Oberquembach

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Oberquembach
Community of Schöffengrund
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 59 ″  N , 8 ° 28 ′ 48 ″  E
Height : 247  (238-259)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.83 km²
Residents : 675  (Dec. 31, 2002)
Population density : 116 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 35641
Area code : 06085

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

Geographical location

Oberquembach is located in eastern Hintertaunus ( Wetzlarer Hintertaunus ) in the Taunus am Quembach Nature Park . In the hit state roads 3054 and 3284. The nearest major town is Wetzlar . The highest point near Oberquembach is the Rotwiesenberg at 323 meters above sea level.

Neighboring towns are Niederquembach (northwest), Niederwetz (north), Oberwetz (northeast), Kröffelbach (south) and Kraftsolms (southwest).

history

The village was first mentioned in a document between 1259 and 1267. The Protestant church was built around 1696 on the site of the previous fortified church.

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1971, the independent municipality of Oberquembach merged with five other municipalities as part of the Hessian regional reform to form the unitary municipality of Schöffengrund.

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

Oberquembach: Population from 1834 to 1970
year     Residents
1834
  
 305
1840
  
 312
1846
  
 345
1852
  
 332
1858
  
 329
1864
  
 336
1871
  
 308
1875
  
 304
1885
  
 298
1895
  
 313
1905
  
 319
1910
  
 310
1925
  
 338
1939
  
 347
1946
  
 488
1950
  
 511
1956
  
 516
1961
  
 512
1967
  
 542
1970
  
 576
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: 305 Protestant residents
• 1961: 423 Protestant (= 82.62%), 85 Catholic (= 16.60%) residents

Attractions

  • Evangelical church , built in 1696 as a successor to a former fortified church
  • Backhaus Old village bakery with wood oven for traditional communal use
  • Old school built in 1839 from rammed earth
  • Extinguishing pond, the historical extinguishing water pond designated as a cultural monument in the center of the village between the bakery and the church
  • Half-timbered houses , listed cultural monuments, some from the 17th century
  • Court linden tree in Usinger Strasse at the exit of the village to Kröffelbach

  • The Protestant Church

  • The bakery

  • The quenching pond

  • The judicial linden tree

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Oberquembach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 25, 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 / 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. 428 ( online at google books ).
  6. ↑ “Richtlinde in Oberquembach” in: Courts in Hessen, in LAGIS
  7. ↑ "Linde von Oberquembach" in the tree register at www.baumkunde.de