Ears

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Ears
Municipality of Hünstelden
Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 59 ″  N , 8 ° 11 ′ 13 ″  E
Height : 271  (260–339)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 774  (Jan. 1, 2019)
Incorporation : 1st October 1971
Postal code : 65597
Area code : 06438

Ears is one of the seven districts of the municipality of Hünstelden in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

Ohr is the southernmost part of the municipality of Hünstelden. Its district borders to the northwest on that of the Kirberg administrative center and to the northeast on that of the most populous district of Dauborn . In the south, the Ohren district borders on the Rheingau-Taunus district and the local community of Hünstetten , more precisely on the districts of Ketternschwalbach , Bechtheim and Beuerbach (from the west).

The demarcation describes a rough triangular shape pointed to the north with the town and a surrounding strip of arable and grassland in the middle and foothills of larger forest areas on the west and east side. The Hainbach flows through the village. The district increases on the east and west side as well as in the south. The highest elevations are the Junkerheck with 339 meters in the southwest and the Schanzenkopf with 324 meters in the south.

history

Ohr is located on the old route of the Hünerstrasse , an important trade route dating back to the Celts between the Rhineland , Taunus and Wetterau . It was first mentioned in 1301. The settlement was probably not established long before, in the late phase of the medieval inland colonization . Therefore, the place arose in a densely wooded area on poor quality soil.

Around 1355 the Bechtheimer Gebück was created south of the Ohren district . The district and thus also the municipality and district boundary roughly follows the course of this border fortification formed by hedges.

In 1612 the place received its own cemetery and a chapel with its own parish council , but as before remained assigned to the parish of Kirberg and the local pastor. At the end of the Thirty Years War , ears was almost depopulated. In 1717 a school was built in ears.

Territorial reform

On October 1, 1971, as part of the regional reform in Hesse , ears merged with six other previously independent towns to form the municipality of Hünstelden.

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which ears were located or the administrative units to which it was subject:

population

Population development

Ears: Population from 1834 to 2019
year     Residents
1834
  
 416
1840
  
 455
1846
  
 483
1852
  
 508
1858
  
 503
1864
  
 500
1871
  
 457
1875
  
 392
1885
  
 402
1895
  
 382
1905
  
 407
1910
  
 389
1925
  
 382
1939
  
 347
1946
  
 459
1950
  
 446
1956
  
 426
1961
  
 443
1967
  
 503
1970
  
 486
2008
  
 811
2011
  
 776
2019
  
 774
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; after 1970: municipality of Hünstelden

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

  • 1885: 398 Protestant (= 99.00%), 4 Catholic (= 1.00%) residents
  • 1961: 377 Protestant (= 85.10%), 62 Catholic (= 14.00%) inhabitants

Culture and sights

societies

Ears has the volunteer fire brigade founded in 1934 (with the youth fire brigade since April 1, 1972 ), the mixed choir and the TSG sports club. There is also a local association of the SPD and the VdK .

Buildings

  • church

  • Old school

  • Village square with a fountain

Infrastructure

In Ohr, the volunteer fire brigade , founded in 1934 (since April 1, 1972 with its youth fire brigade), provides fire protection and general help.

Web links

Commons : ears  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistics - residents of the districts. In: website. Municipality of Hünstelden, archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .
  2. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 369 .
  3. ↑ a b c ears, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  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. ↑ Citizens Brochure. (PDF; 15.7 MB) In: Website. Community of Hünstelden, 2012, p. 42 , archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .