Niederkleen

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Niederkleen
community Langgöns
Coat of arms of Niederkleen
Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 35 ″  N , 8 ° 36 ′ 54 ″  E
Height : 203  (203–226)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.95 km²
Residents : 1093  (June 30, 2019)
Population density : 122 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Incorporated into: Kleenheim
Postal code : 35428
Area code : 06447
View from the northeast towards Hintertaunus
View from the northeast towards Hintertaunus
Ohly's house, 1620

Niederkleen is a part of the municipality of Langgöns in the central Hessian district of Gießen .

Geographical location

Niederkleen is located on the western edge of the Wetterau , to which the northeast foothills of the Wetzlarer Hintertaunus adjoin in the west . It is located in the northeast of the Taunus Nature Park , around four kilometers southwest of Langgöns in the valley of the Lahn tributary Kleebach . To the north and east the landscape opens up to the Wetterau, which is characterized by gentle hills and is much more densely populated.

history

Traditional costumes of the farmers in the region around Niederkleen

Archaeological finds show that the area was settled very early on. The first known documentary mention takes place in the year 774 in the Lorsch Codex under the name Cleheimer marca . In 1255 the village was first called Nideren Clen and in 1299 Niedercleen . A moated castle was built in the middle of the 14th century, but it later fell into disrepair.

In 1939 the place had 557 inhabitants and belonged to the district of Wetzlar .

Territorial reform

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the communities of Niederkleen and Oberkleen voluntarily merged to form the community of Kleenheim on December 31, 1971 . The municipality Clover Home was on 1 January 1977, four other municipalities by the law on the restructuring of Dill circle counties Giessen and Wetzlar and the city of casting the new greater community Langgöns together . For Niederkleen, as for all districts, a local district with a local advisory board and local councilor was formed. The district of Lang-Göns was set as the administrative seat .

Historical forms of names

In surviving documents, Niederkleen was mentioned under the following place names (the year it was mentioned in brackets):

  • Cleheimer marca, in (774) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3097 = 3689b, p. 186]
  • Chleon, in villa (774) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3097 = 3689b, p. 186]
  • Cleheimer marca, in (775) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3095 = 3692 a, p. 187]
  • Cleheimmer marca, in (775) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3098 = 3691, pp. 186–187]
  • Cleheimer marca, in (777) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3102]
  • Cleher marca (777) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3102 = 3693d, p. 188]
  • Cleheimer marca, in (780) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3096]
  • Cleher marca (780) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3096 = 3698d, p. 191]
  • Cleheim, in villa (805) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3100 = 3725 a, p. 213]
  • Cleher marca, in (810) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3099 = 3727 b, p. 215]
  • Clehen, in villa (804/806) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3724 d, p. 213]
  • Clewer marca, in (817) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3070 = 3730 b, p. 217]
  • Clehen, in (after 823) [2. Half of the XII century, Codex Laureshamensis III, No. 3683, p. 180]
  • Nideren Clen, in (1255) [document book of the city of Wetzlar 1, p. 23 no. 71]
  • inferiori Cle, in (1291) [Wyss, document book of the Deutschordens-Ballei 1, reprint]
  • Niedercleen (1299)
  • inferiori Clen, in (1323) [Wyss, document book of the Deutschordens-Ballei, no. 435, p. 329]
  • Cleen (1328) [Document book of the city of Wetzlar 1, p. 458 No. 1131]
  • Niedercleen [map of the Wetzlar district]

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

Niederkleen: Population from 1834 to 2019
year     Residents
1834
  
 582
1840
  
 544
1846
  
 601
1852
  
 593
1858
  
 598
1864
  
 579
1871
  
 547
1875
  
 541
1885
  
 550
1895
  
 509
1905
  
 503
1910
  
 504
1925
  
 541
1939
  
 557
1946
  
 960
1950
  
 988
1956
  
 944
1961
  
 948
1967
  
 959
1970
  
 962
1978
  
 1,023
1982
  
 1,077
1990
  
 1,032
1994
  
 1,180
2000
  
 1,246
2006
  
 1,242
2011
  
 1,212
2016
  
 1,225
2019
  
 1,093
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 2011 census

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1836: 580 Protestant residents, 2 Catholic residents
• 1961: 668 Protestant (= 70.46%), 272 Catholic (= 28.69%) residents

coat of arms

Blazon : ". In gold a red clover" The awarded by the Chief Minister of the province of Hesse-Nassau on Dec. 6, 1937 crest takes the coat of arms of the emerging in the 12th century and extinct in the 16th century noble family of Cleen , as he is also reflected in received by the Niederkleener Church. The von Cleen originated from Niederkleen and have acquired a special meaning for the place.

