Nieder-Beerbach

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Nieder-Beerbach
municipality Mühltal
Coat of arms of Nieder-Beerbach
Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 28 "  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 37"  E
Height : 223 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.25 km²
Residents : 1886  (June 30, 2018)
Population density : 229 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1977
Postal code : 64367
Area code : 06151
View from Burgstall Alte Burg
View from Burgstall Alte Burg

Nieder-Beerbach (dialect: Beerwisch ) is a district of the municipality of Mühltal in the southern Hessian district of Darmstadt-Dieburg .

history

Nieder-Beerbach was first mentioned in a document in the 14th century.
In 1402 King Ruprecht gives the village of Nieder-Beerbach and the Dorenbach to Konrad von Frankenstein .
1442 enfeoffed King Friedrich III. Philipp von Frankenstein and his cousins ​​Konrad and Hans with Nieder-Beerbach and accessories.
1545 invested Landgrave Philip of Hesse that of Wallbrunn with their part of the downhill to Upper and Lower Beerbach.
1662 sell the Lords of Frankenstein Nieder-Beerbach as an accessory of the emperor feudal touching the house Frankenstein.
In 1682, Emperor Leopold I enfeoffed Landgravine Elisabeth Dorothea as guardian of Landgrave Ernst Ludwig von Hessen with Nieder-Beerbach, just as the von Frankenstein family last held as an imperial fief.

The statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse reports on Nieder-Beerbach in 1829:

»Niederbeerbach (L. Bez. Bensheim) Lutheran parish village; is 3 1 ⁄ 2   St. from Bensheim, 707 Hess. (544 Par.) Feet above the sea, has 79 houses and 552 inhabitants, all but 3 Cath. And 1 Reform. are Lutheran and among these 25 farmers, 18 artisans and 38 day laborers. There are 4 mills, 2 brick huts and inside and outside the church there are still mortuary stones of the Lord of Frankenstein. The magnificent mausoleum of Ludwig von Frankenstein, † 1602, deserves special attention. - Niederbeerbach was part of the Frankenstein Castle, and can be bought with it in 1662 by Hesse. The Lords of Frankenstein also owned the patronage. The village of Dunkelbach was located between the rectory and the Frankenstein, the name of which is still used in the name of the corridor. This village was also part of Burg Frankenstein. "

Territorial reform

In the course of administrative reform in Hesse on 1 January 1977, the previously independent municipality Nieder-Beerbach with the municipalities were Frankenhausen , Nieder-Ramstadt and Traisa powerful state law the new municipality Mühltal together . For Nieder-Beerbach, as for the other formerly independent municipalities, a local district with a local advisory board and local councilor was formed according to the Hessian municipal code. The seat of the municipal administration was Nieder-Ramstadt.

Historical forms of names

In historical documents the place is documented under changing place names over the centuries . (The year of mention in brackets): Berbach (1318); Niedernbeerbach (1363); Berbach (1467); Nieddern Berbach (1485); Nyddern Berbach (1485); Berbach (1549); Bernbach, under (1553); Niedern Berbach; Unterbeerbach (1613).

Territorial history and administration

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

dishes

Nieder-Beerbach belonged to the center of Pfungstadt whose tasks were carried out from around 1800 by the Pfungstadt office. In the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, the judicial system was reorganized in an executive order of December 9, 1803. The “Hofgericht Darmstadt” was set up as a court of second instance for the Principality of Starkenburg . The jurisdiction of the first instance was carried out by the offices or the landlords . The Pfungstadt office was responsible for Nieder-Beerbach. The court court was the second instance court for normal civil disputes, and the first instance for civil family law cases and criminal cases. The superior court of appeal in Darmstadt was superordinate . The main courts had lost their function.

