Kirschhofen

Kirschhofen City of Weilburg Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 23 " N , 8 ° 14 ′ 35" E
Height :	151 (137-173) m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.04 km²
Residents :	720 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	102 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1970
Postal code :	35781
Area code :	06471
	Kirschhofen is located on the left side of the Lahn (Lahnbogen) and is connected to the Odersbach on the right by a pedestrian bridge.

Kirschhofen is a district of Weilburg in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

The village is located in the Weilburger Lahn valley area , on the edge of the eastern Hintertaunus , 1.8 km southwest of the Weilburg core city on an arc of the Lahn . On the opposite side of the river lies the Odersbach district . Both places are connected by a pedestrian bridge. State road 3323 leads past the village to the east .

history

In 1363 the village was mentioned for the first time with the place name Kyrchschyrben . In the 18th century there was a copper mine in the village .

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1970 , as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the previously independent communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen and the city of Weilburg merged on a voluntary basis to form the expanded city of Weilburg. This made Kirschhofen a district of Weilburg.

Territorial history and administration

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

until 1806: Holy Roman Empire , Principality of Nassau-Weilburg , Weilburg office
from 1806: Duchy of Nassau , Weilburg office
from 1816: German Confederation , Duchy of Nassau, Weilburg office
from 1849: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Hadamar District Office
from 1854: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Weilburg office
from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , Oberlahnkreis
from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, administrative district of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Oberlahnkreis
from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Oberlahn district
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Oberlahnkreis
from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , Oberlahnkreis
On December 1, 1970, Kirschhofen was incorporated into the city of Weilburg as a district.
from 1974: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt, district Limburg-Weilburg
from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen district, Limburg-Weilburg district

population

Population development

Kirschhofen: Population from 1834 to 1970
year		Residents
1834	331
1840	352
1846	386
1852	402
1858	430
1864	469
1871	481
1875	468
1885	478
1895	431
1905	446
1910	460
1925	502
1939	514
1946	715
1950	732
1956	714
1961	704
1967	771
1970	809
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources:

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885:	436 Protestant, 42 Catholic residents
• 1961:	574 Protestant, 125 Roman Catholic residents

politics

Mayor is Heiko Rabs.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

societies

The club life is mainly from the village club Kirschhofen, the Ev. Frauenhilfe, the Formula 1 Club Kirschhofen, the volunteer fire brigade Kirschhofen, the home and hiking club, the TuS Kirschhofen, the VdK -Ortsverein Kirschhofen, as well as the Bayern Kuckucks Kirschhofen and the fraternity Kirschhöfer Kuckucksbube in 1989.

Infrastructure

A pedestrian bridge over the Lahn has connected Kirschhofen with the Odersbach district since the 1970s.

Since 1925, the volunteer fire brigade Kirschhofen (from April 14, 1974 with youth fire brigade ) has provided fire protection and general help in this area. The municipal day-care center "Kuckucksnest" is operated. There are in Kirschhofen the community center in the Roßsteinstraße, an athletic field, a playground and signposted hiking and cycling trails, two shelters and 30 benches in the town and the district.

literature

Literature about Kirschhofen in the Hessian Bibliography
Search for Kirschhofen in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library

Web links

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

Kirschhofen district. In: Website of the city of Weilburg.
Districts of Weilburg. Brief info on Kirschhofen. In: www.weilburg-lahn.info. Private website; accessed on March 20, 2018
Information on the village of Kirschhofen. Local history, information. In: www.kirschhofen.org. Private website; accessed on September 6, 2018
Kirschhofen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kirschhofen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Life in the city of Weilburg - figures, data, facts. In: website. City of Weilburg, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
↑ Amalgamation in the Oberlahnkreis to form the town of "Weilburg" and the communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen to form the community of "Löhnberg" on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 111 , 119 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
↑ Local Advisory Councils / Mayors. City of Weilburg, accessed on August 11, 2020 .

[lagis-1] Kirschhofen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[DF-2] Life in the city of Weilburg - figures, data, facts. In: website. City of Weilburg, accessed on March 1, 2020 .

[3] Amalgamation in the Oberlahnkreis to form the town of "Weilburg" and the communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen to form the community of "Löhnberg" on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 111 , 119 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).

[4] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[5] Local Advisory Councils / Mayors. City of Weilburg, accessed on August 11, 2020 .