Oberlauken

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Oberlauken
municipality Weilrod
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Oberlauken
Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 3 "  N , 8 ° 25 ′ 53"  E
Height : 333 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.95 km²  [LAGIS]
Residents : 336  (Jan 2017)
Population density : 68 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : August 1, 1972
Postal code : 61276
Area code : 06083
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Location of Oberlauken in Weilrod

Oberlauken is a part of the community of Weilrod in the Hessian Hochtaunuskreis .

geography

Oberlauken is located in the eastern Hintertaunus . The direct neighboring town is Niederlauken, one kilometer away . At a distance of 3 km each, Merzhausen and Altweilnau are neighboring towns. The highest elevation near Oberlauken is the Kirschenhell at 467 meters above sea ​​level . The next larger cities are Usingen , Bad Camberg and Limburg an der Lahn .

Chapel of Oberlauken
Oberlauken Chapel from the town center

history

The first mention of Oberlaukens can be found in a document from 1249. The chapel was first mentioned in 1401.

Until 1669, Oberlauken was part of the church of Altweilnau . Today the churches in Niederlauken and Oberlauken together form the Evangelical Church Community of Lauken.

In the 16th century Oberlauken belonged to the Stockheim court and came to Nassau-Usingen in 1659 .

In the course of administrative reform in Hesse , the community was Oberlauken in the district of Usingen on 1 August 1972 by virtue of state law with several other municipalities to the municipality Weilrod together . Linked to this was the change to the newly founded Hochtaunuskreis .

In 1999 Oberlauken celebrated its 750-year history.

Population development

  • 1933: 198 inhabitants
  • 1939: 184 inhabitants
  • 1961: 211 inhabitants
  • 1970: 250 inhabitants
  • 2005: 363 inhabitants

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

See cultural monuments in Oberlauken

chapel

Oberlauken's landmark is the (Protestant) chapel . It dates from the 17th century and is visible from afar on a hill above the village. The town's coat of arms also refers to this chapel. The chapel and churchyard wall have been under monument protection since 1931 . Next to the chapel is a linden tree that has broken into three trunk parts, all of which have continued to grow as individual trees. There are a total of six linden trees around the chapel and together with it form an ensemble. The linden trees are protected as a natural monument.

The chapel has an organ from 1833. The organ was completely renovated in 2011 at a cost of € 40,000. Gas heating was installed in 2010 for € 60,000.

legend

According to a local legend, the people of Oberlauken initially wanted to build the church themselves. However, the timber disappeared from the construction site at night and reappeared on the Lindenberg. After the villagers brought the wood back down, the spell was repeated the following night. On the third night a mysterious figure appeared, pointing to the mountain with a linden branch. The place then decided to build the chapel on the mountain (see literature).

Oberlauken fountain

Town center

The village center, which was renovated as part of the village renewal program, has a number of beautiful half-timbered houses. The village center is the village fountain Weed in the center (redesigned in 2003).

The village community center was inaugurated in 1961 . The fire station was built in 1989.

societies

economy

The Raiffeisenbank Oberlauken merged in 1974 with the Raiffeisenbank Grävenwiesbach.

literature

Web links

Commons : Oberlauken  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oberlauken on the website of the community of Weilrod, accessed on March 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Obertaunus district and the district of Usingen (GVBl. II 330-18) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 227 , §§ 1 and 13 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  3. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Province of Hessen-Nassau, district of Usingen. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  4. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 379 .
  5. ↑ Weilrod . Weilrod.de. Retrieved August 14, 2010.