Oberzeuzheim
Oberzeuzheim
Hadamar city
Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 30 ″ N , 8 ° 3 ′ 40 ″ E
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Height : | 203 (180-380) m above sea level NHN |
Area : | 6.61 km² |
Residents : | 1235 (December 13, 2014) |
Population density : | 187 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | December 31, 1971 |
Postal code : | 65589 |
Area code : | 06433 |
Aerial view of the town from the east
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Oberzeuzheim is a district of Hadamar in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse with around 1200 inhabitants.
Geographical location
The place is located in the northwest of the Limburg Basin on the southern edge of the Westerwald . To the west of the town center, Oberzeuzheim is cut through by federal road 54 . Further west, outside the village, the Elbbach flows in wide loops from north to south. The much smaller Oderbach flows south of Oberzeuzheim to the west. The Heidenhäuschen rises 398 meters to the northeast of the village . However, the summit is in the area of the neighboring town of Hangenmeilingen. The place itself extends over a height of 190 to 220 meters.
The Oberzeuzheim district is roughly triangular in shape, with the point facing south. In the northeast it borders the district of Dornburger hamlet Thalheim , subsequently clockwise to the Elbtaler districts Heuchelheim and Hangenmeilingen and the Waldbrunner district Castellar . The Hadamar districts of Steinbach , Oberweyer , Niederweyer follow to the east and southeast, the core town of Hadamar to the southwest and Niederzeuzheim, which also belongs to Hadamar, to the west . The terrain slopes down to a brook to the south of up to 170 meters. This is followed to the north by a comparatively flat step on which a large part of Oberzeuzheim, including the old village center, lies. To the north-west, the level of the terrain to the Elbe valley, which is clearly cut there, drops sharply, while it gradually rises to the north-west in the direction of the Heidenhäuschen, which is just outside the Oberzeuzheim district. The district consists mainly of agricultural land, a much smaller part in the north and northeast is covered by the forest around the Heidenhäuschen, which is largely a nature reserve. In the northwest is the floodplain of the Elbe stream.
history
Oberzeuzheim was first mentioned in a document in 1287. A spring in the forest north of the village was said to have healing powers, which made it a destination for pilgrimages . The Cistercians of the Marienstatt Abbey first made pilgrimages to the spring in the 14th century. They had a wayside shrine built over the spring for the Mother of God. In 1885 relatives of the priest Ferdinand Heep had seven wayside shrines erected in front of the spring, now known as "Seven Pains - Seven Wounds". In 1919 the Franciscans (OFM) , who at that time also took up pastoral care in Oberzeuzheim, took over the care of the pilgrimage site. In 1969 they also led the redesign of the facility. The six wayside shrines (designed by the Diez artist Ernst Thrun) and the pulpit were erected on the upper plateau of the site. In 1981 the spring got a new border with a Marian grotto . In 1988 the lower part of the system around the source was renovated.
Territorial reform
On December 31, 1971, as part of the regional reform in Hessen, Oberzeuzheim was incorporated into the newly formed town of 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. At that time the place had 1173 inhabitants.
Territorial history and administration
The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Oberzeuzheim was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:
- before 1711: Holy Roman Empire , Principality of Nassau-Hadamar , Hadamar Office
- 1717–1743: Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Nassau-Dillenburg , Hadamar Office
- 1743–1806: Holy Roman Empire, Counts of Nassau-Diez as part of the Principality of Nassau-Orange , Hadamar Office
- 1806–1813: Grand Duchy of Berg , Department of Sieg , Canton Hadamar
- 1813–1815: Principality of Nassau-Orange , Hadamar Office
- from 1816: German Confederation , Duchy of Nassau , Hadamar Office
- from 1849: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Hadamar District Office
- from 1854: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Hadamar Office
- from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , Oberlahnkreis
- from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, administrative district of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
- from 1886: German Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hesse-Nassau, District of Wiesbaden, District of Limburg
- from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hesse-Nassau, District of Wiesbaden, District of Limburg
- from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Limburg District
- from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Limburg district
- from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Limburg district
- from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , district Limburg
- On December 31, 1971, Oberzeuzheim was incorporated as a district of the newly formed township of Hadamar.
