Lorbach

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Lorbach
City of Büdingen
Coat of arms of Lorbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '26 "  N , 9 ° 5' 42"  E
Height : 143 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.21 km²
Residents : 1120  (June 30, 2019)
Population density : 266 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 63654
Area code : 06042
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Overview map of Lorbach
View over Lorbach, 2019
View over Lorbach, 2019

Lorbach is a district of Büdingen in the Wetterau district in Hesse .

Geographical location

Lorbach is two kilometers southwest of the city center of Büdingen. In the south-west of the district is Herrnhaag , a settlement of the Moravian Brethren founded in 1738 by Nikolaus Ludwig Graf von Zinzendorf . The Hardeck castle ruins can be found on the wooded summit of the 296 meter high Hardeck in the west of the district .

history

The place Larbach is mentioned on November 5th, 775 in the Lorsch Codex . It is a gift from a man named Egilbert, who gave the Lorsch Monastery for the salvation of Hiltrud 8 Joch farmland for perpetual possession.

The next documentary evidence from Larbach relates to the year 1232 in connection with the appointment of a pastor in the local parish. In 1787 Lorbach was part of the Isenburg-Büdingen county .

On the occasion of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Lorbach joined the city of Büdingen at the same time as other municipalities on December 31, 1971.

Population development

year Residents
1939 437
1961 600
1970 720
1990 905
2000 1178
2010 1126

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided, above in red a growing, double-tailed, golden lion; below, in gold, a blue wave bar, intersected by a black mill wheel. "

The coat of arms was adopted on June 13, 2014 by the city council of Büdingen according to § 14 Hessische Gemeindeordnung (HGO) as the coat of arms of the district of Lorbach.

Regular events

  • May 1st schoolyard festival
  • Father's Day celebration in the school yard
  • Bean tossing tournament on Corpus Christi
  • Fountain festival in August

Carnival :

  • Celebration for the start of the campaign on 11.11.
  • Children's meeting "Youth in the Bütt"
  • Foreign session
  • Carnival Monday

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Jürgen Rollmann (* 1966), Bundesliga goalkeeper, qualified journalist and ex-manager of the Bundesliga club FC Augsburg.

literature

  • Hans Georg Ruppel (edit.): Historical place directory for the area of ​​the former Grand Duchy and People's State of Hesse. With proof of district and court affiliation from 1820 to the changes in the course of the municipal territorial reform . Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1976, ( Darmstädter Archivschriften 2 series), p. 140.
  • Architectural monuments in Hessen. Monument topography Wetteraukreis I . Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1982, ISBN 3-528-06231-2 , pp. 169-172.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics on the website of the city of Büdingen (PDF; 21.5 kB), accessed in January 2016.
  2. ↑ Population figures on the city of Büdingen's website , accessed in June 2016.
  3. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 5), Certificate 3025, November 5, 775 - Reg. 1236. In: Heidelberg historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 60 , accessed on May 5, 2019 .
  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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 353 .
  5. ^ Boundary change and integration agreement of November 26, 1971

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