Attractions

  • Ohly'sche Haus, elaborately decorated, nationally important half-timbered house
  • Evangelical Church of Niederkleen from 1728
  • Niederkleen local history museum
  • Hüttenberger farm gate

Personalities

  • Johann Friedrich Faust von Aschaffenburg (born August 5, 1569 in Frankfurt am Main, † July 15, 1621 in Niederkleen), Frankfurt patrician and mayor, lived in Niederkleen since 1619
  • Johann Christoph Hert (born January 12, 1649 in Niederkleen; † September 22, 1731 in Butzbach) was a German doctor.
  • Johann Nikolaus Hert (born October 6, 1651 in Niederkleen, † September 19, 1710 in Gießen) was a German legal scholar.
  • Karl August Schapper (born January 6, 1815 in Niederkleen), Protestant theologian and seminary director († August 20, 1898 in Wernigerode).
  • Wilhelm Stein (* 1807 in Kirchen an der Sieg, † July 1, 1849 in Niederkleen) was a Protestant pastor and mining engineer.

literature

  • Hankel, Otfried: Transcription of the church book duplicate Niederkleen (Hessen) 1771–1874 . Monsenstein and Vannerdat , Münster, 2008, 500 pages, ISBN 978-3-86582-673-2 .
  • Hankel, Otfried: Family book of the Evangelical parish Niederkleen (Hessen) 1771–1874 . Monsenstein and Vannerdat, Münster, 2008, 417 pages, ISBN 978-3-86582-682-4 .
  • Ernst Knorz, Karl-Heinz Glaum: Oberkleen - Niederkleen: two villages (the former Kleenheim) on the upper course of the Kleebach . Geiger, Horb am Neckar, 1994, illustrated book, ISBN 3-89264-969-3 .
  • Karl H. Glaum: Kleenheim in the Hüttenberger Land , municipality of Kleenheim, Wetzlar, 1974
  • Literature about Niederkleen in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Niederkleen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Niederkleen, Gießen district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ a b Population figures in the budget of the municipality of Langgöns 2020. (PDF; 9.9 MB) p. 43 , accessed in June 2020 .
  3. ^ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 5), Certificate 3097, September 11, 774 - Reg. 1084. In: Heidelberg historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 85 , accessed on April 19, 2016 .
  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. 380 .
  5. ↑ 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 ., § 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  6. ↑ Local councils of the Langgöns community. In: website. Langgöns municipality, accessed February 2019 .
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 13 . G. Jonghause's Hofbuchhandlung, Darmstadt 1872, DNB  013163434 , OCLC 162730471 , p. 12 ff . ( Online at google books ).
  9. ^ The affiliation of the Office Hüttenberg based on maps from the Historical Atlas of Hesse : Hessen-Marburg 1567-1604 . , Hessen-Kassel and Hessen-Darmstadt 1604–1638 . and Hessen-Darmstadt 1567–1866 .
  10. ^ Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 13 . G. Jonghause's Hofbuchhandlung, Darmstadt 1872, DNB  013163434 , OCLC 162730471 , p. 27 ff ., § 40 point 2) ( online at google books ).
  11. ^ Friedrich K. Abicht: The district of Wetzlar: historical, statistical and topographical . Wigand, 1836, p. 99 ( online at google books ).
  12. ↑ Population figures in the budget of the municipality of Langgöns 2009. (PDF; 4.7 MB) p. 23 , archived from the original on February 4, 2019 ; accessed in February 2019 .
  13. ↑ Selected data on population and households on May 9, 2011 in the Hessian municipalities and parts of the municipality. (PDF; 1 MB) In: 2011 Census . Hessian State Statistical Office;
  14. ^ Karl Ernst Demandt and Otto Renkhoff : Hessisches Ortswappenbuch C. A. Starke Verlag, Glücksburg / Ostsee 1956, p. 229.