Leimbach (Eiterfeld)

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Leimbach
Market town of Eiterfeld
Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 59 "  N , 9 ° 47 ′ 25"  E
Height : 313 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.24 km²
Residents : 373  (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density : 71 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : August 1, 1972
Postal code : 36132
Area code : 06672
View of Leimbach
View of Leimbach

Leimbach is a district of the market town of Eiterfeld in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

Geographical location

The district of Leimbach is about one and a half kilometers from the main town Eiterfeld and is located south of it in the valley system of the upper Eitra in the Rhön .

history

Leimbach was first mentioned in a document in 925.

At the regional end of the regional reform in Hesse , the last small communities like Leimbach lost their independence by virtue of the law. With effect from August 1, 1972, the communities Buchenau, Leimbach, Mengers, Ufhausen and Wölf were incorporated into the community Eiterfeld in the district of Hünfeld , which was also merged with the district of Fulda to form a district called the district of Fulda . In im, the previously independent city of Fulda became a district town .

traffic

The state road 3171 , which connects the town with Eiterfeld and Burghaun , runs through Leimbach . In the village, the district road 145 branches off to the south in the direction of Malges .

literature

  • Adrian Seib: Cultural monuments in Hessen. District Fulda II. Burghaun, Eiterfeld, Hünfeld, Nüsttal, Rasdorf. State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (editor and publisher), Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-8062-2607-2 , pp. 205–212.

Web links

Commons : Leimbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Leimbach, District of Fulda. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 1, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. Population figures . In: website. Market town of Eiterfeld, accessed in September 2019 .
  3. Law on the reorganization of the districts of Fulda and Hünfeld and the city of Fulda (GVBl. II 330-14) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 220 , §§ 17 and 18 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).