Niederwetz

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Niederwetz
Community of Schöffengrund
Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 21 ″  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 56 ″  E
Height : 246 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.44 km²
Residents : 1148  (Dec. 31, 2002)
Population density : 178 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 35641
Area code : 06445

Niederwetz is a district of the municipality of Schöffengrund in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

Niederwetz is located in the north of Eastern Hintertaunus and Taunus Nature Park on the southern Lahn tributary of the Wetzbach . Landesstrasse  3284 and Kreisstrasse  360 meet in the village. The next larger town is Wetzlar , which is 7.5 km north.

Neighboring towns are Schwalbach (northwest) Reiskirchen (north), and Oberwetz (east).

history

Evangelical Church from 1955

The village was first mentioned under the name “Wettiffa” in 832 in the Lorsch Codex . Niederwetz is divided into two parts by the Wetzbach. Originally one half belonged to Nassau-Weilburg , the other half to Solms-Braunfels. In 1823 the two districts were merged by the then district administrator.

One church is mentioned as early as the 13th century. The current church was rebuilt in 1955 after a lightning strike destroyed the previous building. Only the choir remained.

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1971, the independent community of Niederwetz merged with five other communities as part of the Hessian regional reform to form the large community of Schöffengrund.

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

Niederwetz: Population from 1834 to 1970
year     Residents
1834
  
 385
1840
  
 424
1846
  
 415
1852
  
 400
1858
  
 387
1864
  
 413
1871
  
 409
1875
  
 412
1885
  
 401
1895
  
 371
1905
  
 413
1910
  
 431
1925
  
 479
1939
  
 501
1946
  
 727
1950
  
 724
1956
  
 665
1961
  
 690
1967
  
 745
1970
  
 793
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources:

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1834: 385 Protestant residents
• 1961: 617 Protestant (= 89.42%), 72 Catholic (= 10.43%) residents

Attractions

In Niederwetz there is a bakery and the Vincent motorcycle museum . Nearby are the Streichsmühle or Schlesingers Mühle belonging to the village.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Niederwetz, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of June 8, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Information sheet of the community of Schöffengrund from 2003, page 29 (PDF).
  3. ^ 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. 380 .
  4. ^ 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).
  5. ↑ Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbuch des Rheinischen Particular-Rechts: Development of the territorial and constitutional relations of the German states on both banks of the Rhine: from the first beginning of the French Revolution up to the most recent times . tape 3 . Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1832, OCLC 165696316 , p. 250 ( online at google books ).