Salt soils

Salt soils City of Lollar Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 58 ″ N , 8 ° 41 ′ 4 ″ E
Height :	175 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.91 km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	35457
Area code :	06406
	View from the south from the mountain Altenberg

Salzboden is a district of the city of Lollar in the central Hessian district of Gießen . In addition to the village of Salzböden, the Schmelz settlement (in the northwest) is also part of the district.

geography

Salzboden lies on the Salzböde shortly before it flows into the Lahn near Odenhausen .

history

Salt soils were first mentioned in writing in 775. The church in Salzboden was built in the 13th century as a defense tower and in 1600 an eastern choir was added.

Territorial reform

The municipality of Salzboden, which belonged to the district of Wetzlar , was incorporated into the municipality of Lollar on December 31, 1971 as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

Territorial history and administration

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

750/779: Lahngau
1585: Holy Roman Empire , County of Nassau-Weilburg , Gleiberg Office
before 1806 Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Nassau-Weilburg, Oberamt Atzbach , Amt Gleiberg
from 1806: Duchy of Nassau , Amt Gleiberg
1816: Kingdom of Prussia , Rhine Province , Region of Koblenz , Kreis Wetzlar
from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia, Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District
from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District
from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District
from 1932: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , District of Wetzlar
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Wetzlar District
from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Wetzlar district
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Wetzlar district
from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , district of Wetzlar
on December 1, 1971, Salzboden was incorporated into Lollar.
1972: Federal Republic of Germany, Land Hessen, Darmstadt Region , district casting
from 1977: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Darmstadt administrative district, Lahn-Dill district
from 1979: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Darmstadt district, Gießen district
from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen district, Gießen district

Population development

Occupied population figures up to 1970 are:

1834: 427 Protestant residents, 78 houses
1961: 567 Protestant (= 74.61%), 185 Catholic (= 24.34%) residents

Salt soils: Population from 1834 to 1970
year		Residents
1834	427
1840	457
1846	486
1852	489
1858	486
1864	487
1871	499
1875	494
1885	470
1895	464
1905	504
1910	503
1925	498
1939	502
1946	707
1950	749
1956	704
1961	760
1967	803
1970	841
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources:

Attractions

The smelting mill

In Salzboden there are two mill guest houses, the Schmelzmühle (also called Kronauer Hof) and the Schönemühle. A little south of the smelting mill are the ruins of the former Gronau castle from the Carolingian era .

Personalities

Fredrik Vahle (* 1942), songwriter and author, lives in salt soils
Ludwig Bodenbender (1891–1962), politician

Individual evidence

↑ "Current data" on the city of Lollar's website , accessed in July 2016.
↑ Information on the historical church
↑ K.-H. Gerstenmeier (1977): Hessen. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation. Melsungen. P. 305
↑ ^a ^b ^c salt soils, district of Giessen. 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. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
^ Kronauer Hof, district of Giessen. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of July 23, 2012). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Information on the Gronau Castle

Web links

Commons : Salt Flats (Lollars) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Internet presence of the city of Lollar
Salt soils, district of Giessen. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on salt soils in the Hessian Bibliography

[1] "Current data" on the city of Lollar's website , accessed in July 2016.

[2] Information on the historical church

[3] K.-H. Gerstenmeier (1977): Hessen. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation. Melsungen. P. 305

[lagis-4] salt soils, district of Giessen. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[5] 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).

[6] Kronauer Hof, district of Giessen. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of July 23, 2012). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[7] Information on the Gronau Castle