Odersbach

Odersbach City of Weilburg Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 34 " N , 8 ° 14 ′ 29" E
Height :	168 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.59 km²
Residents :	993 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	216 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1970
Postal code :	35781
Area code :	06471
	Odersbach is on the right side of the Lahn.

Odersbach is a district of Weilburg in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

geography

Odersbach lies at an altitude of 168 m above sea level. NHN near the city center on the Westerwald side of the Lahn. The district of the former municipality of Odersbach borders in the north on Waldhausen , in the east on Weilburg , in the south by a footbridge over the Lahn on Kirschhofen , in the south-west on Wirbelau and in the west on Gaudernbach and Hasselbach .

history

In the year 881 Odinesbach is mentioned for the first time as a brook name in a document of the Prüm monastery . The name of the settlement Odenspach is mentioned for the first time in 1324, in 1355 there are reports of vineyards near Odersbach.

Earlier sources of income were in addition to agriculture, the work in the nearby basalt quarry Steinbühl and from 1843 in the Roteisenstein mine conservation .

In Odersbach there is a half-timbered house from 1586.

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1970 , as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the previously independent communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen and the city of Weilburg merged on a voluntary basis to form the expanded city of Weilburg. This made Odersbach a district of Weilburg.

Territorial history and administration

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

until 1806: Holy Roman Empire , Principality of Nassau-Weilburg , Office of Löhnberg
from 1806: Duchy of Nassau , Weilburg office
from 1815: German Confederation , Duchy of Nassau, Weilburg office
from 1849: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Hadamar District Office
from 1854: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Weilburg 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 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Oberlahnkreis
from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Oberlahn district
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Oberlahnkreis
from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , Oberlahnkreis
On December 31, 1970 Odersbach was incorporated as a district in the city of Weilburg.
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

Odersbach: Population from 1834 to 1970
year		Residents
1834	456
1840	451
1846	499
1852	477
1858	507
1864	509
1871	556
1875	580
1885	596
1895	573
1905	642
1910	684
1925	732
1939	831
1946	951
1950	951
1956	992
1961	1,038
1967	1.104
1970	1,138
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:	592 Protestant (= 99.33%), 4 Catholic (= 0.67%) residents
• 1961:	859 Protestant (= 82.76%), 165 Catholic (= 15.90%) residents

politics

The local elections in Hesse in 2016 produced the following results for the composition of the Odersbach local council :

Local election 2016

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

13.0%
(-0.6 % p )

44.3%
(-3.5 % p )

15.0%
(+ 2.5 % p )

27.7%
(+1.7 % p )

2011

2016

Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	13.0	1	13.6	1		1
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	44.3	2	47.8	2		3
GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	15.0	1	12.5	1		0
FWG	Free community of voters	27.7	1	26.0	1		1
total		100	5	100.0	5	100.0	5
Voter turnout in%		55.6		55.9

After the local elections in Hesse in 2011 , Karl-Peter Wirth (SPD) was elected mayor of Odersbach on May 2, 2011. In the constituent meeting of the local council after the local elections in 2016, he was confirmed in the office. His deputy was Werner Stoll (FWG) until April 28, 2016. In the constituent meeting on April 28, 2016, Jan Kramer (SPD) and Heinz-Jürgen Deuster (Greens) were elected as new deputies. After Wirth resigned from the office of mayor in October 2017, Heinz-Jürgen Deuster was elected as the new mayor by the local council on November 23, 2017.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

See the list of cultural monuments in Odersbach .

societies

At the local level, there are the associations BvD local group Odersbach, SPD local district Odersbach, Evangelische Frauenhilfe Odersbach, Freiwillige Feuerwehr Odersbach e. V., since 1934 (including youth fire brigade, since December 17, 1984), Judo Club Odersbach, men's choir "Frohsinn" Odersbach, sports club SV 1960 Odersbach e. V, VdK local group Odersbach as well as the Kur- und Verkehrsverein Odersbach eV In August 2011 the association for the promotion of Freibad Odersbach eV was founded with the aim of ensuring the continued existence of the municipal swimming pool in Odersbach.

Infrastructure

The Weilburg youth hostel and a youth forest home of the German Forest Protection Association are located above the village. The campsite operated by the Odersbacher Kur- und Verkehrsverein is located directly on the Lahn . A pedestrian bridge over the Lahn connects Odersbach with the Kirschhofen district.

In Odersbach the volunteer fire brigade Odersbach, founded in 1934 (including youth fire brigade , founded December 17, 1984) provides fire protection and general help. For some years now, fire protection has been maintained by the Waldhausen volunteer fire brigade, as Odersbach no longer has its own emergency department. There is a municipal day-care center "Fizzli Puzzlis" in Odersbach.

There is the community center on Albert-Schweitzer-Straße, a sports field, barbecue hut, children's playgrounds, a small outdoor pool, as well as hiking trails and a youth room.

Personalities

Richard Hoin (1879–1944), politician ( SPD ) and victim of National Socialism
Benno von Heynitz (1924-2010), opponent of the SED dictatorship and founding chairman of the Bautzen committee

Web links

Commons : Odersbach - Collection of images, videos and audio files

District Odersbach. In: Website of the city of Weilburg.
Odersbach. Info, local advisory board. Kur- und Verkehrsverein Odersbach e. V.; accessed on March 20, 2018
Districts of Weilburg. Short info Odersbach. In: www.weilburg-lahn.info. Private website; accessed on March 20, 2018
Odersbach, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Odersbach in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Odersbach, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Life in the city of Weilburg - figures, data, facts. In: website. City of Weilburg, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
↑ Amalgamation in the Oberlahnkreis to form the town of "Weilburg" and the communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen to form the community of "Löhnberg" on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 111 , 119 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
↑ H.-J. Deuster new mayor. www.odersbach.de, November 25, 2017, accessed on August 21, 2019 (German).

[lagis-1] Odersbach, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[DF-2] Life in the city of Weilburg - figures, data, facts. In: website. City of Weilburg, accessed on March 1, 2020 .

[3] Amalgamation in the Oberlahnkreis to form the town of "Weilburg" and the communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen to form the community of "Löhnberg" on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 111 , 119 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).

[4] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[5] H.-J. Deuster new mayor. www.odersbach.de, November 25, 2017, accessed on August 21, 2019 (German).