With the formation of the regional courts in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, the Zwingenberg regional court was the court of first instance from 1821 . It followed:

Population development

• 1629: 26 house seats
• 1630: 7 two-horse riders , 1 one-horse rider , 11 one-horse riders
• 1791: 311 inhabitants
• 1800: 360 inhabitants
• 1806: 421 inhabitants, 63 houses
• 1829: 552 inhabitants, 79 houses
• 1867: 692 inhabitants, 98 houses
Nieder-Beerbach: Population from 1791 to 2018
year     Residents
1791
  
 311
1800
  
 360
1806
  
 421
1829
  
 552
1834
  
 575
1840
  
 645
1846
  
 665
1852
  
 665
1858
  
 611
1864
  
 661
1871
  
 673
1875
  
 691
1885
  
 764
1895
  
 830
1905
  
 894
1910
  
 905
1925
  
 949
1939
  
 930
1946
  
 1,330
1950
  
 1.306
1956
  
 1,228
1961
  
 1,301
1967
  
 1,433
1970
  
 1,376
1980
  
 ?
1990
  
 ?
2000
  
 ?
2011
  
 1,920
2013
  
 2,050
2016
  
 1.996
2018
  
 1,886
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; from 2013: Mühltal website (web archive); 2011 census

Religious affiliation

• 1829: 548 Lutheran (= 99.18%), one Reformed (= 0.18%) and 3 Catholic (= 0.54%) residents
• 1961: 1156 Protestant (= 88.85%), 125 Catholic (= 9.61%) residents

earthquake

On May 17, 2014 at 6:48 p.m. (CEST), an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale struck Nieder-Beerbach. The epicenter was at a depth of about six kilometers. The quake caused numerous minor damage to buildings.

politics

Local advisory board

For Nieder-Beerbach there is a local district (areas of the former municipality of Nieder-Beerbach) with a local advisory board and local director according to the Hessian municipal code . The local advisory board consists of five members. Reinhold Diehl ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ) has been the mayor since the local elections in 2016 .

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on February 17, 1955.

Coat of arms of Nieder-Beerbach
 Blazon : "In a golden shield, a black, red armored, upright bear, striding over six blue stone jaws and holding a red Frankenstein hatchet in his right hand."

Sights and culture

societies

Measured by its relatively small number of inhabitants, Nieder-Beerbach has a very distinctive and colorful club life that promotes the village community.

In addition to various sports facilities and club houses, Nieder-Beerbach also maintains a forest adventure trail around Frankenstein Castle, which is intended to bring users closer to the proximity between people and the forest.

Our village

In 2005 Nieder-Beerbach took part for the second time in the competition of the state of Hesse “Our village” (formerly “ Our village should be more beautiful ”). As with the first participation in the early 1990s, Nieder-Beerbach was able to take second place here.

Nieder-Beerbach art workshop

Kunststatt Nieder-Beerbach - this does not mean “city”, but “place” of art, or also: workplace, workshop of art. On the initiative of the artist Erika Liefland , 10 artists from Nieder-Beerbach came together for an exhibition in the summer of 2002 and have since enriched the village with their works that are omnipresent in Nieder-Beerbach. Since then, there have even been traffic signs at the entrance to the town to indicate that the visitor is approaching an art venue.

Regular events

  • June – August: Frankenstein Culture Festival
  • September: curb
  • October: Oktoberfest
  • October / November: Halloween Festival
  • November: Theater performance KAF, Komödie am Frankenstein (SKG Nieder-Beerbach)
  • Carnival: Two men and women meetings (organized by SKG Nieder-Beerbach) and "Närrisch'im TV" (organized by TV 1894 Nieder-Beerbach)

Frankenstein mountain gymnastics festival

Main article: Frankenstein mountain gymnastics festival

The Frankenstein mountain gymnastics festival of the Turngau Main-Rhine has been taking place every year since 1902 on the forest sports facility (Felsing facility of the gymnastics club) near Frankenstein Castle.

  • View from the quarry on the Glasberg to the Frankenstein massif and in front of it Nieder-Beerbach

  • View from Frankenstein to the Nieder-Beerbacher quarry and the front Odenwald

  • View from the quarry on Glasberg to north-northwest over the Rhine valley to the Taunus

  • The lindworm pond above the old castle

  • Frankenstein Castle above Nieder-Beerbach at night

Natural monuments

In the Nieder-Beerbach district, on the ridge to the west, there are the Magnetsteine , a geological natural monument .

Economy and Infrastructure

Nieder-Beerbach is more rural due to its location on the edge of the Odenwald . Due to the fact that most of the residents work in the nearby Rhine-Main area , most of the business is done there. Nieder-Beerbach's infrastructure also suffers from this . However, a small industrial area is beginning to establish itself on the northern outskirts. Above all, companies from the trade and IT sector are located here. Since the end of 2017, in addition to a drinks market and a stationery shop, a baker's shop has been added again, which has been very well received by the residents and thus contributes to strengthening the retail trade within the village. Compared to the surrounding villages, Nieder-Beerbach is economically well positioned.

Another important company for Nieder-Beerbach is the quarry of the Odenwälder Hartstein-Industrie (OHI) in the east . OHI was acquired in 1957 by the regional competitor, Mitteldeutsche Hartstein-Industrie AG (MHI), which still operates the quarry today. The Nieder-Beerbach quarry is the only place in Germany where silver is still mined. Gabbro is also extracted in this quarry and in another, only a few hundred meters away, in Waschenbach .

Web links

Commons : Nieder-Beerbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Mühltal in numbers: EWZ with NW. Mühltal community , archived from the original ; accessed in July 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Nieder-Beerbach, Darmstadt-Dieburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ^ A b c Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner : Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Starkenburg . tape 1 . Carl Wilhelm Leske, Darmstadt October 1829, OCLC 312528080 , p. 168 ( online at google books ).
  4. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Darmstadt and Dieburg and the city of Darmstadt (GVBl. No. 330–334) of July 26, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 22 , p. 318 , § 7 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.5 MB ]).
  5. ↑ a b main statute. (PDF; 62 kB) §; 5. In: Website. Mühltal community, 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. ^ Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 1 . Großherzoglicher Staatsverlag, Darmstadt 1862, DNB  013163434 , OCLC 894925483 , p. 43 ff . ( Online at google books ).
  8. ↑ a b List of offices, places, houses, population. (1806) HStAD inventory E 8 A No. 352/4. In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), as of February 6, 1806.
  9. ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1791 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1791, p.  120 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  10. ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1800 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1800, p.  128 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  11. ^ Ph. AF Walther : Alphabetical index of the residential places in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . G. Jonghaus, Darmstadt 1869, OCLC 162355422 , p. 62 ( online at google books ).
  12. ↑ Selected data on population and households on May 9, 2011 in the Hessian municipalities and parts of the municipality. (PDF; 1.8 MB) In: 2011 Census . Hessian State Statistical Office;
  13. ↑ Darmstädter Echo, May 19, 2014, p. 1 ff.
  14. ↑ Local Advisory Boards. In: Council and Citizen Information System. Mühltal community, accessed in August 2019 .
  15. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the Nieder-Beerbach community from February 17, 1955 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1955 no. 10 , p. 213 , point 253 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
  16. ↑ Darmstädter Echo: Wednesday, February 5, 2020, p. 17.
  17. ↑ Darmstädter Echo , Wednesday, September 30, 2015, p. 22
  18. ↑ Darmstädter Echo , Monday, September 26, 2016, p. 21
  19. ^ Sabine Eisenmann. In: Darmstädter Echo, Thursday, September 19, 2019, p. 17.
  20. ^ Petra Lochmann: Silver find in the quarry. In: echo-online.de. June 9, 2010, accessed July 2010 .
  21. ↑ Andreas Wollny: Hesse is a very rich country. In: echo-online.de. October 23, 2006, archived from the original ; accessed in October 2007 .