Manderbach

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Manderbach
City of Dillenburg
Manderbach coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 13 ″  N , 8 ° 15 ′ 56 ″  E
Height : 306 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.8 km²
Residents : 2517  (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 323 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 35685
Manderbach, view from the Nebelsberg
Manderbach, view from the Nebelsberg
Local map

Manderbach is a district of Dillenburg in the Lahn-Dill district in central Hesse with around 2500 inhabitants.

Geographical location

Manderbach is located on the eastern edge of the Westerwald on a sunny plateau, three kilometers north of Dillenburg and is one of seven districts of the city of Dillenburg (next to Donsbach , Eibach , Frohnhausen , Nanzenbach , Niederscheld and Oberscheld ).

history

The first written mention of the name Manderbach dates back to 1225 and therefore took place before the name of the core town of Dillenburg was first recorded in 1254.

The knight Eginolph von Manderbach was named in a partition contract in 1255. However, the area was settled long before this time. Excavations in 1955 uncovered a prehistoric coal pile, which suggests the presence of a settlement. The rule of the two noble families von Hunsbach and von Selbach has been handed down.

In medieval documents, in addition to the name Mandersbach, Obermanderbach, Niedermanderbach and Holzmanderbach, which presumably referred to nearby settlements, were listed.

In the years 1575/76, 1581/82, 1597, 1625/26 and 1635 an above-average number of inhabitants fell victim to the plague.

In earlier times, Manderbach's narrow buildings with partly thatched-roof houses resembled those in many surrounding towns and, in 1630, when a lightning struck a barn, the fire spread quickly, which destroyed 38 buildings within 1.5 hours. On June 12, 1812, 22 houses were destroyed in a similar event, 15 houses on May 31, 1815 and 6 other buildings on June 15. On June 18, 1825, 47 apartments and 71 barns were destroyed by fire in a major fire, including the chapel and the school building.

The population rose sharply after the Second World War due to the integration of 312 refugees.

As a result of the changes, since 1945 many residents have replaced agriculture as a source of income with activities in industrial companies in Manderbach and Dillenburg. Manderbach still offers housing options that are not disturbed by the noise of the city. Club life and community spirit still bind many residents to the place.

Territorial reform

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Manderbach was incorporated into Dillenburg on December 31, 1971 on a voluntary basis . For the district of Manderbach, as for the other incorporated, formerly independent communities, a local district with a local advisory board and local councilor was formed.

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Manderbach was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

population

Population development

Manderbach: Population from 1834 to 2018
year     Residents
1834
  
 489
1840
  
 520
1846
  
 500
1852
  
 467
1858
  
 460
1864
  
 503
1871
  
 514
1875
  
 515
1885
  
 559
1895
  
 569
1905
  
 628
1910
  
 715
1925
  
 834
1939
  
 920
1946
  
 1,206
1950
  
 1,236
1956
  
 1,197
1961
  
 1,236
1967
  
 1,336
1970
  
 1,378
1980
  
 ?
1990
  
 ?
1999
  
 2,572
2005
  
 2,664
2009
  
 2,634
2014
  
 2,560
2018
  
 2,517
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; after 1970 city of Dillenburg

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 0495 Protestant (= 88.55%), 2 Catholic (= 0.36%) and 62 (= 11.09%) other Christians
• 1961: 1121 Protestant (= 90.70%) and 114 (= 9.22%) Catholic residents
• 2018: 1198 Protestant (= 47.60%), 285 Catholic (= 11.32%) and 1034 other residents

politics

Local advisory board

The Manderbach local council consists of five members. After the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , it consists of three members of the CDU and two members of the SPD . Mayor is Roland Metz (CDU).

Culture and sights

Protestant church
The village fountain in the Advent "costume" (the church in the background)
Martinsfeuer on the fairground in Manderbach

Buildings

  • Village square with a fountain
  • Protestant church

Regular events

The Manderbacher Krebs at Altwieser-Weiher

On the Friday before the commemoration of St. Martin on November 11th there is a big fire in the village. The event is organized by the local volunteer fire brigade in cooperation with the kindergarten.

During Advent, the "Advent Magic" takes place every Friday evening in the old school yard at the church.

The history of the "Manderbach crabs"

“As part of the“ Our village should become more beautiful ”campaign, Manderbach also took part in this competition. At the beginning of July 1964, the zealous collaboration and collaboration of the parishioners, especially the mayor and the chairmen of the various local associations, showed an astonishing activity when it came to giving the village a pleasant appearance. It was u. a. a great new fountain system was built, which the commission “in matters of village beautification” put under the microscope. Certainly some people will be surprised when they look at the new fountain that the Manderbacher builds on the Altwieser-Weiher (the name comes from the field name Alte Wiese ); adorns this new fountain - a cancer. Of course, one was curious to find out what the connection is with this cancer. The mayor Oskar Hirschhäuser gave more detailed explanations of how this "fountain decoration" came about:

In the Altwieser pond, which has existed for more than a hundred years and is a fire water pond , there used to be fish. It was customary to drain and clean it every two years. One day they came across a very strange animal. The Manderbach stood around it in amazement and wondered what kind it might be, although they did not come to any conclusion. Finally, the district administrator was called in for advice, assuming that he must know what kind of animal was "making the old fire pond unsafe". Well, the district administrator knew. He declared the "legendary animal" to be a cancer. “Yes, but that's a cancer, you Mannerbach cancer” he exclaimed, and with that the Manderbach had that joke name gone. To be on the safe side, they put the animal on a chain, so it is still in the Altwieser pond today. As a reminder of this memorable story, the Manderbach decided to put a "doppelganger" on the new fountain, which would also explain its origin. "

Economy and Infrastructure

tourism

  • On Rothaarsteig located
  • Well-developed hiking trails in the adjacent forest areas

  • Rothaarsteig with a view of Manderbach

  • The Rothaarsteig near Dillenburg-Manderbach

Chocolate / praline manufacture Confiseur Läderach Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG in Dillenburg-Manderbach

Public facilities

  • Lebenshilfe residential home for the mentally handicapped

education

  • kindergarten
  • primary school

Web links

Commons : Manderbach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Manderbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ a b c Population figures for the city of Dillenburg from the web archive: 1999 , 2005 , 2009 , 2014 , 2018
  3. ↑ Gerstenmeier, K.-H. (1977): Hessen. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation. Melsungen. P. 288. DNB 770396321
  4. ↑ main statute. (PDF; 21; kB) §; 5. In: Website. City of Dillenburg, accessed February 2019 .
  5. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  6. ↑ Manderbach local advisory board on the city of Dillenburg's website, accessed in April 2019.
  7. ^ Report from the Dill newspaper from July 15, 1964