Merkenbach

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Merkenbach
City of Herborn
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 16 ″  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 50 ″  E
Height : 242  (217–321)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.74 km²
Residents : 1426  (June 30, 2018)
Population density : 248 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1977
Postal code : 35745
Area code : 02772
View from the north from the Rehberg
View from the north from the Rehberg

Merkenbach is a district of Herborn in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

Merkenbach is located south of the city center. The federal motorway 45 runs north . The state road 3046, which runs in the southern area of ​​the village, meets the A 45 and the federal road 277 at the Herborn-Süd junction .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1286. The nobles of Dernbach owned a farm here at that time .

In the 19th century mining began in the place . It was hoped to be able to mine gold and silver. A lead ore mine in the Rehbachtal called "Goldhütte" is the most famous mine . A machine wool spinning mill was set up in 1827 and at the end of the 19th century the Berkenhoff family founded a wire factory that still exists today in its modern form.

Territorial reform

In the course of administrative reform in Hesse on 1 January 1977, the previously independent municipality Merkenbach were, the city Herborn and other previously independent municipalities by the law on the restructuring of Dill circle counties Giessen and Wetzlar and the city of casting the new city Herborn together . For the Merkenbach district, as for the other incorporated, formerly independent municipalities, a local district with a local advisory board and local councilor was set up.

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

Merkenbach: Population from 1834 to 2018
year     Residents
1834
  
364
1840
  
356
1846
  
351
1852
  
369
1858
  
363
1864
  
390
1871
  
424
1875
  
438
1885
  
491
1895
  
519
1905
  
615
1910
  
680
1925
  
721
1939
  
795
1946
  
990
1950
  
1.009
1956
  
1,042
1961
  
1,194
1967
  
1,284
1970
  
1,303
1983
  
?
1997
  
1,652
1999
  
1,665
2001
  
1,701
2003
  
1,681
2008
  
1,585
2011
  
1,541
2013
  
1,531
2018
  
1,426
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 Herborn: population figures

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 0484 Protestant (= 98.57%) and 7 Catholic (= 1.43%) residents
• 1961: 1050 Protestant (= 87.94%) and 139 (= 11.64%) Catholic residents

politics

Merkenbach water tower
Merkenbach village community center

Merkenbach has a local advisory board with a local mayor . The local advisory board consists of seven members. After the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , Peter Henss was confirmed as mayor. After his retirement from office in January 2018, Dieter Freitag is the mayor.

Culture and sights

Merkenbach's landmark has been the approx. 35 meter high and 5.5 meter wide water tower on the Katzenstein, which is part of the Rehbachtal hydropower plant , since 1930 . It is part of the logos of some local associations, such as B. of FC Wacker 1921 Merkenbach e. V. or the fire brigade club Merkenbach e. V.

Cultural monuments

see list of cultural monuments in Merkenbach .

TV presence

On November 5th Merkenbach presented itself as “Dolles Dorf” in the Hessian broadcasting competition of the same name.

Infrastructure

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Merkenbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. Numbers, data, facts. In: website. City of Herborn, archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .
  3. Law on the restructuring of the Dill district, the districts of Gießen and Wetzlar and the city of Gießen (GVBl. II 330–28) of May 13, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 17 , p. 237 ff ., § 21 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 357 .
  5. Main statute § 5. (PDF; 160 kB) In: Website. City of Herborn, accessed February 2019 .
  6. ^ 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).
  7. Population of the city of Herborn in the web archive: 1997, 1999 ; 2001, 2003 ; 2008-2010 ; 2014 ; 2018
  8. Merkenbach local advisory board on the website of the city of Herborn, accessed on January 24, 2018.
  9. ^ Hessenschau de, Frankfurt Germany: hessenschau - entire broadcast. Accessed October 7, 2019 (German).
  10. ^ Dolles village: Merkenbach. Accessed October 7, 2019 (German).
  11. ^ New Peace School , accessed June 28, 2018.