Little one

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Little one
Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 39 "  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 47"  E
Height : 211 m above sea level NHN
Area : 10.61 km²
Residents : 1650 approx.
Population density : 156 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1974
Postal code : 35260
Area code : 06429
Church of St. Blaise
Church of St. Blaise

Niederklein is the largest district of Stadtallendorf in the central Hessian district of Marburg-Biedenkopf after the core city .

geography

The place is located south of the core city in the West Hessian depression zone on the Gleen .

history

The place name is derived from the stream name Gleene (small). The name of the village changed from Niedernglein and Nider Gleene to today's Niederklein. In the dialect the place is called Glee .

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the community of Niederklein came to the city of Allendorf, district of Marburg (then the official name of the city) by virtue of state law .

church

The Catholic parish church of St. Blasius and St. Elisabeth was built in the Baroque style at the beginning of the 17th century after a fire that destroyed large parts of the village next to the church and in 1911, in contrast, was decorated with church images in the neo-Gothic style. In 1923 the church received bells from the Geittner foundry from Breslau, which was bought by the Otto bell foundry from Hemelingen / Bremen in 1929 . These bells were melted down during World War II. In their place, the bell founder Otto cast four new bronze bells for St. Blasius Church in 1950. The bells have the following sequence of strikes: f - a flat - b - c.

coat of arms

On June 6, 1970, the community of Niederklein in the then district of Marburg was awarded a coat of arms with the following blazon : The coat of arms shows the Hessian lion, divided six times by red and silver, growing from a silver wavy bar in the base of the shield, with a six-spoke silver in its paws Wheel stops.

Infrastructure

Lower small, there is a community center and a kindergarten .

Local public transport is maintained by a city ​​bus connection to Stadtallendorf.

Landesstrasse 3290 and Bundesstrasse 62 meet in the village .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Niederklein, Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 11, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ Population of Niederklein on the Stadtallendorf website, accessed in March 2013
  3. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Biedenkopf and Marburg districts and the city of Marburg (Lahn) (GVBl. II 330-27) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 154 , § 8 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 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. 404 .
  5. ↑ Catholic parish church St. Blasius and St. Elisabeth ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  6. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, here in particular pp. 66-67, 547 .
  7. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, here in particular pp. 84–86, 504 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).
  8. ^ Approval of a coat of arms of the community of Niederklein, Marburg district of June 7, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 26 , p. 1300 , point 1329 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.6 MB ]).