Langenbach (Weilmünster)

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Langenbach
Community Weilmünster
Local coat of arms with the Protestant church (newly signed 1977)
Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '53 "  N , 8 ° 22' 35"  E
Height : 222  (208–285)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.2 km²
Residents : 370  (Jun 30, 2020)
Population density : 60 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1970
Postal code : 35789
Area code : 06472
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Location of Langenbach in Weilmünster
Langenbach
Langenbach

Langenbach im Taunus is a district of the community of Weilmünster in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

Langenbach is located in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse , in the imaginary triangle Limburg - Wetzlar - Frankfurt , in the eastern Hintertaunus - in a side valley of the Weiltal . Distinctive geographic elevations are the Hühnerküppel in the northwest, the Hasenberg in the west and the Haagköppel in the south.

Neighboring villages and districts

Langenbach borders within the community of Weilmünster in the north on Rohnstadt and in the west on Laubuseschbach . Hessenstrasse forms the border here . In the south, Langenbach borders the villages of Winden and Heinzenberg in the communities of Weilrod and Grävenwiesbach (both Hochtaunuskreis ). The borderline here is formed by the Leistenbach . The river Weil forms the western border .

structure

Langenbach consists of the old, historic town center with the surrounding new building areas Am Wingert, Tränkebacher Berg and Zehntbach (current) as well as the "outposts" Rosenhof, Langenbacher Mühle, Haus am Weiher (without the pond), Glasberger Hof, Knapendorfer Hof and Waldhaus, as well the desert of Grävenroth .

particularities

Langenbach is known for its truly ancient village church , in addition to a Roman Corinthian baptismal font and a church organ made by the organ builder built Friedrich Drauth in 1770, with George Bell one of the oldest bells of Nassauer country houses. The church is therefore also the landmark of the place and motif of the Langenbach town coat of arms .

For the listed cultural monuments of the place see the list of cultural monuments in Langenbach .

history

Place name

On the basis of place name research ( toponymy , etymology ), the founding of the place Langenbach (with reference to the final syllable “-bach”) is dated back to the time in the first settlement period, i.e. around 250 - 500 AD ( Alemannic land grab ).

Langenbach around 1905

Celtic roots

Celtic fortifications on the Riesenkopf, the " Riesenburg " near Rohnstadt and Celtic traces on the Hünerküppel (today Hühnerküppel ) indicate a much older settlement of the area around Langenbach. Two important prehistoric long-distance routes, the " Hessenstraße " coming from the Rhineland around St. Goar, and the " Rennstraße " coming from the Taunus , meet here at the "iron hand" (Hasenberg) and run identically from there towards Gießen and later to Kurhessen . Both roads were originally old Celtic long-distance routes, with the Rennstraße coming from the Taunus probably connected the Celtic ring castles Altkönig im Taunus, the Riesenburg and the ring castles on the Dünsberg and Glauberg , and the "Hessenstrasse" as the former Celtic road into the Rhineland (around St. Goar ) led. In the course of the old long-distance routes are everywhere barrows to find. Ancient Celtic place names in Langenbach, such as "Görnhöll" and "Gilling" and the ancient (pagan Celtic) tradition of leaves man on Whit Monday, which is preserved today, point to a very early settlement, probably by the Celts tribe of Ubii already at 200–500 BC. The Ubier were resettled by the Romans on the left bank of the Rhine around 38 BC and later founded the cities of Bonn , Cologne and Neuss .

Documentary mention

Langenbach is first mentioned in a document on November 4, 1335, when the knight Richwin von Elkerhausen sold a meadow in Langenbach to his nephew Hiltwin von Elkerhausen and his wife. This meadow is still called "Ritterswiese" today.

Economic development

Langenbach was once a purely “ farming village ”, but over time it has developed into a commuter village . Many residents now work in the Rhine-Main area, which can be reached relatively quickly thanks to the good transport links, and enjoy the quiet, natural village life after work .

Langenbacher Church

The church in Langenbach
Roman font

The founder of the Langenbacher church was probably the Frankish Konradiner Gaugraf Konrad Kurzbold . As the son of Konradin Eberhard von Niederlahngau , who died in 902 , Konrad Kurzbold was awarded the Brechen royal court on February 10, 910 in Frankfurt to furnish the church that he wanted to build in Limburg an der Lahn in his county. Konrad founded the Georgenstift Limburg an der Lahn and laid the foundation stone for the cathedral . St. George was also the patron saint of the Langenbach church. Since we know that the Lords of Merenberg as a predecessor of Nassauer had become in the 12th century governors over Limburger pen owned and also to Langenbach, is almost certain that the Langenbacher Georg patronage of the Limburg collegiate arising needs, and - as professionals according to studies the oldest parts of the wall confirm - according to which the stone church in Langenbach was built between 910 and 950. The oldest and largest bell by Christian Duisterwalt from 1444 also testifies to the connection to the Limburg Georgenstift. It is one of the oldest bells in the Nassauer Land and is known as the George Bell . An image of St. George is poured onto the bell. It was spared after the great fire in Langenbach in May 1687. The other two bells date from 1698 after they were re-cast from the two bells that broke in the fire. As early as 1412, Langenbach's church was called the parish church . In 1717 the church was rebuilt because the nave had become dilapidated. The new nave was added to the old part, today's choir. An old late Gothic tabernacle is still located on the north side of the choir. Most notable in the church is a Roman Corinthian capital that has been reworked into a baptismal font . Only two rows of the beautiful acanthus leaves can be seen. The cemetery used to expand around the venerable village church . Today the square has been converted into a complex, in the center of which a memorial to the fallen of the two world wars is embedded.

School, town hall

On May 2, 1954, Langenbach inaugurated the “New School ” after the old school building no longer met pedagogical standards. After the school reform in the 1970s, the village school was closed and the school building was converted into a village community center . The old school was built in 1834 on the site of the old stone town hall .

Merger to form the large community of Weilmünster

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the former market town of Weilmünster in the Oberlahnkreis merged voluntarily on December 31, 1970 with the previously independent communities Aulenhausen, Dietenhausen, Ernsthausen, Laimbach, Langenbach, Laubuseschbach, Lützendorf, Möttau, Rohnstadt and Wolfenhausen to form the new large community of Weilmünster. Essershausen was added on December 31, 1971. For all twelve formerly independent municipalities, local districts with local advisory councils and local councilors were formed in accordance with the Hessian municipal code.

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

Occupied population figures are:

• 1630: 32 households
Langenbach: Population from 1825 to 2020
year     Residents
1825
  
 296
1834
  
 341
1840
  
 355
1846
  
 350
1852
  
 321
1858
  
 306
1864
  
 322
1871
  
 327
1875
  
 306
1885
  
 309
1895
  
 302
1905
  
 291
1910
  
 306
1925
  
 311
1939
  
 279
1946
  
 436
1950
  
 443
1956
  
 404
1961
  
 346
1967
  
 354
1970
  
 379
1987
  
 411
1993
  
 467
1996
  
 460
2001
  
 437
2005
  
 435
2010
  
 387
2011
  
 396
2015
  
 393
2020
  
 370
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 2011 census

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 307 Protestant (= 99.35%), 2 Catholic (= 0.65%) residents
• 1961: 258 Protestant (= 74.57%), 88 Catholic (= 25.43%) residents

politics

Local advisory board

The local advisory council of Langenbach consists of five voting members. After the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , the mayor is Markur Lang.

Partner locations

Langenbach maintains long-term partnerships with Langenbach in the Palatinate and Freistett .

societies

Langenbach has an intact club life. Thus, within the Langenbach volunteer fire brigade founded in 1934, there is also the Langenbach youth fire brigade , which has been active since December 1, 1981 . The fanfare train of the Langenbach volunteer fire brigade (founded in 1977) , which is known far beyond the national borders, operates on the musical and cultural level . The sports club Langenbach with its table tennis department has already achieved many successes. There is also the mixed choir "Eintracht" Langenbach and the Protestant church choir . Charitable structured associations are u. a. the Kyffhäuser- Comradeship Langenbach and the Evangelical Women's Aid Langenbach.

Infrastructure

Since 1934 the Langenbach volunteer fire brigade (from December 1, 1981 with the youth fire brigade) has provided fire protection and general help in this area. There is a village community center in Langenbach on Schulstrasse, a football field, a children's playground and hiking trails.

Personalities

  • Friedrich Snell (1813–1878) was a pastor in Langenbach, member of the Nassau state parliament and co-founder of the “People's Association on the Lower Weil” in Langenbach

literature

  • Erco von Dietze: Evangelical Church Community Langenbach 1621–1982. Finding aid for the church archive , 1989
  • Herbert Keiper: From almost forgotten times , 1982
  • Langenbach im Bild Ed. Erco von Dietze, 1988
  • Literature about Langenbach in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Langenbach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Langenbach, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 8, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ a b Development of the population in the market town of Weilmünster. In: website. Weilmünster community, accessed August 2020 .
  3. ↑ Amalgamation of communities to form the community "Weilmünster", Oberlahnkreis on January 6, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 4 , p. 141 , point 170 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.3 MB ]).
  4. ^ 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 .
  5. ↑ main statute. (PDF; 51 kB) § 6. In: Website. Weilmünster community, accessed March 2020 .
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ↑ a b district of Langenbach. Population numbers. In: website. Weilmünster community, accessed August 2020 .
  8. ↑ Selected data on population and households on May 9, 2011 in the Hessian municipalities and parts of the municipality. (PDF; 1 MB) In: 2011 Census . Hessian State Statistical Office;
  9. ^ Community Weilmünster: Langenbach local advisory board , accessed in January 2017.