Laubach (Taunus)

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Laubach (Taunus)
community Grävenwiesbach
Coat of arms of Laubach (Taunus)
Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 42 "  N , 8 ° 25 ′ 47"  E
Height : 287 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.87 km²
Residents : 680  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 116 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 61279
Area code : 06086

Laubach is a district of Grävenwiesbach in the Hessian Hochtaunuskreis .

geography

Laubach is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus Nature Park . The village is about four kilometers southwest of Grävenwiesbach. The highest elevations near Laubach are the Steinkopf with 370 meters above sea ​​level and the Pinnköppel with 400 meters above sea level.

Neighboring towns are Gemünden (west), Naunstadt (northeast), Hundstadt (east) and Niederlauken (south).

history

Laubach is first mentioned in a document in 1402. The village takes its name from the stream of the same name ( Laubach (Weil) ) flowing through the village . At that time the brook was the border between the area of ​​the Counts of Nassau and that of the Lords of Stockheim . The northern part of Laubach belonged to the parish and court of Grävenwiesbach, the southern to the parish and court of Merzhausen . Even today, the street names "Kirchplayer Seite" and "Stockheimer Seite" bear witness to this time.

In 1669, Count Walrad acquired the Stockheim share for Nassau-Usingen . This ended the political division of the place. The church split existed until 1818, when the Stockheim side (which before 1800 made up about 2/3 of the residents) was assigned to the parish of Grävenwiesbach. Laubach (both parts) had been Protestant since around 1526.

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipalities of Laubach and Grävenwiesbach and other municipalities voluntarily merged to form the municipality of Grävenwiesbach on December 31, 1971.

Finkenhain desert

Finkenhain existed in the upper Laubach valley in what is now the Laubach district. This is about in 1500 desolate fallen.

Attractions

  • Village community center

  • Old school

  • Fountain

economy

Until after the Second World War, agriculture was by far the most important industry. The focus was on pig and Simmental breeding. Today, 274 hectares of the 587 hectares are used for agriculture and 246 hectares are occupied by forest. A land consolidation in 1936 was essential for the current structure of agriculture, which was preceded by an extensive conversion of wastelands into arable land by the Reich Labor Service from 1932 to 1936 .

Today the importance of agriculture has decreased significantly. Most of the residents commute to work in the Rhine-Main area .

From 1690 mining was operated in Laubach (on the parish player side). The “Treu Floretta” mine brought lead but also silver to light. In 1913 mining stopped. The reason was the massive water ingress into the mine and the protests of the local residents over feared mountain damage .

literature

Web links

Commons : Laubach (Taunus)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Areas on the website of the municipality of Grävenwiesbach , accessed in July 2016.
  2. ↑ Population statistics on the website of the municipality of Grävenwiesbach , accessed in July 2016.
  3. ↑ Gerstenmeier, K.-H. (1977): Hessen. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation. Melsungen. P. 266