Kleinvach
Kleinvach
City of Bad Sooden-Allendorf
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 50 ″ N , 9 ° 59 ′ 42 ″ E
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Height : | 152 m above sea level NHN |
Area : | 4.32 km² |
Residents : | 215 (Jun. 30, 2016) |
Population density : | 50 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | December 31, 1971 |
Postal code : | 37242 |
Area code : | 05652 |
Kleinvach (left) in the Werra valley
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Kleinvach is a district of Bad Sooden-Allendorf in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse .
geography
Kleinvach is just under 3 km south-southeast of Allendorf on a loop of the Werra to the west of the Gobert ridge . North across the river, the federal road 27 and the Bebra – Göttingen railway line pass the village and the “Weiden” settlement. To the north-east of the town stands Rothestein Castle above the Werra .
history
The village was first mentioned in writing in 1297. At that time the place name was Vach . Tobias Hombergk, a Hessian counselor and teacher of Landgrave Moritz , was enfeoffed by him on January 9, 1596 with the village of Vach. He founded the Hombergk zu Vach family . The church was built in 1598. Until 1821 the place belonged to the Hessian office Allendorf .
Territorial reform
On December 31, 1971, the place was incorporated into the city of Bad Sooden-Allendorf as part of the regional reform in Hesse .
Population development
Source: Historical local dictionary
• 1575/85: | 11 house seats |
• 1681: | 15 house seats |
• 1743: | 117 inhabitants (1 mill, 20 houses) |
• 1747: | 20 house seats with 21 fire places |
• 1961: | 244 Protestant (= 91.73%), 21 Catholic (= 7.89%) residents |
Kleinvach: Population from 1743 to 1970 | ||||
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year | Residents | |||
1743 | 117 | |||
1834 | 245 | |||
1840 | 261 | |||
1846 | 243 | |||
1852 | 219 | |||
1858 | 232 | |||
1864 | 236 | |||
1871 | 211 | |||
1875 | 201 | |||
1885 | 217 | |||
1895 | 231 | |||
1905 | 237 | |||
1910 | 221 | |||
1925 | 233 | |||
1939 | 223 | |||
1946 | 400 | |||
1950 | 401 | |||
1956 | 313 | |||
1961 | 266 | |||
1967 | 250 | |||
1970 | 246 | |||
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources: |
Culture and sights
There is a water treading area in the village .
A curiosity in Kleinvach are the cellars dug in a terrace area on a north slope above the village. Because of frequent floods through the Werra, there used to be no cellars in the village.
The association Wir für uns - Kleinvach eV makes the village community center available to all citizens, associations and interested parties.
Personalities
- Friedrich von Hombergk zu Vach (1857–1935), owner of the Fideikommiss Kleinvach
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kleinvach, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ Budget 2017. (PDF; 7.71 MB) City of Bad Sooden-Allendorf, archived from the original ; accessed on June 21, 2018 .
- ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 410 .
literature
- Wilhelm Otten: A chronicle of the village of Kleinvach . ( kleinvach.de [PDF; 4.5 MB ]).
- Literature about Kleinvach in the Hessian Bibliography
Web links
- The districts on the website of the city of Bad Sooden-Allendorf.
- Kleinvach, Werra-Meissner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).