Riedelbach (Weilrod)

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Riedelbach
municipality Weilrod
Coat of arms of Riedelbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 5 ″  N , 8 ° 23 ′ 37 ″  E
Height : 433 m above sea level NN
Area : 8.64 km²  [LAGIS]
Residents : 1027  (Jan. 2017)
Population density : 119 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st December 1970
Incorporated into: Weilnau
Postal code : 61276
Area code : 06083
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Location of Riedelbach in Weilrod
Aerial view of Riedelbach
Aerial view of Riedelbach

Riedelbach is a district of the community of Weilrod in the Hessian Hochtaunuskreis .

geography

Riedelbach is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus Nature Park , northwest of the Großer Feldberg . The village lies in a valley opening to the northeast, which allows the stream of the same name to flow down to the Weiltal, where it flows into the Weil near Neuweilnau . The federal highway 275 leads past the place. The district is located at an altitude of 380 meters to 545 meters above sea ​​level . The highest elevation in the district is the Wolfsküppel with a height of 545  m above sea level. NN .

Neighboring towns are Cratzenbach (north), Neuweilnau (north-east), Finsternthal (south-east), Mauloff (south), Reichenbach (south-west) and Steinfischbach (south-west).

history

The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1316, and according to its name it is likely to have originated in the period of the High Middle Ages (between around 900 and 1200). In 1394 it was called "Rodylnbach". In 1520 the place was called "Rottelbach". The Thirty Years' War made the village, as well as many surrounding villages, difficult to create. In 1615 170 people lived in the village, 25 years later there were only 30 people. In 1835 the first Riedelbach school teacher taught in the old town hall. In 1842 the new school building, which today houses the kindergarten, was inaugurated.

In 1929 an outdoor pool was built in Riedelbach. Today there are no remains of the 43 by 18 meter pool.

In the course of administrative reform in Hesse , the communities Riedelbach and other communities on 1 December 1970 to a voluntary basis to the municipality joined Weilnau together before this church on August 1, 1972, several previously independent municipalities powerful state law to the new greater community Weilrod together was.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

See cultural monuments in Riedelbach

Riedelbach Heath

Above the village, near the Riedelbach glider airfield and Rennstraße , the important Riedelbach Heath with the largest juniper population in the Hintertaunus has been preserved. From there you have a good distant view of the horse's head . The Riedelbacher Heide serves as a meeting place for the Riedelbacher youth in both summer and winter.

Economy and Infrastructure

education

Max Ernst School

Max Ernst School
Village community

In the northwest of Riedelbach is the Max Ernst School of the community of Weilrod. This is a secondary and secondary school with attached afternoon care. In 1967 the school center "Weil-Ems" was built with a primary and secondary school with a special level and a gym. From 2005 to 2008, extensive extensions and renovations were carried out on the building complex. On September 6th, 2008 the official inauguration ceremony of the new school and the name change of the secondary and secondary school to "Max-Ernst-Schule" took place.

Primary school "Am Sommerberg"

The primary school was built in 1967 as the “Weil-Ems” school center. In 1972 this became independent. In 1995 the expansion began and in 1997 the inauguration and new name for the Riedelbach Primary School took place. In 2000 the new sports hall was inaugurated and an educational afternoon program was introduced in 2007. The catchment area of ​​the elementary school children extends from the places Altweilnau , Finsternthal, Mauloff, Neuweilnau, Riedelbach (all municipality Weilrod), Hunoldstal , Brombach , Treisberg (all municipality Schmitten ) and from the neighboring Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis with the places Niederems , Reichenbach, Steinfischbach and Wüstems (all of Waldems municipality ).

Gliding

To the north of the village is the Riedelbach glider airfield (514 m MSL). The area is thus one of the highest flying areas in Hesse. The place is operated by the Sportfliegerclub Riedelbach eV There is mostly glider operations with the club's own gliders and the club's own motor glider . The place has a winch type "Tost" for the winch start , which has around 1000 m of cable extension.

Weilrod wind farm

Weilrod wind farm from the observation tower, Pferdskopf observation tower . On the left the Sommerberg (three wind turbines), behind it the Stückelberg and the cow bed . Middle part of the town view of Riedelbach

On the wooded Feldberg-Langhals-Pferdskopf-Scholle in the northwest , in the area between Riedelbach (south), Dombach (west) and Cratzenbach (northeast), on the side of the historic Rennstrasse , construction work began in February 2014 for the construction of 7  wind turbines (WEA ) of the type Nordex N117 / 2400 from the manufacturer Nordex SE , with a maximum height of 199 m. WEA 7 was built around 900 m southeast of the Eichelbacher Hof . Three more wind turbines (1-3) were built to the west in the immediate vicinity of the Daubhaus , which is located in a side valley of the Dombachtal . For the locations of these wind turbines, larger gray rock walls had to be removed on the Sommerberg . ABO Wind AG from Wiesbaden acted as project developer and general contractor .

As is usual with such wind energy projects in forest landscapes, larger forest areas were deforested for the 7 wind turbines with the use of wood harvesters and then cleared . In addition, the Rennstraße and the existing forest paths to the side were converted into construction roads for the transport of the building materials and system components , and the underground cables to the individual wind turbines were laid alongside the construction roads .

80 percent of the wind farm is owned by Wiesbaden-based ABO Invest AG, which markets itself as a "community wind share" and in which, according to its own statements, around 5,000 shareholders are involved. The yield data of the Weilrod wind farm are available on the Internet . According to the forecast, the wind farm should produce 49 million kilowatt hours of electricity in an average wind year . In 2015 the forecast was narrowly missed and in 2016 it was clearly missed.

Energy adventure tour Weilrod

In the middle of the nameless elevation (492 m), to the right behind the Sommerberg viewed from the Dombachtal with the location of the wind turbines 1–3

In connection with the wind farm, ABO Wind opened the Weilrod energy experience tour in 2015. The five-kilometer circular route begins and ends in the Cratzenbach district . Display boards, games and quiz stations provide information on the history of energy use as well as entertaining elements.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Riedelbach on the website of the community of Weilrod, accessed on March 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ Alexander Schneider: Who once splashed around in the eight bathing establishments; in: Taunuszeitung from June 19, 2018, p. 17.
  3. ↑ Amalgamation of the communities Altweilnau, Finsternthal, Mauloff, Neuweilnau and Riedelbach in the Usingen district to form the new community "Weilnau" on November 30, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 50 , p. 2339 , item 2337 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.8 MB ]).
  4. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Obertaunus district and the district of Usingen (GVBl. II 330-18) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 227 , § 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  5. ↑ Karl-Heinz Meier barley, Karl Reinhard Hinkel: Hesse. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation . Ed .: Hessian Minister of the Interior. Bernecker, Melsungen 1977, DNB  770396321 , OCLC 180532844 , p. 276 .
  6. ^ Riedelbach sports flying club on the Internet
  7. ↑ Presentation ABO Wind Projekt Windpark Weilrod (PDF document)
  8. ↑ Citizens' Initiative Rennstraße (official homepage)
  9. ↑ Concept of the Bürgerwindaktie ABO Invest AG, homepage , accessed on January 3, 2017.
  10. ↑ Yield data for the Weilrod wind farm, homepage , accessed on January 3, 2017.
  11. ↑ Energy experience tour Weilrod , accessed on August 14, 2017.
  12. ↑ What the polar bear does in the Taunus. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from December 12, 2015.