Lohrheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′  N , 8 ° 3 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Aar facility
Height :	175 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.13 km 2
Residents:	595 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	144 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	65558
Area code :	06430
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 081
Association administration address:	Burgstrasse 1 56368 Katzenelnbogen
Website :	www.lohrheim.de
Local Mayor :	Kai Schmidt
Location of the local community Lohrheim in the Rhein-Lahn district

Lohrheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the municipality of Aar-Einrich .

geography

Lohrheim is located in the Aartal , about seven kilometers southwest of Limburg an der Lahn and six kilometers south of Diez . The highest point in the Taunus area is the Eichelsberg (312 meters).

The Kaolinwerk residential area also belongs to Lohrheim .

history

The place was first mentioned in 790 in a deed of donation from Charlemagne as Larheim .

The name ending "-heim" indicates a foundation in Franconian times.

Near the village in Oberneiser forest are Celtic cairns to find. Other Celtic remains were discovered during construction.

Due to the Reformation , Lohrheim, Oberneisen and Netzbach have belonged to the same parish since 1564.

From 1806 to 1866 Lohrheim belonged to the Duchy of Nassau , which was formed in connection with the Rhine Confederation Act . In 1868 Lohrheim came to the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau and was part of the French occupation zone after the Second World War . In 1946 the place became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

At the beginning of 1914, the community was connected to the public water supply and the power grid. Also in 1914, test drillings were carried out to explore clay deposits , during which very powerful kaolin deposits were discovered, whereupon the Geisenheim kaolin factory opened another plant in Lohrheim in 1920 . The kaolin deposits are mined to this day, whereas the mining of iron stone and pyrite has been stopped. The mining of barite in the "Amalie" mine was stopped in May 1924.

In 1930 the cemetery in Lohrheim was opened. Previously, the Lohrheimers were buried in Oberneisen. During the construction work, several fragments were found that were later dated to the Franconian period.

In 1967 the multi-purpose hall with adjoining sports field was completed.

30 households are recorded for 1526, in 1588 there were 112 inhabitants, in 1643 at the end of the Thirty Years War only 29, in 1716 again 114. The population developed as follows in the 19th and 20th centuries: 1843: 331 inhabitants, 1927: 413 inhabitants , 1964: 533 inhabitants.

Local nobility

Lohrheim was the origin of several lower aristocratic families:

The von Lohrheim with the rose are mentioned for the first time around the year 1250. The last member of the male line must have died shortly before 1353. The family was above all well-off in Lohrheim and Oberneisen, with a small amount of free float in a small area.

In 1276 the families of Lohrheim with the sign and Donner von Lohrheim are first mentioned. Due to the similarity of their coats of arms, a close relationship is assumed, so that one can only speak of two families from the 14th century. Both were closely associated with the Counts of Katzenelnbogen . The most important representative of the von Lohrheim with the sign was Hermann, in the middle of the 14th century Abbot of St. Alban near Mainz . The last member was a Philip who died in 1543. The von Lohrheim with the Schildchen had a focus of ownership in Lohrheim and the surrounding area, but also had free float as far as Pfungstadt and Sulzbach . The Donner von Lohrheim owned considerable property, with a focus on Laurenburg, Lohrheim, Oberneisen and Katzernelnbogen. Free float extended over large parts of the Untertaunus and the southeastern Westerwald. In the middle of the 15th century, the Doner zu Lohrheim, presumably through an unequal son, became the lower noble family Donner, later: Donner zu Hattert. Several officials and, above all, officers in Sayn, Nassau, French and Dutch services emerged from it. The last time a member of Donner zu Hattert was mentioned was in 1688.

Another family from Lohrheim appeared around the middle of the 14th century as a Limburg lay judge family with lower aristocratic equality.

In 1666, Albertine Agnes von Oranien-Nassau awarded the Klenck family of civil servants the hereditary title "Herr von Lohrheim", which was associated with possessions in Lohrheim itself, for their services, especially in the native German lands of Nassau. These properties were sold at the beginning of the 18th century. With the addition of "von Lohrheim", the von Klenck family, who were based near Bremen at the time, appeared for the last time in 1726.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Lohrheim consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

The local mayor of Lohrheim is Kai Schmidt. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with a share of 62.42% of the vote, making him the successor to Rudolf Kubitza, who did not run again. Kubitza took over the office from Bodo Schäfer in 2014.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In blue on silver-blue rippled water, a golden duck with a red beak."
	Justification for the coat of arms: So the shield in the municipal seals of the 19th and 20th centuries. The colors were added taking into account that it belongs to the Principality of Nassau-Diez. The sovereign court in Hahnstätten was responsible for Lohrheim, so that in the pre-ducal era there was no separate seal.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The B 54 runs east of Lohrheim in a north-south direction . It leads south to Wiesbaden and north to Diez and Limburg, where there is a connection to the A 3 . The closest long-distance train station is Limburg Süd train station .

education

School lessons first took place in Lohrheim around 1750. Initially, the teacher's private house was used for this. When the teacher died in 1781, Lohrheim became the catchment area of ​​the school in Oberneisen until 1801. In 1835, a school with a teacher's apartment was built on the site of today's fire station.

The closest primary schools are now in Niederneisen and Hahnstätten . A Realschule plus is also located in Hahnstätten.

There is a Protestant day-care center in Lohrheim.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Lohrheim

literature

• Hellmuth Gensicke : The von Lohrheim and the thunder from Lohrheim In: Nassauische Annalen . 81st Volume, 1970, pp. 242-254.

Web links

Commons : Lohrheim  - Collection of Images

• Local community Lohrheim on the website of the municipality of Aar-Einrich

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 42 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Aar-Einrich, Verbandsgemeinde, 20th line of results. Retrieved November 22, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Local community Lohrheim: 1st meeting of the local community council on June 27, 2014. June 28, 2014, accessed November 22, 2019 . 
6. ^ Karl Ernst Demandt and Otto Renkhoff : Hessisches Ortswappenbuch. C. A. Starke Verlag, Glücksburg / Ostsee 1956, p. 217.