Niederkalbach

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Niederkalbach
Kalbach municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 14 "  N , 9 ° 38 ′ 13"  E
Height : 285  (285-330)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 14.11 km²
Residents : 1427  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 101 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1972
Incorporated into: Mittelkalbach
Postal code : 36148
Area code : 06655
Niederkalbach from above
Niederkalbach from above

The village of Niederkalbach ( Rhöner Platt Nierekalwich ) is the second largest district of the municipality of Kalbach in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

Geographical location

Niederkalbach is located in the south of the Fulda district, about 14 km southwest of Fulda and 2 km southeast of Neuhof in the Hessian Rhön Nature Park . It is located a little higher in the valley of the eponymous Kalbach , a right tributary of the Fliede . The district extends over a total area of ​​1411.36 hectares.

The place borders in the northwest on Neuhof , in the northeast on Hattenhof (municipality Neuhof) and in the east on Büchenberg (municipality Eichenzell), in the south on Mittelkalbach (municipality Kalbach) and in the west on the hamlet Erlenhof (municipality Neuhof).

history

Niederkalbach was first mentioned in a document in 826 under the name Calbaha . In 1391 the place appears as Kalba inferior in the documents, in 1442 as Nydderkalbe . The former fiefdom of the Lords of Spala was bought in 1682 by Prince Abbot Placidus von Droste . The direct previous owner was Baron von Plittersdorf, who received 24,000 guilders. As a result, the village came to the Neuhof district. The castle of the former feudal owners, which stood not far from today's church, fell into disrepair around 1700 and is no longer preserved today.

Reorganization

There were changes in the course of the regional reform in Hesse . The once independent community of Niederkalbach was joined to the community of Mittelkalbach on April 1, 1972 with Veitsteinbach . This went on August 1, 1972 with Oberkalbach and Uttrichshausen in the municipality of Kalbach.

population

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1812: 53 fireplaces, 441 souls
Niederkalbach: Population from 1812 to 2015
year     Residents
1812
  
 441
1834
  
 614
1840
  
 634
1846
  
 612
1852
  
 585
1858
  
 588
1864
  
 640
1871
  
 515
1875
  
 473
1885
  
 568
1895
  
 521
1905
  
 554
1910
  
 605
1925
  
 646
1939
  
 611
1946
  
 850
1950
  
 837
1956
  
 829
1961
  
 892
1967
  
 994
1970
  
 954
1972
  
 981
1987
  
 1,111
1989
  
 1,156
1996
  
 1,333
2006
  
 1,457
2015
  
 1,427
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources: after 1970:

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 07 Protestant and 561 Catholic residents
• 1961: 32 Protestant and 859 Roman Catholic residents

religion

The inauguration of a castle chapel, which was dedicated to St. Lawrence , is documented in 1447 . This branch church belonged to the parish of Flieden until 1582 , when it was handed over to the newly founded parish of Neuhof. Due to the decay of the castle (and thus also the castle chapel), a new half-timbered chapel was built in 1765, but it was closed in 1901 because of the risk of collapse and was finally demolished. Today's Sankt-Laurentius-Kirche , which was built in 1909 in the neo-Gothic style and enlarged in 1977 with a long transept, has the layout of a Greek cross . From 1925 to 2015 the parish was an independent parish curate . Since January 1, 2016, Niederkalbach has belonged together to the Veitsteinbach and Uttrichshausen branches of the newly established parish of St. Kilian Kalbach. The parish church of St. Sebastian is located in Mittelkalbach. Organizationally, St. Kilian is part of the Heilig Geist Kalbach-Neuhof pastoral network .

politics

In the local elections in 2016 gained the CDU , the majority of votes, and so has the majority in the town council. In 2016, the mayor was Andrea Weber (CDU). Since March 28, 2017 it is Wolfgang Möller (CDU).

Infrastructure

  • Niederkalbach has its own village community center , which has existed since 1953.
  • The kindergarten currently consists of three groups.
  • FC Union 07 Niederkalbach eV is the oldest sports club in the Fulda district

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c "Location, Area, Inhabitants" on the website of the municipality of Kalbach, accessed in March 2016.
  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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 394 and 395 .
  3. ↑ a b c Niederkalbach, Fulda district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 22, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  4. ↑ Mayor on the website of the municipality of Kalbach, accessed on April 18, 2017.

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