Niedertiefenbach (Beselich)

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Niedertiefenbach
Beselich municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 34 ″  N , 8 ° 7 ′ 57 ″  E
Height : 193 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.45 km²
Residents : 1046  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 192 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1970
Postal code : 65614
Area code : 06484

Niedertiefenbach is the smallest of the four districts of the municipality of Beselich in the Limburg-Weilburg district in central Hesse . The place has around 1000 inhabitants.

geography

Niedertiefenbach is located on the northeastern edge of the Limburg basin , on the edge of the Lahn valley and on the southeast slope of the Westerwald in central Hesse . The Beselicher Kopf (296 m), which rises north of the village, is visible from afar . On it are the ruins of the monastery after which the entire community is named. Niedertiefenbach is centrally located in the Limburg-Weilburg district in the valley of the Tiefenbach, which flows from north to south . The place is located around 1.5 kilometers southwest of the administrative center Obertiefenbach and around 7.5 kilometers northeast of the district town of Limburg an der Lahn .

The district borders on Obertiefenbach in the north and Schupbach in the east (both districts of Beselicher). Eschenau , Hofen , Steeden and Dehrn connect from the southeast to the southwest (all districts of Runkel ).

The area around the village is only slightly cut by the valley of the Tiefenbach and apart from that there are few differences in altitude. To the west of the place stretches an almost completely flat plain, to the east a slightly raised ridge stretches in a north-south direction. Only north and northeast of the village does the terrain of the Beselicher Kopf rise significantly. The place itself is about 200 meters above sea level. At the western and southern boundary of the district, the landscape drops down to 193 meters. The highest point is the Beselicher Kopf at 296 meters.

The Niedertiefenbach district consists for the most part of agricultural land. Especially the western part of the district consists almost exclusively of arable land. The place itself is surrounded by a small piece of forest in the north, east and south. The Tiefenbach feeds a small reservoir south of the village . This is followed by a larger swampy area in the south. In addition, limestone quarries shape the landscape, which are mostly located in the Steedener district and feed the local lime works , with their edges protrude into the Niedertiefenbach district in the south.

history

Oldest house in town

The first traces of settlement are attested by the discovery of a 4,000-year-old stone box grave in 1846 near the district boundary to Steeden.

A deed of donation from 1003 proves that the village of Niedertiefenbach already existed around the turn of the millennium. The Counts of Katzenelnbogen maintained a bailiwick in Niedertiefenbach around 1103 . In 1349 the plague raged heavily in the village. Accommodation for the dying was built in the field in the direction of Dehrn. The area is still referred to as “little monastery” even though it was not a monastery.

In 1564 the Reformation was introduced in Niedertiefenbach. In 1630 it returned to the Catholic denomination. In 1851 the town's chapel became the seat of its own parish. The present church was consecrated in 1872.

In the first half of the 19th century, several communities, including Niedertiefenbach, formed a fire fighting district. When a fire broke out, certain residents with harnessed horses had to fetch the fire engine stationed in Hofen immediately. At the beginning of 1934, the Niedertiefenbach volunteer fire brigade was founded . She was admitted to the Nassau Fire Brigade Association on February 1st of the same year with a certificate of admission . In June 2009 the Niedertiefenbach fire brigade celebrated its 75th anniversary party under the patronage of the district fire brigade association chairman Franz-Josef Sehr. In 1974 it was given a multi-purpose hall, which was extensively renovated in 2002 and has since been run as a community center.

Territorial reform

The municipality Niedertiefenbach merged on 31 December 1970 at the course of municipal reform in Hesse with the previously independent municipalities Heckholzhausen , Obertiefenbach and Schupbach (all in the former Oberlahnkreis ) voluntarily community Beselich . It was named after the Beselich monastery . Local districts according to the Hessian municipal code were not established.

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

  • 1650: 9 families
Niedertiefenbach: Population from 1723 to 2019
year     Residents
1723
  
 285
1785
  
 374
1805
  
 348
1815
  
 298
1834
  
 397
1840
  
 432
1846
  
 508
1852
  
 626
1858
  
 692
1864
  
 749
1871
  
 783
1875
  
 759
1885
  
 722
1895
  
 548
1905
  
 507
1910
  
 546
1925
  
 600
1939
  
 579
1946
  
 823
1950
  
 831
1956
  
 737
1961
  
 761
1967
  
 805
1970
  
 851
1980
  
 941
1990
  
 942
2000
  
 1,016
2005
  
 1,032
2010
  
 1.005
2011
  
 1.002
2015
  
 1,034
2019
  
 1,046
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources:, from 2000 :; 2011 census

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: one Protestant (= 0.14%), 721 Catholic (= 99.86%) inhabitant
• 1961: 37 Protestant (= 4.86%), 723 Catholic (= 95.01%) residents

Local leaders

Former town hall, today a parish hall

Mayor :

  • Schlitt, Johann Georg (during the occupation in the Napoleonic Wars until 1815)

Schultheiße :

  • Schlitt, Johann Georg (1815-1818)
  • Stippler, Johann Heinrich (1818–1828)
  • Stippler, Johann Georg (1828–1848)

Mayor :

  • Heymann, Wilhelm (1848–1869)
  • Schwarz, Georg (1869-1896)
  • Graulich, Johann (1896–1929)
  • Dillmann, Adolf (1929–1945)
  • Leber, Wilhelm Alfons (1945–1948)
  • Horn, Wilhelm (1948–1955)
  • Stippler, Willi (1955–1970)

Culture and sights

societies

  • Men's choir "Germania" 1867 e. V. Niedertiefenbach
  • VfR Red-White e. V. Niedertiefenbach, founded in 1927
  • Beselich-Niedertiefenbach volunteer fire department V., founded in 1934 (since April 1, 1973 including youth fire brigade)
  • Heimat- und Beautification Association e. V. Niedertiefenbach, founded in 1974
  • Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e. V., local group Niedertiefenbach, founded in 1974
  • Tractor Club Ackerkralle Taunus-Westerwald e. V., founded in 1985
  • Niedertiefenbacher Carnevals Club NCC
  • Catholic women's community in Niedertiefenbach

Buildings

Niedertiefenbach church
  • Catholic Parish Church St. Marien: The foundation stone of the parish church was laid on the site of the previously demolished old church in 1868. It was named after its inauguration on 27 May 1872 to the end of 2019 from the Kath. Kirchengemeinde used St. Mary. Since the beginning of 2020 she has been part of the parish of St. Johannes Nepomuk Hadamar.

Infrastructure

  • The Beselich-Niedertiefenbach volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1934, provides defensive fire protection and general assistance. On April 1, 1973, it was supplemented by the youth fire brigade .
  • Day care center in Grabenstrasse
  • Community center
  • sports ground
  • Children's playgrounds
  • Hiking trails

literature

Web links

Commons : Niedertiefenbach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Niedertiefenbach, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ a b c facts and figures . In: Internet presence. Municipality of Beselich, accessed on July 29, 2020 .
  3. ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : The fire extinguishing system in Obertiefenbach from earlier times . In: Yearbook for the Limburg-Weilburg district 1994 . The district committee of the Limburg-Weilburg district, Limburg-Weilburg 1993, p. 151-153 .
  4. ↑ Amalgamation of municipalities to form the municipality "Beselich", Oberlahnkreis on January 6, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 4 , p. 141 , point 169 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.3 MB ]).
  5. ^ 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. 373 .
  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. ↑ 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;