Niederlaasphe

Niederlaasphe City of Bad Laasphe Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 40 ″  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 30 ″  E
Height :	300-535 m above sea level NN
Area :	3.46 km²
Residents :	1100  (Jun 30, 2007)
Population density :	318 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	57334
Area code :	02752
City structure of the individual districts of Bad Laasphe
Aerial view of Niederlaasphe

Niederlaasphe is a district of Bad Laasphe in the Westphalian district of Siegen-Wittgenstein . It borders directly on the eastern outskirts of the core city and extends to the Westphalian-Hessian state border, framed by the mountains of the Rothaargebirge and the Gladenbacher Bergland . Today around 1100 inhabitants live in Niederlaasphe. The head of Niederlaasphes is Waltraud Schäfer ( SPD ).

history

Aerial view of the center of the village, Brückenplatz

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1307. The Counts of Wittgenstein bought the villages of Fischelbach , Hesselbach , Puderbach and Niederlaasphe from the Knights of Breidenbach .

The bridge square with the bakery built in 1881 and still in use forms the historical center of the village. In addition to agriculture , a mill and the Amalienhütte shaped the structural and economic development of the village.

The Amalienhütte emerged from a hammer mill . In 1848 Mrs. Amalie Jung received the building permit for the construction of a pig iron works . In 1859 the first pig iron flowed out of the blast furnace. The plant was named in honor of the owner.

In 1932, the Buderus company from Wetzlar acquired the Amalienhütte. It closed on October 1, 1975. Parts of the Amalienhütte with the adjacent hut pond are still there. The Trafostation industrial museum, which is important in terms of economic history, is located on the former factory site .

On January 1, 1975 Niederlaasphe was incorporated into the city of Bad Laasphe (then still Laasphe ).

Not far from the Amalienhütte in the Lahnwiesen, the planetary nature trail laid out in 1998 by students from the Bad Laaspher grammar school begins . Here the dimensions of the solar system are illustrated with the distances and sizes of the sun and its planets on a scale of 1: 1,000,000,000. The approx. 6 km long nature trail leads along a paved and appropriately signposted path to the Bad Laaspher district of Laaspherhütte .

In the past few years Niederlaasphe took part in the competition “ Our village should be more beautiful ” several times with success . In addition to numerous first and second prizes, several bronze and silver plaques could also be won. In 1999 Niederlaasphe also received a special prize from the Siegen-Wittgenstein Tourist Association for networking various tourist offers in connection with the Lahntal cycle path . In 2000 the town was again awarded the bronze plaque of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Culture and sights

Evangelical Church Niederlaasphe

Due to its location in the immediate vicinity of the federal state of Hesse , Niederlaasphe is the ideal starting point for cycling tours along the Lahn towards Marburg .

The former Amalienhütte hammer mill has been converted into an industrial museum. It has an extensive exhibition, which is mainly about the transformer building and water use.

Niederlaasphe has installed a "village call system" with 18 loudspeakers since 1955, through which the residents receive information about current village events. It is the only such facility in North Rhine-Westphalia.

In the place there is a sports field of the FV Niederlaasphe and a Protestant church from 1967.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The federal highway 62 connects Niederlaasphe with Marburg and Siegen . With the Bad Laasphe-Niederlaasphe stop opened in 2009, the town has a connection to rail traffic via the Obere Lahntalbahn , which runs parallel to it .

education

Primary school Niederlaasphe

Niederlaasphe has a primary school, it is part of the municipal primary school Bad Laasphe.

Personalities

• Markus Schäfer (* 1965; grew up in Niederlaasphe), Board Member for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development at Mercedes-Benz, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd.

Web links

Commons : Niederlaasphe  - Collection of Images

• Website of the Verein für Kultur- und Heimatpflege Niederlaasphe e. V.
• Bad Laasphe planetary nature trail
• Niederlaasphe Industrial Museum
• Niederlaasphe in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BA Certificate No. 48 ( Wikisource )
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. 337 f .
3. ↑ Lars-Peter Dickel: "Warning - We announce". In: derWesten.de. June 14, 2007, accessed November 11, 2015 . 
4. ↑ FV Niederlaasphe. In: fv-niederlaasphe.de. Retrieved November 11, 2015 . 
5. ^ Basic democratic decision in favor of the church was made in 1960. In: Westfalenpost online. August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Gem. Niederlaasphe primary school. In: siwikultur.de. Retrieved November 11, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Bad Laasphe municipal primary school. In: gs-laasphe.de. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .