Limeshain

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	Darmstadt
County :	Wetteraukreis
Height :	206 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.5 km 2
Residents:	5747 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	460 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	63694
Primaries :	06047, 06048
License plate :	FB, BÜD
Community key :	06 4 40 014
Community structure:	3 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Am Zentrum 2 ; 63694 Limeshain
Website :	www.limeshain.de
Mayor :	Adolf Ludwig ( SPD )
Location of the municipality Limeshain in the Wetterau district

Limeshain is a Hessian municipality in the Wetterau . The town hall and thus the seat of the municipal administration is located in the Himbach district.

geography

The municipality of Limeshain consists of the districts Hainchen , Himbach and Rommelhausen . It borders in the west and north on the municipality of Altenstadt , in the east on the city of Büdingen , in the south on the municipality Hammersbach ( Main-Kinzig-Kreis ) and in the southwest on the city of Nidderau (Main-Kinzig-Kreis).

history

The place Rommelhausen was first mentioned in 930 as Ruommothusen . The first mention of the place Himbach can be found in a document of Heinrich IV. From the year 1057 as Hintbach . Hainchen was first mentioned in 1367 as "To the grove". Like Himbach, it belonged to the Eckartshausen court at that time .

The three localities that had previously been assigned to different districts belonged to the Büdingen district from 1874 .

On December 31, 1971, as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the municipality of Limeshain was newly formed through the merger of the previous municipalities of Hainchen, Himbach and Rommelhausen.

On August 1, 1972, the old district of Büdingen was dissolved. The Limeshain community was assigned to the new Wetterau district .

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 : 18 Greens : 3 CDU : 6	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	65.1	18th	55.0	15th	51.7	14th	52.5	14th
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	24.2	6th	17.6	5	22.7	6th	22.4	6th
	FWG	Free voting community Limeshain	-	-	15.2	4th	25.6	7th	25.1	7th
	GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	10.7	3	12.2	3	-	-	-	-
	total		100.0	27	100.0	27	100.0	27	100.0	27
	Voter turnout in%		47.8		46.0		44.0		49.8

mayor

The past mayoral elections produced the following results:

year	Candidates	Political party	% Result
2014	Adolf Ludwig	SPD	89.5
Voter turnout in%		35.3
2008	Adolf Ludwig	SPD	89.7
Voter turnout in%		64.9
2002	Adolf Ludwig	SPD	92.1
Voter turnout in%		34.3
1996	Klaus Hühn	SPD	88.2
Voter turnout in%		46.1

The mayor Adolf Ludwig (SPD), who has been in office since 2002, was re-elected for a third term of office on January 19, 2014 in the first ballot with 89.5% of the votes. The turnout was 35.3%.

Culture and sights

The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes runs through the municipality , a border system with forts and observation towers maintained by the Romans until around 260 AD . This includes the small fort "Auf dem Buchkopf" near Rommelhausen. Remains of these fortifications that are still visible in the area today have been preserved west to south of Rommelhausen and can be explored via hiking trails created for this purpose.

A 25 meter long reconstructed section of the Limes shows the state of development around 200 AD. The reconstruction was carried out in connection with an archaeological and natural history hiking trail based on the idea of Mayor a. D. Klaus Hühn established during his term of office. A little further south, in 2013, the 11.46 meter high, reconstructed stone tower of the guard post 4/103 “Eckartshäuser Unterwald” was inaugurated.

Reconstructed section of the Limes
Reconstructed Limes watchtower 4/103 at the opening
The former Himbach town hall, renovated in 1999
Memorial plaque at the town hall

Individual evidence

↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
↑ RI III, 2,3 n.112, in: Regesta Imperii Online, http://www.regesta-imperii.de/id/1057-05-28_1_0_3_2_3_112_112 .
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 352 .
^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .