Löhnberg

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Löhnberg
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Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '  N , 8 ° 16'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : to water
County : Limburg-Weilburg
Height : 145 m above sea level NHN
Area : 33.85 km 2
Residents: 4484 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 132 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 35792
Primaries : 06471,
06477 ( Obershausen )Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : LM, WEL
Community key : 06 5 33 010
Community structure: 4 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Obertorstrasse 5
35792 Löhnberg
Website : www.gemeinde-loehnberg.de
Mayor : Frank Schmidt ( SPD )
Location of the community of Löhnberg in the Limburg-Weilburg district
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Löhnberg is a municipality north of Weilburg in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

Löhnberg is located in the Lahn valley between Wetzlar and the district town of Limburg an der Lahn , not far from the former residential town of Weilburg .

Neighboring communities

Löhnberg borders in the north on the municipality of Greifenstein , in the east on the cities of Leun and Braunfels (all three in the Lahn-Dill district ), in the south on the city of Weilburg , and in the west on the municipalities of Merenberg and Mengerskirchen (all three in the district of Limburg -Weilburg).

structure

The community Löhnberg consists of the districts Löhnberg (seat of the community administration), Niedershausen , Obershausen and Selters .

Districts Residents
Löhnberg 2774
Niedershausen 1002
Obershausen 0533
Selters 0344
total 4653

As of June 1, 2019

history

All four districts were first mentioned in a document at the end of the 13th to the beginning of the 14th century. In the case of Selters, this is not entirely clear due to the similarity of names with Selters (Westerwald) and Selters (Taunus) . A document from 1317 can be clearly assigned to Selters an der Lahn; possibly the place was mentioned earlier. The Nassau Laneburg was first mentioned in 1324 . It must have been built shortly beforehand. At that time, today's capital Löhnberg was still called Heimau and received city ​​rights under this name in 1321 , but led a miserable existence in 1344 because of its proximity to Weilburg and the pledging to the Nassau line there. Laneburg had its own church from 1342 at the latest and a pastor from 1355. During the Reformation the place became evangelical. At the end of the 16th century the Laneburg was expanded into a renaissance castle and was briefly the Nassau-Dillenburg residence. In 1900 the castle burned down completely.

On November 9, 1901, the Löhnberg volunteer fire brigade was founded . In this way, she and other already existing volunteer fire brigades formed the Oberlahn extinguishing district in the fire brigade association for the Wiesbaden administrative region , within which she entered the district assembly in Obertiefenbach with 63 members on September 3, 1906 . The Catholics of Löhnberg have been making a pilgrimage to the pilgrimage chapel Maria Hilf Beselich for many decades and express their faith there.

The district Obershausen was first mentioned in 1307 and Niedershausen in 1296.

Large community of Löhnberg

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , on December 31, 1970, the previously independent communities of the former Oberlahnkreis Löhnberg, Niedershausen and Obershausen merged voluntarily to form the new large community of Löhnberg. Selters was added by state law on July 1, 1974.

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

Löhnberg: Population from 1834 to 2015
year     Residents
1834
  
 619
1840
  
 653
1846
  
 720
1852
  
 716
1858
  
 752
1864
  
 851
1871
  
 837
1875
  
 870
1885
  
 939
1895
  
 1.005
1905
  
 1,161
1910
  
 1,301
1925
  
 1,386
1939
  
 1,603
1946
  
 2.168
1950
  
 2,192
1956
  
 2,372
1961
  
 2,574
1967
  
 2,566
1970
  
 4,331
1972
  
 4,424
1976
  
 4,514
1984
  
 4,286
1992
  
 4,427
2000
  
 4,500
2010
  
 4,238
2015
  
 4,400
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 1972 :; 1970 :; 1984 :; 1992 :; 2000, 2015 :; 2010:
From 1970 including the towns incorporated into Hesse as part of the regional reform .

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

1885: 0900 Protestant (= 95.85%), 30 Catholic (= 3.19%) and 9 (= 0.96%) Jewish residents
1961: 1900 Protestant (= 73.82%) and 621 (= 24.13%) Catholic residents

politics

coat of arms

Description : The coat of arms shows a golden lily on a blue shield.

