Nauheim (Hünfelden)

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Nauheim
Municipality of Hünstelden
Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 42 ″  N , 8 ° 8 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : 201  (199-264)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 882  (Jan. 1, 2019)
Incorporation : 1st October 1971
Postal code : 65597
Area code : 06438

Nauheim is one of the seven districts of Hünstelden in the Limburg-Weilburg district in central Hesse .

geography

The Nauheim district describes a rough square shape with an elongated tip to the south. From the north it borders clockwise on Niederbruch and Werschau as well as on the districts of Neesbach , Heringen and Mensfelden .

The district consists almost exclusively of agricultural land, apart from some hedge areas on the Nauheimer Kopf, the highest point in the district at 265 meters, a little north of the town. Overall, the northern part of the district is hilly and higher up, while the south is a relatively flat area. The federal road 417 runs southwest of the village .

history

Nauheim was first mentioned in a document in 1235, but is considerably older. The core of the place was a Fronhof , which is likely to be a Merovingian foundation. One of the reasons for the creation is likely to have been the location on Hünerstrasse . Nauheim, like the closely related neighboring town of Neesbach, belonged to the Niederlahngau and later to the County of Diez. In the 14th century Nauheim was the main town of a central court , which included several surrounding towns. In 1355, at the end of a legal dispute, Diez divided the place Nassau half with the Weilburg line of the house Nassau . In addition, the court moved to Kirberg . A subordinate Hubengericht remained in Nauheim , which expired in the 17th century. With Neesbach and Werschau, Nauheim was a member of a market cooperative that comprised a forest area ranging from Kirberg and Heringen to today's Panrod. Presumably this mark was divided between the communities with the establishment of Panrod (before the 14th century). However, a Märker thing and wisdoms are still proven in 1578 .

From 1388 the other half of Nauheim was also owned by Nassau, which, however, often switched between different lines of the Princely House. Nassau-Weilburg kept its half of Nauheim for centuries, but pledged it several times. It was not until the 17th century that this half of the town began to change hands frequently. With the establishment of the Duchy of Nassau in 1806, both parts of Nauheim came under one rule again.

Ecclesiastically, Nauheim was assigned to the church in the now desolate village of Bergen (today in the Werschau district ). By 1262 at the latest, Nauheim had its own church. A parsonage was built in 1502 and a new building in 1685. The Reformation was probably introduced in Nauheim in 1535. In 1706 the remains of the church, which had been unusable at least since 1633, were demolished. The church, which is still standing today, was built in 1708.

Imperial maneuver monument on the Nauheimer Kopf

A so-called “playhouse”, a parish hall, is guaranteed for the year 1579, which later served both as town hall and bakery. The first school building was built in 1609.

A memorial stone on the hill commemorates an imperial maneuver , during which Kaiser Wilhelm II held a maneuver review on the Nauheimer Kopf in 1905. In 1932, a 19-meter-high “lighthouse” was also built on the Nauheimer Kopf, which made night flights possible on the Cologne-Frankfurt route. It was in operation until 1939 and was probably finally dismantled around 1953.

During the Second World War , Allied aircraft dropped around 400 bombs on Nauheim on September 25, 1944. 13 people died. The target of this airstrike and two other misdirected attacks was probably an airfield near Linter .

On October 1, 1971, Nauheim formed the new municipality of Hünstelden together with six other places as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

The oldest information about the Nauheim population comes from 1512 and shows twelve men. 1629 were registered 24 men, 1746 276 inhabitants and 1810 375 inhabitants. For 1618 34 households are recorded in Nauheim, in 1643 as a result of the Thirty Years' War only 15. In 1665 the number was 65 again. From 1830 to 1860 130 inhabitants emigrated to America.

Nauheim: Population from 1834 to 2019
year     Residents
1834
  
 577
1840
  
 569
1846
  
 605
1852
  
 638
1858
  
 605
1864
  
 614
1871
  
 557
1875
  
 516
1885
  
 565
1895
  
 572
1905
  
 576
1910
  
 558
1925
  
 554
1939
  
 562
1946
  
 700
1950
  
 749
1956
  
 669
1961
  
 635
1967
  
 712
1970
  
 745
2011
  
 910
2019
  
 882
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: municipality of Hünstelden

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

  • 1885: 562 Protestant (= 99.47%), 3 Catholic (= 0.53%) residents
  • 1961: 554 Protestant (= 87.24%), 73 Catholic (= 11.50%) residents

Culture and sights

societies

The place has the Nauheim volunteer fire brigade founded in 1934 (with youth fire brigade since March 1, 1973 ), a gymnastics and sports club , which has already provided Indiaca Hessian champions several times and the German runner-up in this sport twice, as well as local groups of the Protestant Frauenhilfe and the VdK .

Buildings

  • Church and cemetery

  • Old school, now kindergarten

Infrastructure

In Nauheim, the Nauheim Voluntary Fire Brigade , founded in 1934 (with its youth fire brigade since March 1, 1973 ) provides fire protection and general help in this area.

Web links

Commons : Hünfeld-Nauheim  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistics - residents of the districts. In: website. Municipality of Hünstelden, archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .
  2. ^ 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. 369 .
  3. ↑ a b c Nauheim, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  4. ^ 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).
  5. ↑ Citizens Brochure. (PDF; 15.7 MB) In: Website. Municipality of Hünstelden, 2012, p. 36 , archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .