ( 50 ° 37 ′ 2.9 ″  N , 7 ° 21 ′ 56.5 ″  E ). The chapel was built by citizens of Oberelsaff in gratitude for the judicial acquittal of Vettelschoss pastor Alois Löw, who had been accused by local NSDAP officials for publicly expressed criticism of the party. The consecration to St. Anthony of Padua can be traced back to regular pilgrimages from Oberelsaff to the chapel of the same name in Erl . Initially the plan was to build a simple saint's house . Before Christmas 1934 the foundations of the chapel with the floor plan 4 by 5 meters were set, in spring 1935 the completion took place.

Annual processions have already led from Vettelschoss to the chapel in Oberelsaff on Antoniustag (June 13) since 1936. At the end of the Second World War , in March 1945, the roof, windows and chairs were badly damaged. The statue of Anthony, which originally stood in the chapel, but was oversized for the size of the building, was moved one to two years later to the Windhagen parish church of St. Bartholomew and replaced by a smaller statue. In 1946 the chapel was given a roof turret in the form of a bell tower , followed by painting in 1949 . In 1988 the first renovation of the Antonius Chapel began. The chapel's neo-Gothic St. Mary's altar comes from the St. Anne's Chapel in Remagen .

References and comments

  1. ^ August Welker: Inventory in the Altenwied office in 1660 . In: Heimat-Jahrbuch 1977 of the district Neuwied , p. 101.
  2. ↑ Hans-Heinrich Mohr: The St. Antonius von Padua Chapel in Oberelsaff was seventy-five years old on June 9, 2010 . In: Werner Büllesbach (Ed.): Heimatblatt Altenwied 2011/2012 , pp. 209, 247/248.
  3. ↑ Hans-Heinrich Mohr: The St. Antonius von Padua Chapel in Oberelsaff was seventy-five years old on June 9, 2010. In: Werner Büllesbach (Ed.): Heimatblatt Altenwied 2011/2012 , p. 209.
  4. ^ The government district of Coblenz according to its location, limitation, size, population and division ... Pauli, Coblenz 1817, p. 87. ( online )
  5. ^ Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-Statistical Description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin and Stettin 1830, p. 692. ( online )
  6. ^ Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Coblenz . Hölscher, Coblenz 1843, p. 71. ( online )
  7. ↑ a b Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia . Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, 1888, pp. 40, 44. ( online )
  8. ^ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality; Population of the Oberelsaff part of Neustadt (Wied): 61; Population of the municipality of Oberelsaff von Vettelschoss: under 10 (not specified for data protection reasons)
  9. ^ A b Anton Stockhausen: The mills in Hallerbach and the Hohner mill . In: Windhagen - Ein Heimatbuch , Economica Verlag, Bonn 1994, pp. 384–386.
  10. ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Neuwied district. Mainz 2019, p. 70 (PDF; 6.4 MB).
  11. ↑ Hans-Heinrich Mohr: The St. Antonius von Padua Chapel in Oberelsaff was seventy-five years old on June 9, 2010
  12. ↑ Hans-Heinrich Mohr: The St. Antonius von Padua Chapel in Oberelsaff was seventy-five years old on June 9, 2010. In: Werner Büllesbach (Ed.): Heimatblatt Altenwied 2011/2012 , pp. 192–249.

Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 5 ″  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 4 ″  E