- from 1974: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt, district Limburg-Weilburg
- from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen district, Limburg-Weilburg district
population
Population development
Oberzeuzheim: Population from 1834 to 1970 | ||||
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year | Residents | |||
1834 | 473 | |||
1840 | 504 | |||
1846 | 608 | |||
1852 | 650 | |||
1858 | 680 | |||
1864 | 657 | |||
1871 | 679 | |||
1875 | 694 | |||
1885 | 694 | |||
1895 | 670 | |||
1905 | 651 | |||
1910 | 673 | |||
1925 | 724 | |||
1939 | 695 | |||
1946 | 876 | |||
1950 | 899 | |||
1956 | 935 | |||
1961 | 1,021 | |||
1967 | 1,054 | |||
1970 | 1.107 | |||
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: | 9 Protestant (= 1.30%), 685 Catholic (= 98.70%) residents |
• 1961: | 115 Protestant (= 11.26%), 900 Catholic (= 88.15%) residents |
Sights and culture
societies
Oberzeuzheim has 14 clubs , including the Musikkameraden, a music club, the sports club, the rifle club, the choir club, the table tennis club and the Freiwillige Feuerwehr Oberzeuzheim eV founded in 1929 with its youth fire brigade (founded on September 1, 1975) and its existing since 1970 Music department "Musikkameraden Oberzeuzheim".
Buildings
Former Catholic Church
After the church was rebuilt in 1957, the old building in the town center was converted into a fire station. Today the former church is used by other associations and its original use can hardly be recognized. The oldest part of the quarry stone building dates back to the 17th century and was significantly rebuilt in 1922.
school
The brick building was built in 1876 as a primary school. Segmental arches above the windows and staggered windows in the attic adorn the building. The natural stone plinth is now largely covered by the subsequently raised floor level of the courtyard. Address: Siegener Straße 5
Maria-Hilf chapel
This particularly large wayside shrine is located northwest of the village on a hill that is visible from afar. According to a plaque in 1757, the donor was the May family of the neighboring millet mill. The quarry stone masonry is plastered, the hood is made in an elaborate, curved shape. The group of crosses in the small picture chamber is likely to date from the construction period. Originally the wayside shrine was surrounded by seven linden trees, of which only four are left today.
Various legends surround the pilgrimage site. The miller Johann May is said to have originally built it as a thank you for finding his way home on a foggy night. A salt peasant who later came into possession of the wayside shrine is said to have felled some of the trees and, as a punishment, had a fatal accident while transporting the wood. In addition, there is talk of miraculous healings after prayers at the pilgrimage site. Among other things, a paralyzed woman from Heuchelheim is said to have been healed. Her crutches were then kept in a niche in the wayside shrine. During the Second World War, the wayside shrine is said to have been willfully damaged, whereby the crutches were destroyed.
Friedensstrasse 2
The former barn from the 18th century stands out due to its particularly even framework and the very large roof area. It is one of the last remaining historical barns in the village. The spatial effect of the building has been greatly changed by extensions and conversions since the 1980s.
Kirchgasse 15
The half-timbering was originally very richly designed and the Ern was particularly emphasized. In the middle of the 20th century, many details of the framework were destroyed. Nevertheless, it is still an outstanding half-timbered house in Oberzeuzheim today.
Kirchgasse 17
The rich half-timbered structure of this house from the beginning of the 19th century was also badly damaged by renovations and is now completely covered. It remains distinctive thanks to the particularly high hipped roof, the position on what was once the central curve of the town and a large crucifix made of linden wood on the corner of the house.
Kirchgasse 22
The elongated building was built around 1880 and still shows very simple, uniform half-timbering with a little carving at the corners on the upper floor.
Mittelstrasse 4
The small house from the late 18th century shows half-timbered buildings with a prominent profile band above the ground floor and a richly designed skylight door from the Biedermeier period.
Mittelstrasse 6
The upper floor of the house from the 18th century shows a two-zone half-timbered construction. An extension of the 19th century with very simplified half-timbered forms stands out clearly.
Mittelstrasse 9
The house on this homestead is the most valuable half-timbered house in the area. It dates from the 18th century. Around 1900 it was modernized with the entire Hofreite, but still kept a large part of the ornate, extremely precisely laid out, three-zone half-timbering on the upper floor. The barn also has a clear half-timbered structure, the compartments of which are filled with bricks. The former stable building attached to the barn is adorned with a toothed frieze on the eaves and highlighted gable edges.
Siegener Strasse 7
A simple half-timbered structure has been preserved on the upper floor of this building. The skylight door with a staircase in front of it, which is well above street level, is eye-catching.
Infrastructure
Since 1929 the volunteer fire brigade in Oberzeuzheim (since September 1, 1975 with the youth fire brigade) has provided fire protection and general help in this area.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Carl Clemens Hahn (1906–1967), first German television chef and inventor of the Hawaiian toast .
literature
- Literature about Oberzeuzheim in the Hessian Bibliography
- Search for Oberzeuzheim in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library
Web links
- Districts - Oberzeuzheim. In: Internet presence. Hadamar city
- Oberzeuzheim, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Numbers, data, facts - area . In: Internet presence. Hadamar City, accessed May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Numbers, data, facts - population figures . In: Internet presence. Hadamar City, accessed May 23, 2020 .
- ^ 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 .
- ↑ a b c Oberzeuzheim, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ 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).