Niederweyer

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Niederweyer
Hadamar city
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 58 ″  N , 8 ° 4 ′ 55 ″  E
Height : 225  (220–240)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 1.36 km²
Residents : 204  (December 13, 2014)
Population density : 150 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 65589
Area code : 06433
Aerial view of the place from the north
Aerial view of the place from the north

Niederweyer is the smallest district of Hadamar in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

Niederweyer lies on the northeastern edge of the Limburg basin . The federal highway 54 runs from northeast to southwest about 500 meters east of the village .

The district of the place is also stretched in the northeast-southwest direction. In the west it borders on the district of Hadamar, in the north on Oberzeuzheim and in the east on Oberweyer , in the south on the Limburg district of Ahlbach . The Faulbach flows south of the village to the west. The municipal area consists almost exclusively of agricultural land, without closed forest areas. The terrain has hardly any height differences and only rises slightly to the northwest to the Galgenberg (in the Hadamar district).

history

chapel

Niederweyer was first mentioned in 772 in a deed of gift in the Lorsch Codex as "Wilere". Its location on an old street , the "Hohen Straße", between Koblenz and Wetzlar was important for the development of the town . The oldest part of the place still takes the form of a street village along the Hohen Straße, referred to in Niederweyer as "Ortsstraße". A coin find in the Niederweyer district from 1961 can be dated to the first quarter of the 13th century.

From 1567 Niederweyer belonged to the parish in Oberweyer. The first chapel is handed down from 1898. In 1962 Niederweyer got a new branch chapel with an unusual architecture. It is dedicated to the Holy Spirit . In 1971 Niederweyer received its own cemetery. All of the deceased had previously been buried in Oberweyer.

14 families are vouched for in the village in 1805; in 1939 there were 98 inhabitants and in 1972 170. In the Second World War , 13 people died in the village.

From the year 1882 there is a report of a major fire on a property on September 1st in Niederweyer, to which fire brigades from the area approached with their horse-drawn fire engines .

In 1993 a village community room was opened.

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1971, in the course of the regional reform in Hesse , Niederweyer, the smallest municipality in Hesse until then, was incorporated into Hadamar. The former municipalities of Hadamar, Niederweyer, Niederzeuzheim, Oberweyer, Oberzeuzheim and Steinbach formed the new municipality of Hadamar. Hadamar was the seat of the municipal administration.

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

Niederweyer: Population from 1834 to 1970
year     Residents
1834
  
 115
1840
  
 118
1846
  
 113
1852
  
 118
1858
  
 125
1864
  
 123
1871
  
 111
1875
  
 127
1885
  
 139
1895
  
 135
1905
  
 130
1910
  
 132
1925
  
 135
1939
  
 116
1946
  
 153
1950
  
 148
1956
  
 139
1961
  
 151
1967
  
 166
1970
  
 170
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

• 1885: 2 Protestant (= 1.44%), 137 Catholic (= 98.56%) residents
• 1961: 2 Protestant (= 1.32%), 149 Catholic (= 98.68%) residents

politics

The political representation of the district is taken over by the Oberweyer mayor . The mayor of Oberweyern is Jeck Heribert (as of January 2017).

Culture and sights

Architectural monuments

Listed barn in the town center
Hall cross at the entrance to the village

A stone cross just behind the town exit towards Hadamar and a rock barn in the local road are under monument protection .

According to the inscription, the base of the cross was built in 1846 by a private donor from light gray marble. The cross itself and the body of Christ that exist today are of more recent date. Until a few years ago, the cross was flanked by two linden trees, which probably came from the time the base was erected.

The barn was reportedly built around 1900. The light limestone was walled up with unusual care, with basalt columns forming the eaves.

societies

In the village there is the "village community" as the only club, under whose roof a cooking club and some sports groups are located, but which do not take part in official competitions or tournaments. The defensive fire protection for low-Weyer provides for many decades, the volunteer fire department Oberweyer sure thing of also residents from low-Weyer. Similarly, local residents are mainly organized in other associations based in Oberweyer.

Regular events

The fair is celebrated at Pentecost and an Oktoberfest every two years.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Numbers, data, facts - area . In: Internet presence. Hadamar City, accessed May 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Numbers, data, facts - population figures . In: Internet presence. Hadamar City, accessed May 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Franz-Josef Sehr : The founding years of the volunteer fire brigade Obertiefenbach . In: Yearbook for the Limburg-Weilburg district 1995 . The district committee of the district of Limburg-Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg 1994, p. 170-171 .
  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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 369 .
  5. ↑ a b c Niederweyer, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of June 8, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  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. ↑ Local advisory board in the Steinbach district. Hadamar City, accessed January 21, 2017 .

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