Mengerskirchen

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Mengerskirchen
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Coordinates: 50 ° 34 '  N , 8 ° 9'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : to water
County : Limburg-Weilburg
Height : 420 m above sea level NHN
Area : 30.82 km 2
Residents: 5639 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 183 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 35794
Area code : 06476
License plate : LM, WEL
Community key : 06 5 33 011
LOCODE : DE MKI
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Schloßstraße 3
35794 Mengerskirchen
Website : www.mengerskirchen.de
Mayor : Thomas Scholz ( CDU )
Location of the municipality Mengerskirchen in the Limburg-Weilburg district
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The market town Mengerskirchen is a municipality in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

geography

Neighboring communities

Mengerskirchen is located in the Westerwald and borders in the north on the community Greifenstein ( Lahn-Dill-Kreis ), in the east on the community Löhnberg , in the south on the communities Merenberg and Waldbrunn (all three in the district Limburg-Weilburg), and in the west on the Municipalities Neunkirchen , Elsoff and Oberrod (all three in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate ).

structure

The market town Mengerskirchen consists of five districts, which have the status of local districts :

history

The map of the topographical record of the Rhineland on the Mengerskirchen is recorded
Community baking house and poor house from Probbach, built at the end of the 18th century. Today in the Hessenpark open-air museum .

The place Mengerskirchen was mentioned for the first time in a document of the canons of St. Lubentius in Dietkirchen an der Lahn in 1279. The current district of Winkels was mentioned for the first time in 1243, Waldernbach in 1296, Probbach in 1299 and Dillhausen in 1307. Mengerskirchen was the " oppidum " 1307 designated. However, the town charter was not officially confirmed until February 18, 1321.

In the vicinity of Mengerskirchen the Wallburg “Rentmauer” passed, which offered protection to the residents of the time. For the year 1313, in which the construction of Mengerskirchen Castle probably also began, a separate pastor and the function as the center of the Kalenberger Zent are guaranteed. Together with the courts of Beilstein , Haimau (today Löhnberg ) and Nenderoth, a central court was held on the Kalenbergskopf, a ridge between Arborn , Mengerskirchen and Nenderoth . In 1481 Emperor Friedrich III. a privilege for a fair that was allowed to be held on September 14th at Mengerskirchen. This was tied to a field cross near the settlement and was probably connected with a pilgrimage there.

In the period from 1343 to 1561 Mengerskirchen remained under the rule of the older Nassau-Beilstein line , from then on it fell back to Nassau-Dillenburg together with the remaining possessions of Nassau-Beilstein . Count Otto II von Nassau-Dillenburg bequeathed Mengerskirchen to his wife Adelheid von Vianden as a widow's residence.

At the intersection of the two old trading routes Hohe Strasse from Herborn to Limburg and Rheinstrasse from Cologne to Frankfurt, they set up a customs post that was important at the time. Their district (Sprengel) included Almenrod, Arborn, Cödlingen, Dillhausen, Helmenrod, Nenderoth, Nieder- and Oberprobbach (today only Probbach), Obershausen, Odersberg and Winkels. Mengerskirchen was thus larger than the actual Beilstein residence. The castle in Mengerskirchen housed the with repeated interruptions by the year 1816 Official Mengerskirchen . The last bailiff retired this year and the office was merged with the Weilburg office .

In 1867, by reorganizing the Duchy of Nassau annexed the year before , Prussia created, among other things, the Oberlahnkreis , to which Mengerskirchen also belonged from this point in time. With the regional reform in Hesse in 1974, the Oberlahnkreis became part of the Limburg-Weilburg district.

On September 2, 1898, the Mengerskirchen volunteer fire brigade was founded . In this way, together with the existing volunteer fire brigades in Braunfels , Obertiefenbach and Weilburg, they formed the Oberlahn fire fighting area in the fire service association for the Wiesbaden administrative region , within which they entered the district assembly in Obertiefenbach on September 3, 1906 with a strength of 30 members.

Territorial reform

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , on December 31, 1970, the previously independent communities of Dillhausen, Mengerskirchen, Probbach, Waldernbach and Winkels in the Oberlahnkreis voluntarily merged to form a community called "Mengerskirchen". The district Mengerskirchen was determined to be the seat of the municipal administration. In the zones formerly independent municipalities each one was local district with the town council and mayor set up.

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

Mengerskirchen: Population from 1834 to 2015
year     Residents
1834
  
 955
1840
  
 993
1846
  
 983
1852
  
 971
1858
  
 964
1864
  
 989
1871
  
 965
1875
  
 1,001
1885
  
 1,026
1895
  
 1,028
1905
  
 1,041
1910
  
 1,020
1925
  
 922
1939
  
 1,212
1946
  
 1,435
1950
  
 1,449
1956
  
 1,293
1961
  
 1,407
1967
  
 1,554
1972
  
 4,768
1976
  
 4,650
1984
  
 4,620
1988
  
 4,543
1992
  
 5,332
2000
  
 6,000
2010
  
 5,824
2015
  
 5,800
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 1972 :; 1976 :; 1984 :; 1988 :; 1992 :; 2000, 2015 :; 2010:
From 1976 including the towns incorporated into Hesse as part of the regional reform .

