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Coat of arms of the former municipality of Oberbruch
Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 10 "  N , 8 ° 11 ′ 36"  E
Height : 148 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.7 km²
Residents : 2007  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 231 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1974
Postal code : 65611
Area code : 06483
Town center, seen from the north
Town center, seen from the north

Oberbruch is a district of the municipality of Brechen in the Limburg-Weilburg district in central Hesse .

Geographical location

Oberbruch is located in the valley of the Emsbach in the Goldener Grund . The federal highway 8 and the Main-Lahn-Bahn run through the place , on the southern edge of the elongated eastward stretch of the district the A3 and the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine / Main . The eastern tip of the district is largely covered by forest. In the west there are only small patches of forest and otherwise mainly agricultural land. The place itself is about 150 meters above sea level, while the terrain rises to 230 meters to the west and up to 275 meters to the east (Alteburg).

The Oberbruch district borders in the northwest on Niederbruch and then, clockwise, on Weyer , Münster , Eisenbach , Niederselters , Dauborn and Werschau .

history

Roman camp "Alteburg"

The oldest Stone Age finds in the Oberbruch area can be assigned to the Michelsberg culture (5th and 4th millennium BC).

To the east of Oberbruch in the so-called “Great Forest” there is a group of around 60 barrows from the Hallstatt period . Right next to it are the remains of a rectangular rampart, obviously built for military purposes, called "Alteburg" . In the 19th and 20th centuries, due to its shape and relatively good preservation, it was assumed that it was an early modern fortification. Investigations from 1999 and some coins found during robbery excavations , however, suggest that the facility was built in Roman times. So far, however, there are no reliable findings.

In the first documentary mention of the place in a deed of donation to the Lorsch monastery from the year 772, there is talk of “Brachina”, with no distinction between Ober- and Niederbruch. The Fronhof Brichene mentioned in 910 was certainly in the area of ​​today's Oberbrechens. At that time it was passed on to Konrad Kurzbold , who was to use the proceeds for his foundation in Limburg . From this point on, Oberbruch was part of the Limburg rule . In 1344 half of the town was pledged to Kurtrier , before it fell entirely to the then Archdiocese of Trier in 1420, like the entire Limburg rule .

By 1148 at the latest, the place had a church. In 1652 the church, which was destroyed in the Thirty Years War , was rebuilt and dedicated to the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus . After a construction phase of more than 20 years, an extension of the church was completed in 1737. After another 30 years of preparation , the third extension began, according to the plans of the Frankfurt architects Hans (1872–1952) and Christoph Rummel (1881–1961), which was completed in the same year (1933).

In addition, the place has numerous chapels. These include the listed Mother of God Chapel , the Marienkapelle and the Antonius Chapel .

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1971, as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the previously independent municipalities Niederbruch and Werschau were merged to form the new municipality of Brechen. Oberbruch was added on April 1, 1974 by virtue of state law.

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

Occupied population figures up to 1970 are:

Oberbruch: Population from 1834 to 2015
year     Residents
1834
  
942
1840
  
1,026
1846
  
1,077
1852
  
1,060
1858
  
1.107
1864
  
1,181
1871
  
1,233
1875
  
1.306
1885
  
1.306
1895
  
1,237
1905
  
1,303
1910
  
1,281
1925
  
1,336
1939
  
1,353
1946
  
1,703
1950
  
1,746
1956
  
1,685
1961
  
1,797
1967
  
1.910
1970
  
2,004
1978
  
2,073
1980
  
2,086
1985
  
2.112
1991
  
2,102
1995
  
2,072
2000
  
2,052
2010
  
2.010
2015
  
1,998
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: 017 Protestant (= 1.30%), 1265 Catholic (= 96.86% ). 24 Jewish (= 1.84%) residents
• 1961: 135 Protestant (= 7.51%), 1651 Catholic (= 91.88%) residents

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on September 17, 1955.

Coat of arms of Oberbruch
Blazon : "In the silver shield there is a continuous red cross, covered with a heart shield with seven red roses with golden clusters and green leaves."

Culture and sights

Buildings

societies

  • Carrier Pigeon Club Blitz 6111
  • Funding association elementary school
  • Voluntary fire brigade , founded in 1895 (since 1972 with music train and since March 1, 1988 with youth fire brigade)
  • Catholic women's community
  • Catholic youth
  • MGV Eintracht 1867 Oberbruch eV
  • Musikverein 1947 Oberbruch - Salon orchestra
  • Fruit and horticultural association
  • Pedigree and Ornamental Poultry Breeding Association 1961
  • Rifle club Hubertus
  • Tennis Club TC 77 Break
  • Table tennis club 68
  • Gymnastics and sports community 1899
  • Beautification club

Economy and Infrastructure

Facilities

  • Voluntary fire brigade Oberbruch, founded in 1895 (since 1972 with music train and since March 1, 1988 with youth fire brigade )
  • Elementary school Oberbruch
  • Catholic public library in Oberbruch
  • Kindergarten Oberbruch
  • District adult education center branch Brechen

Freetime activities

  • Emstalhalle
  • sports ground
  • "Hengel" barbecue area
Oberbruch train station

traffic

The Oberbruch stop is on the Main-Lahn-Bahn . The place is also on the B 8 .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of Oberbruch

  • Albert Otto (1885–1975), painter
  • Joseph Neuhäuser (1890–1949), composer and musician
  • Jakob Sabel (1911–1950), opera singer
  • Josef Kramm (1925–2004), 1972–1974 last mayor of Oberbruch, 1974–1980 mayor of Brechen, founded the historical working group “Goldener Grund” in 1978 and the Freundeskreis Berger Kirche e. V.
  • Karl Jung (1930–2005), State Secretary and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit , "father of long-term care insurance "

Have worked in Oberbruch

Web links

Commons : Oberbruch  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. Area statistics of the municipality and its districts. In: Internet presence. Community of Brechen, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  2. Figures - data - facts - population figures in brief. In: Internet presence. Community of Brechen, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  3. ^ Brechen community ( memento of March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 31, 2012.
  4. Law on the reorganization of the Limburg district and the Oberlahn district. (GVBl. II 330-25) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 5 , p. 101 , § 7 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 809 kB ]).
  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. 369 .
  6. a b c d Oberbruch, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of April 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  7. ^ 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).
  8. Population statistics (development). Municipality of Brechen ( Memento from August 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  9. Approval of a coat of arms of the municipality of Oberrechen, district Limburg, administrative district Wiesbaden of September 17, 1955 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1955 no. 40 , p. 1011 , point 1058 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.5 MB ]).