Kleinvach

Kleinvach City of Bad Sooden-Allendorf Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 50 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 42 ″  E
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

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
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

Cellars dug into the northern slope above the village.

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

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Kleinvach, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
2. ↑ Budget 2017. (PDF; 7.71 MB) City of Bad Sooden-Allendorf, archived from the original ; accessed on June 21, 2018 . 
3. ^ 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

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

• 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).