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 11 Protestant (= 1.07%), 1008 Catholic (= 98.25%), 7 Jewish (= 0.68%) residents
• 1961: 77 Protestant (= 5.47%), 1323 Catholic (= 94.03%) residents

politics

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016
8th
13
4th
8th 13 4th 
A total of 25 seats
Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 52.4 13 57.7 14th 59.0 15th 59.9 15th
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 30.8 8th 30.0 7th 28.0 7th 28.0 7th
FWG Free community of voters Mengerskirchen 16.8 4th 10.2 3 13.0 3 12.1 3
BL Colorful list - - 2.1 1 - - - -
total 100.0 25th 100.0 25th 100.0 25th 100.0 25th
Voter turnout in% 49.7 53.7 47.3 56.9

Attractions

  • Castle in Mengerskirchen
  • Sauerbrunnen in Dillhausen and Probbach
  • Maienburg (Eigenburg) castle ruins near Winkels
  • Catholic Church of St. Michael zu Probbach (built in 1873 in neo-Romanesque style, redesigned 1901–1903 in Art Nouveau style)
  • Catholic Church of the Birth of Mary in Winkels, built in 1880
  • Catholic Church of St. Maria Magdalena Mengerskirchen, built in 1959
  • Catholic Church of St. Katharina Waldernbach, built in 1878
  • Jewish cemetery (Mengerskirchen)

  • Mengerskirchen Castle, now town hall

  • Sauerborn near Probbach

  • Maienburg castle ruins near Winkels

  • Interior view of the Maria Magdalena Church in Mengerskirchen

Economy and Infrastructure

education

In the municipality of Mengerskirchen there is a primary school as well as a secondary and secondary school. In addition, secondary schools in Weilburg and Limburg an der Lahn are visited.

Franz Leuninger School

The Franz Leuninger School is located in the Mengerskirchen district. This is the community's primary school . It is named after the resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, Franz Leuninger, who came from Mengerskirchen .

Westerwald School

In the district of Waldernbach is the Westerwaldschule, which opened on October 21, 1977, is a secondary and secondary school for the communities of Mengerskirchen, Merenberg , Waldbrunn (except Ellar ) and Beselich (district of Heckholzhausen ).

View over the Seeweiher towards Mengerskirchen

Leisure and sporting activities

Around the highest elevation in the area, the knot that rises on the edge of the municipality of Mengerskirchen, interested parties can devote themselves to cross-country skiing during the winter months. In summer the two reservoirs Seeweiher Mengerskirchen and Waldsee offer the opportunity to swim.

A campsite is operated at the Seeweiher Mengerskirchen swimming lake . There has been a weekend house settlement with 66 houses since 1978 . In Dillhausen and Probbach there are mineral water springs - called Sauerborn in the population . They are popular hiking destinations.

Facilities

  • Mengerskirchen kindergarten
  • Waldernbach kindergarten
  • Kindergarten Winkels and Probbach
  • Dillhausen kindergarten
  • Mengerskirchen volunteer fire brigade , founded in 1898 (including fanfare since 1966 and youth fire brigade since October 1, 1994)
  • Dillhausen volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1927 (including youth fire brigade since April 29, 1992)
  • Voluntary fire brigade Probbach, founded in 1934 (including youth fire brigade since April 1, 1984)
  • Waldernbach volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1925 (including youth fire brigade since July 1, 1972)
  • Voluntary fire brigade Winkels, founded in 1928 (including wind band since 1953 and youth fire brigade since March 30, 1985)

traffic

Mengerskirchen is not directly connected to the trunk road network. The next connection points to the federal highway 49 are in the communities of Merenberg and Löhnberg (approx. 5 km away). The next connection points to the federal motorway 45 are in the city of Herborn (approx. 18 km). Since the closure of part of the Kerkerbach Railway between Mengerskirchen and Hintermeilingen in 1930, there has been no railway line. The distance to Frankfurt Airport is about 85 km away.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Mengerskirchen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Mengerskirchen  - travel guide
Wikisource: Mengerskirchen in Merians Topographia Hassiae  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 ).
  2. ↑ Franz-Josef Sehr : Fire Department District Days around the turn of the century . In: Yearbook for the Limburg-Weilburg district 2000 . The district committee of the district of Limburg-Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg 1999, ISBN 3-927006-29-7 , p. 187-189 .
  3. ↑ Amalgamation of the communities of Dillhausen, Mengerskirchen, Probbach, Waldernbach and Winkels in the Oberlahnkreis to form the community of "Mengerskirchen" (point 117a) on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 111 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
  4. ↑ a b c Mengerskirchen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 14, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  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. ^ Local elections 1972; Relevant population of the municipalities on August 4, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No.  33 , p. 1424 , point 1025 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.9 MB ]).
  7. ↑ Local elections 1977; Relevant population figures for the municipalities as of December 15, 1976 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No.  52 , p. 2283 , point 1668 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 10.3 MB ]).
  8. ^ Local elections 1985; Relevant population of the municipalities as of October 30, 1984 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1984 No.  46 , p. 2175 , point 1104 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
  9. ^ Local elections in 1989; Relevant population figures for the municipalities as of October 25, 1988 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1988 No.  45 , p. 2426 , point 1049 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.6 MB ]).
  10. ↑ local elections 1993; Relevant population of the municipalities as of October 21, 1992 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1992 No.  44 , p. 2766 , point 935 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.1 MB ]).
  11. ^ Community data sheet : Mengerskirchen. (PDF; 222 kB) In: Hessisches Gemeindelexikon. HA Hessen Agency GmbH ;
  12. ↑ The population of the Hessian communities on June 30, 2010. (PDF; 552 kB) Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, p. 11 , archived from the original on February 7, 2018 ; accessed on March 20, 2018 .
  13. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  14. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  15. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006