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
14th
9
14th 9 
A total of 23 seats
Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 62.6 14th 49.3 11 45.3 11 46.6 11
FW - BfB Free voters - citizens for citizens - - - 32.2 08th 36.6 08th 36.7 08th
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 37.4 09 18.5 04th 18.1 04th 16.7 04th
total 100.0 23 100.0 23 100.0 23 100.0 23
Voter turnout in% 49.1 51.2 49.1 60.8

Partnerships

Löhnberg maintains partnership relationships with

Attractions

The Laneburg
Selters mineral spring building

Museums

Buildings

In Löhnberg is the castle - ruin Laneburg . There is also the Protestant castle church from 1738 and the Catholic church of the parish of St. Hedwig.

Cultural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

In the district of Selters there are two bottling plants that market the mineral water extracted there , including the nationwide known and marketed Selters mineral water .

traffic

Train station with regional train

The federal road 49 , Limburg - Wetzlar runs through the municipality . Löhnberg is connected to the rail network with a train station on the Lahntalbahn .

education

There is a primary school in Löhnberg called Primary School on the Falkenflug . Secondary schools are available in the nearby town of Weilburg .

Facilities

  • Kidscollege - The somewhat different children's university from Löhnberg, Weilburg , Weinbach - founded in 2006
  • Loewe.net - Joint work with children and young people from Löhnberg, Weilburg , Weinbach - founded in 2006
  • Habakuk Löhnberg kindergarten
  • Kindergarten Kleine Strolche Niedershausen
  • Löhnberg volunteer fire brigade , founded in 1901 (including youth fire brigade since April 7, 1979)
  • Voluntary fire brigade Niedershausen, founded in 1901 (including youth fire brigade since October 22, 1977)
  • Obershausen volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1934 (including youth fire brigade since May 1, 1984 and children's fire brigade since June 17, 2007)
  • Selters volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1934

Personalities

  • Friedrich Carl Trainer (1765–1838) was the first mayor of Siegen from 1815 to 1836 .
  • Hermine Spies (1857-1893), famous song and oratorio singer (alto) - including works by Brahms
  • Wilhelm Kremer (1915–1997), was mayor of Löhnberg and Hessian state chairman of the social association VdK.
  • Kurt Leuninger (* 1932), was state commissioner for the district of Oberlahn in 1974 and mayor of Löhnberg from 1980 to 1997.
  • Frank Schmidt (* 1966), politician (SPD), former member of the German Bundestag and mayor of Löhnberg since May 2009.

Web links

Commons : Löhnberg  - Collection of Images

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. ^ Löhnberg from A – Z. In: Internet presence. Community of Löhnberg, accessed on February 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Franz-Josef Sehr : Fire Department District Days around the turn of the century . In: Yearbook for the Limburg-Weilburg district 2000 . The district committee of the district of Limburg-Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg 1999, ISBN 3-927006-29-7 , p. 187-189 .
  4. ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : 250 years pilgrimage chapel Maria Hilf Beselich . In: Yearbook for the Limburg-Weilburg district 2017 . The district committee of the district of Limburg-Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg 2016, ISBN 3-927006-54-8 , p. 137-141 .
  5. ↑ Amalgamation of the communities of Löhnberg, Niedershausen and Obershausen in the Oberlahnkreis 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 ]).
  6. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Limburg district and the Oberlahn district. (GVBl. II 330-25) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 5 , p. 101 , § 11 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 809 kB ]).
  7. ^ 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. 373 .
  8. ↑ a b c Löhnberg, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  9. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  10. ^ Local elections 1972; Relevant population of the municipalities on August 4, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No.  33 , p. 1424 , point 1025 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.9 MB ]).
  11. ↑ Local elections 1977; Relevant population figures for the municipalities as of December 15, 1976 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No.  52 , p. 2283 , point 1668 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 10.3 MB ]).
  12. ^ Local elections 1985; Relevant population of the municipalities as of October 30, 1984 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1984 No.  46 , p. 2175 , point 1104 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
  13. ↑ local elections 1993; Relevant population of the municipalities as of October 21, 1992 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1992 No.  44 , p. 2766 , point 935 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.1 MB ]).
  14. ^ Community data sheet : Löhnberg. (PDF; 222 kB) In: Hessisches Gemeindelexikon. HA Hessen Agency GmbH ;
  15. ↑ The population of the Hessian communities on June 30, 2010. (PDF; 552 kB) Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, p. 11 , archived from the original on February 7, 2018 ; accessed on March 20, 2018 .
  16. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  17. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  18. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006