Lahrbach

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Lahrbach
City of Tann (Rhön)
Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 20 ″  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 15 ″  E
Height : 379 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.47 km²
Residents : 465  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 104 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 36142
Area code : 06682
Lahrbach in the town center - corner of B 278 - L 3174
Lahrbach in the town center - corner of B 278 - L 3174

The resort Lahrbach is a district of Tann (Rhön) in the Fulda district in East Hesse in the state of Hesse in the Federal Republic of Germany .

The hamlets Brauertshof and Paradieshof belong to Lahrbach .

geography

Geographical location

Lahrbach located in the northeast of the district Fulda northeast of the Wasserkuppe in Ulster in the Rhön Nature Reserve in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve .

Neighboring places

Lahrbach borders in the north on Wendershausen , in the east on Hundsbach , in the south-east on Simmershausen , in the south on Hilders , in the south-west on Neuschwambach , in the north-west on Habel .

Waters

The Ulster and Lahr-Bach flow through Lahrbach .

history

The village of Lahrbach was first mentioned in writing in the 15th century. At that time Lahrbach was a "wustenung" (desert), that is, an abandoned village. By 1500 the village was already settled again. The year 1523 is on the southern cornice of the old church. To the east of Lahrbach, an urn grave field from the Hallstatt period (800–500 BC) was found. In 1717 Lahrbach burned down to five houses after a lightning strike. In this fire disaster 120 houses burned down. In 1801 there were already 90 houses again, at that time Lahrbach was a parish village in Würzburg and was subject to Hilder's office. The volunteer fire brigade formed a fire fighting association with the city of Tann in 1877.

In 2015 the place was recognized as a resort .

Incorporation

On December 31, 1971, the previously independent community was incorporated into the city of Tann.

politics

Lahrbach is a district of the city of Tann (Rhön). Mayor is Raymund Huf.

religion

church

The old Catholic fortified church of St. John the Baptist from 1607 and 1616 and the new church of St. Elisabeth are in the village . There is also a Marian grotto . The Catholic parish of St. John the Baptist Lahrbach belongs organizationally to Pastoralverbund "St. Michael Hohe Rhön ”of the diocese of Fulda .

Administrator of the parish of St. John the Baptist Lahrbach is currently (2017) Pastor Michael Möller. He is supported by retired pastor clergyman Council Klaus-Peter Jung.

Church history

In 1793 Lahrbach became an independent parish, which until 1803 belonged to the Würzburg chapter of Mellrichstadt. The church building, built between 1607 and 1616, was completely restored , like the historic Kirchner organ, which was built in 1828 by Johannes Kirchner from Euerdorf .

  • The fortified church
    “St. John the Baptist ”
    was completed in 1616

  • "St. John the Baptist"

  • St. Elisabeth

  • St. Elisabeth

Culture and sights

The Musikverein Lahrbach accompanies, among other things, the Palm Sunday processions, Ascension Day processions, plays at the village festival in Lahrbach or at the May market in Tann.

Fire station of the fire department

There is also the

  • Sports club Lahrbach
  • Rhönklub branch association
  • Gesangverein Frohsinn Lahrbach and the
  • Lahrbach volunteer fire department

The village fountain in “Üngerland”, the village square in “Öberland” and the Mariengrotto are well worth seeing . The Tann - Wendershausen - Lahrbach circular route through the Rhön is ideal for hiking . At the village community center there is a playground with two slides, sandpit, seesaw, climbing net, play combination with a wobbly bridge, two towers and a horizontal bar and swing.

Infrastructure

Lahrbach can be reached via the federal road 278 . There is a bus from Fulda. The Ulstertal Cycle Path runs through the village. It connects the Werra valley with the Hessian Rhön.

Personalities

  • Sebastian Kehl (born February 13, 1980), from Lahrbach, German football player

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistical figures on the website of the city of Tann (Rhön) , accessed in February 2016.
  2. ↑ Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.
  3. ↑ Administrative map of Hessen ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hvbg.hessen.de
  4. ↑ Lahrbach with Brauertshof
  5. ↑ Lahrbach volunteer fire brigade: The village of Lahrbach through the ages ( Memento from July 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Hessian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport and Regional Development: 81st meeting of the specialist committee for health resorts, recreation areas and healing wells in Hesse on October 13, 2015 . State Gazette for the State of Hesse 7/2016 page 218
  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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 394 .
  8. ↑ The mayor of the town of Tann (Rhön)
  9. ^ Lahrbach volunteer fire brigade
  10. ↑ Ulstertal Cycle Path

Web links

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