Lahnau

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	to water
County :	Lahn-Dill district
Height :	207 m above sea level NHN
Area :	23.93 km 2
Residents:	8244 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	345 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	35633
Area code :	06441
License plate :	LDK, DIL
Community key :	06 5 32 015
LOCODE :	DE LHA
Community structure:	3 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rathausplatz 1–5 ; 35633 Lahnau
Website :	www.lahnau.de
Mayoress :	Silvia Wrenger-Knispel ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Lahnau in the Lahn-Dill district

Lahnau is a community in the Lahn-Dill district in Hesse, made up of three districts, Waldgirmes , Dorlar and Atzbach . It is roughly in the middle between the cities of Wetzlar (approx. 7 km) and Gießen (approx. 8 km). The center of Lahnau is in Dorlar.

geography

Geographical location

Lahnau is located directly on the Lahn, on the northern or right side and has the populated areas on the so-called Lahn main terrace. Lahnau is part of the Gleiberger Land cooperation , which, in addition to Lahnau, includes the communities Wettenberg , Biebertal and Heuchelheim .

Neighboring communities

Lahnau borders in the north on the municipality of Biebertal , in the east on the municipality Heuchelheim (both in the district of Gießen ) and in the south and west on the city of Wetzlar (Lahn-Dill district).

Community structure

The community consists of the districts

Atzbach 3104 inhabitants
Dorlar 1841 inhabitants
Waldgirmes 3294 inhabitants

(The population figures refer to the 2017 population statistics in the Gleiberger Land, published in the Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung on February 15, 2018)

history

At the "Eberacker" near Dorlar, archaeological excavations by the Roman-Germanic Commission in 1991 and 1992 enabled the Lahnau-Dorlar Roman camp, a Roman field camp with strong legions at the time of the Drusus campaigns around 10 BC. Chr., To be proven. Archaeological excavations carried out on the western outskirts of today's Waldgirmes since 1995 have provided evidence of a civil Roman city in Germania magna . The use of the facility could be dated from coin finds with coins of the Varus : It was probably made a few years before the birth of Christ and was abandoned after the defeat of the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in the second half of 9 AD. Ceramic finds here prove the peaceful coexistence of Romans and Teutons. (→ Main article: Roman Forum Lahnau-Waldgirmes )

Incorporations

The Dorlar community voluntarily incorporated itself into Wetzlar in 1972 . Wetzlar, Gießen, Atzbach, Waldgirmes and 12 other communities formed the city of Lahn from 1977 to 1979 . Within Lahn, the districts of Waldgirmes, Dorlar and Atzbach made up the Lahntal district . After the dissolution of the city of Lahn, the city district became an independent municipality on August 1, 1979 under the name Lahnau .

The district of Dorlar thus belonged to four different communities within seven years, which should be considered a curiosity even in the complicated history of the Hessian territorial reform .

Religions

Atzbach, Dorlar and Waldgirmes had been Protestant since the 16th century. However, many Roman Catholic expellees from Silesia and ethnic Germans from Hungary also came to Lahnau after the Second World War . Even so, the majority today is Protestant. A historical peculiarity is that the borders of the Protestant regional churches Rhineland and Hesse run exactly through the town. The parish of Atzbach-Dorlar belongs to the Rhineland, the one from Waldgirmes to Hesse.

politics

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 A total of 27 seats SPD : 10 geo : 6 FW / FDP : 4 CDU : 7	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	36.7	10	38.5	10	39.0	10	37.0	10
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	27.0	07th	27.6	07th	31.7	09	25.2	07th
	GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	-	-	20.6	06th	11.1	03	09.9	03
	geo	geo - gruen honestly open	20.8	06th	-	-	-	-	-	-
	FW / FDP	Free Voters / Free Democratic Party	15.5	04th	-	-	-	-	-	-
	FWG	Free voter community Lahnau	-	-	13.3	04th	18.2	05	27.9	07th
	total		100.0	27	100.0	27	100.0	27	100.0	27
	Voter turnout in%		51.9	48.7		42.1		52.0

mayor

After the Hessian municipal constitution is the Mayor Chairman of the Municipal Executive Board , the next to the Mayor nine volunteer in the community Lahnau Associate members. Silvia Wrenger-Kinspel (CDU) has been mayor since July 1, 2017. Your directly elected predecessors were

2005–2017 Eckhard Schultz
1999–2005 Roland Schleenbecker
1979–1999 Dieter Jung

Town twinning

Lahnau maintains partnerships with the communities of Wincanton in the United Kingdom and with Geraberg , part of the rural community of Geratal in Thuringia .

Culture and sights

Museums

The Roman Forum Lahnau-Waldgirmes , an open-air museum, shows the oldest stone foundations in Germany, once a Roman forum, the world's only fragments of a life-size bronze-gilt equestrian statue of Emperor Augustus and numerous items of jewelry and utensils for which no comparable pieces are known.
Local history museum in the Waldgirmes district

Cultural monuments in Lahnau

Buildings

Ev. Atzbach Church
Amthof Atzbach (former elementary school and former office building)
Atzbach bakery
Evangelical Church Dorlar
Catholic parish church Dorlar
Altes Backhaus Dorlar (now also registry office / wedding room, common room, creative workshop and holiday apartment)
Ev. Waldgirmes Church

Natural monuments in Lahnau

Sports

The TV 05 Waldgirmes has been successfully active in volleyball in the 3rd Bundesliga since 2012. The SC Waldgirmes will play in the Hessenliga again from 2017/2018. AS LahnLaender Lahnau does endurance sports and its triathlon team starts in the 1st Hessian Triathlon League.

Regular events

Fair in Waldgirmes, weekend of the 1st Sunday in August
Outdoor tournament of the Lahnau-Waldgirmes riding and driving club, 2nd weekend in August
LahnLaender, always on the last Saturday in June
Atzbacher Spritzenhausfest - once a year on a Sunday in June or July
Lahnuferkirmes of the Lahnthal Dorlar choral society , always on the last weekend in June
Atzbacher village festival, always on the third Sunday in August
Lahnau student duathlon, always on the last Saturday in September
Lahnau trade show - every three years on the 2nd weekend in October
Lahnau photo exhibition - always on the Sunday of national mourning day
1st Advent Waldgirmeser Winterzauber (pre-Christmas festival in the town center)
2nd Advent Atzbach winter fun (pre-Christmas festival in the town center)
2nd Advent Atzbach Advent music with play group and church choir in the Atzbach church (2020 for the 50th time)

Public facilities

Educational institutions

The primary school on the Lahnaue is located in the Waldgirmes district for all three districts. Furthermore, the municipality has Lahnau with the Lahntal school Lahnau a comprehensive school in the district Atzbach whose support is the Lahn-Dill district.

Leisure and sports facilities

Lahnau Youth Center
Fitness trail Atzbach
Sports park Lahnau in Dorlar, artificial turf and grass pitch, athletics facility
Indoor and outdoor pools with a 50 × 12.5 m pool and a sunbathing area
Riding arena / riding arena
Sports field in Waldgirmes, lawn and artificial turf