Oberselters

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Oberselters
City of Bad Camberg
Former municipality coat of arms of Oberselters
Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 18 ″  N , 8 ° 14 ′ 39 ″  E
Height : 176 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.21 km²
Residents : 1022  (June 30, 2016)
Population density : 243 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1974
Postal code : 65520
Area code : 06483
Church of St. Antonius with the attached parish hall in the foreground
Church of St. Antonius with the attached parish hall in the foreground

Oberselters im Taunus , with around 1000 inhabitants, has been the fourth largest district of Bad Camberg in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse since it was incorporated on July 1, 1974 .

geography

location

Oberselters is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Goldenen Grund , around three kilometers northwest of the core town of Bad Camberg and around 15 kilometers southeast of the district town of Limburg an der Lahn . The place is on the federal road 8 in the valley of the Emsbach . The A 3 and the ICE Cologne – Rhein / Main route run along the western edge of the district . The Main-Lahn-Bahn runs west past the old town center, but is now surrounded by houses on both sides. The Oberselters area borders in the northwest on Niederselters and then clockwise on Eisenbach , Erbach and Dauborn .

The roughly rectangular demarcation with a point protruding to the northeast is covered by forest in the northern corner and is otherwise mainly used for agriculture. The terrain rises on both sides of the Emsbach valley, up to 300 meters in the east and up to 264 meters in the west. The place itself is at 183 meters above sea level.

Geologically, in the eastern part of the district there is a mixture of iron-shed slate, quartzite dikes and quartz gravel deposits, also northwest of the place, where there is also a small deposit of diabase . A layer of loess has formed directly in the Emsbach valley and in the west of the district . A lead ore vein runs from the southeast of the village to the southeast.

Forest stand

Oberselters has a forest area of ​​80 hectares, divided into three forests:

Forest Size in ha
Jungewald 11.9
Kühgraben 46.4
Winter wood 21.7

history

The Rupertine woman Rachild gave Saltrissa, at that time a collection of manorial farms and a forest smithy , 772 to the Lorsch monastery . The hammer mill, which is now vacant, at the end of the village in the direction of Niederselters , probably developed from this forest smithy.

Politically, Oberselters was firmly tied to Camberg from an early age and was initially Conradin , then part of the County of Diez, and from around 1420 participated in the complicated ownership structure of the Camberg Office in shared and joint ownership of various regional noble houses.

In 1448 a chapel was built in the center of the village as a branch of the parish Camberg, which was consecrated to Saint Leonhard and from 1526 to Saint Anthony. Since this chapel had become dilapidated, a baroque church was built in its place in 1776 . A stucco mirrored ceiling, baroque statues and a pulpit made of walnut wood stand out in the interior. In 1777, the wood left over from the church was used to build the first school and a bakery. Bad Camberg had previously been the school location. After adding another classroom in 1831, lessons were held in the Oberselters school until 1968. Since then, the children from the village have been attending the "Goldener Grund" school in Niederselters.

In 1901, a pastoral care district of Erbach-Oberselters was created within the parish of Bad Camberg, which became an independent parish in 1913.

In the First World War fell 19 Upper Selterser, in World War II, the 42nd

After the Second World War, the place grew mainly to the west of the railway line, where the so-called "Oberdorf" originated. In 1962 a parsonage was completed next to the church.

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the local council voted with seven to six votes in favor of incorporation into Camberg and against incorporation into Selters (Taunus) . On January 1, 1974, the incorporation into Camberg came into force by state law. In 1980 a community center with an adjoining fire station was completed.

The mineral fountain

Part of the mineral fountain system
Oberselters Lively and still

In 1784 a mineral spring broke open in Oberselters, which led to a decrease in the amount of water at the older springs in the neighboring but Electorate of Lower Elder . In the following years there were initially written disputes between the two principalities. In 1794 Kurtrier had an 800-man military unit with two cannons deployed in front of Oberselters, forcing the Oberselters spring to be filled in. After both places were incorporated into the Duchy of Nassau in 1803 , the Oberselterser opened their source again, which again sparked disputes between the two places. In the following year Oberselters had to close the spring again. Mineral water has only been extracted and marketed there since 1870.

In 1871 Nassau-Selterser Mineralquellen AG was founded, which began filling the mineral water produced in Oberselters in the spring of 1873 and sold 300,000 jugs in the first year. One of the co-founders was August Velde, the brother of the architect Heinrich Velde . The mineral fountain was the largest commercial enterprise in the village for decades. Before the First World War, the workforce comprised 60 men and women. In the 1950s, the spring's output began to decline. In order to maintain the business, the Oberselters municipality took over the majority of the shares in 1956 and converted the company into a GmbH. In the years that followed, new sources were developed and production expanded. In 1995 more than 60 million bottles were sold. In 2003 the Brunnengesellschaft merged with Frankenbrunnen GmbH to form Oberselters Mineralbrunnen Vertriebs GmbH .

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

•  1585: 41 households
Oberselters: Population from 1650 to 2016
year     Residents
1650
  
 29
1834
  
 480
1840
  
 538
1846
  
 551
1852
  
 590
1858
  
 560
1864
  
 536
1871
  
 526
1875
  
 584
1885
  
 567
1895
  
 543
1905
  
 550
1910
  
 587
1925
  
 575
1939
  
 601
1946
  
 782
1950
  
 763
1956
  
 809
1961
  
 839
1967
  
 963
1970
  
 1.004
1974
  
 1,017
1987
  
 1.002
1998
  
 1,221
2005
  
 1,173
2016
  
 1,022
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources: ;; from 1974 residents of Bad Camberg

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 10 Protestants, 554 Catholic and one other Christian, as well as two Jews
• 1961: 35 Protestant, 804 Roman Catholic residents

politics

Local advisory board

The head of the Oberselters district is Ottmar Stahl (CDU).

Mayor 1848–1974

mayor Term of office
Anton Brahm 1848-1869
Anton Schwarz 1870-1881
Jakob Bauer 1881-1889
Jakob Stahl 1900-1917
Peter Deisel 1918-1924
Heinrich Muller 1925-1933
Anton Zimmermann 1933-1934
Josef Zimmermann 1934-1945
Wilhelm Pabst 1945-1950
Josef Zimmermann 1950-1968
August Weil 1968-1974

Infrastructure

Since 1934, the Oberselters volunteer fire brigade (from June 4, 1974 with youth fire brigade ) has been providing defensive fire protection and general help in this area.

Culture

societies

The Oberselters volunteer fire brigade has existed since 1934. Since June 4, 1974, it has been running a youth fire brigade. The sports club, founded in 1921, forms a game community with the Niederselters and in some areas with Erbach. The choral society "Liederkranz" consists of a male choir (founded in 1896) and a female choir (founded in 1997). Since 2018 the choir has been called "Gesangverein Liederkranz 1896 eV". The choir director has been Dr. Georg Hilfrich. The Oberselters Beautification Association has existed since 1956.

Notch

The Kerb, the parish fair , is one of the most important events in the calendar of the "fountain village". For years it was organized annually by the local associations on the first weekend in September. The Kerbeverein Oberselters eV has been organizing the event since 2018.

literature

Web links

Commons : Oberselters  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Oberselters, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ a b Statistical figures on the city of Bad Camberg's website, accessed in January 2017.
  3. ↑ Oberselters and his story, p. 111
  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 , § 9 ( 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 369 .
  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. ↑ Oberselters and his story, p. 95
  8. ↑ Local Advisory Board of the Dombach district. City of Bad Camberg, accessed on January 17, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Oberselters and his story, p. 36
  10. ↑ Liederkranz 1896 Oberselters e. V. Choir gives itself a new name. Nassauische Neue Presse , March 2, 2018, accessed March 27, 2018 .