Runkel

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Runkel
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Coordinates: 50 ° 24 '  N , 8 ° 9'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : to water
County : Limburg-Weilburg
Height : 138 m above sea level NHN
Area : 43.72 km 2
Residents: 9343 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 214 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 65594
Primaries : 06482,
06431 ( Dehrn ),
06471 ( Wirbelau )Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : LM, WEL
Community key : 06 5 33 013
City structure: 9 districts

City administration address :
Burgstrasse 4
65594 Runkel
Website : www.runkel-lahn.de
Mayor : Michel Kremer (independent)
Location of the town of Runkel in the Limburg-Weilburg district
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Runkel is a town in the Limburg-Weilburg district in central Hesse .

geography

location

Aerial photo 2007, from the south

Runkel is located in the Lahn valley on both sides of the river between the Westerwald and Taunus , in the east of the Limburg basin , around eight kilometers east of the district town of Limburg . Most of the built-up urban area and the old town lie on the left-hand lobe within a bend in the river that protrudes to the north. The right-wing northern parts of the city have emerged since the 19th century. In the northeast, the residential development has merged with that of the neighboring Schadeck district. Further to the west, the two places are separated by a steep slope. In the west, the Kerkerbach industrial area adjoins, which in turn passes directly to a new development area in the Steeden district . Here the two creeks Kerkerbach and Tiefenbach flow into the Lahn. In the 20th century, the city grew especially to the northeast and east.

The district of the core city consists of two unconnected parts. The larger one, in which the built-up urban area is located, forms a broad spur to the east and juts out to the west with a thin footbridge on both sides of the Lahn. In the west the district borders on Ennerich , in the northwest on Steeden, in the north and northeast on Schadeck, all of them districts. The core community of Villmar joins in the south-east and south, and the Limburg district of Lindenholzhausen in the south-west . The second part of the district comprises a large, closed forest area, extends in a south-west-north-east direction and is located a few kilometers northeast of the city. It borders clockwise from the west on Eschenau , Hofen , Schadeck and Arfurt , in the southeast on the Villmarer district Seelbach , in the northeast on the Runkel district Wirbelau and in the north on the Beselich district Schupbach .

Bannmühle at the Lahn bridge

The city itself is located directly on the banks of the Lahn and on the steep slopes north and south of the river. Most of the district extends over the plain south of the Lahn between 160 and 180 meters above sea level. The lowest point on the banks of the Lahn is around 110 meters high. The highest point of the separated part of the district in the northeast is around 255 meters. The area of ​​the southern part of the district consists mainly of agricultural land, plus the wooded meadows of the Lahn and some side streams. Then there is the steep slope between Runkel and Schadeck, overgrown with bushes. The separated part of the district in the northeast is almost completely overgrown by mixed forest.

Neighboring communities

Runkel borders in the north on the municipality of Beselich and the city of Weilburg , in the east on the municipalities of Weinbach and Villmar , and in the south and west on the district town of Limburg.

City structure

Runkel - Excerpt from the Topographia Hassiae by Matthäus Merian 1655
The castle of Runkel over the Lahn

The city consists of nine districts.

district Ew.
1910
Ew.
1961
Ew.
1970
Ew.
2005
Ew.
2008
Ew.
2019
Day of
incorporation
Arfurt 650 911 858 939 915 848 December 31, 1970
Dehrn 1061 1871 1928 2295 2307 2198 0July 1, 1974
Ennerich 317 445 538 865 852 789 01st December 1970
Eschenau 214 285 265 320 273 270 December 31, 1970
Hofen 292 373 392 435 440 410 December 31, 1970
Runkel 1109 1687 1782 1655 1671 1706 -
Schadeck 502 650 715 1112 1079 1052 01st December 1970
Steeden 696 1223 1352 1550 1526 1373 01st December 1970
Whirlwind 516 615 669 803 803 792 December 31, 1970

history

Old town hall from 1596 on Schlossplatz

The city was first mentioned in a document in 1159 in a deed of mortgage in which a nobleman Siegfried von Runkel appears as a witness. Presumably this Siegfried was the builder of Runkel Castle . By 1230 at the latest, the castle had a chapel, which was the first church in Runkel. In 1288 the lordships of Runkel and Westerburg were separated after years of family disputes. The Lahn weir, which still exists today, was built in the 11th or 12th century to operate a mill. Construction of the Lahnbrücke began in 1440 and lasted until 1448 due to disputes between the Runkel and Westerburger lines.

In 1543, Runkel Castle hosted Philipp Melanchthon as a guest of Count Johann IV von Wied . The Reformation was introduced in 1568. In 1622 the family split again when Count Hermann II zu Wied drove his younger brother Philipp Ludwig out of the rule and from Runkel Castle. In 1634 the town and castle were largely destroyed by the troops of Count Isolani in the Thirty Years' War . In 1649 the residential buildings of the castle were rebuilt as a palace complex. In 1791 Friedrich Ludwig, the last of the Wied-Runkel line, received the dignity of prince. In 1796 street fighting broke out in Runkel when troops of the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt drove occupying soldiers of revolutionary France from the city.

In 1806, the right-leaning part of the Runkel rule, and thus also the right-leaning part of the city of Runkel, fell to the Grand Duchy of Berg . After the Congress of Vienna , the Runkel office came to the Duchy of Nassau . In 1824 the Wied-Runkel line was extinguished with the death of Prince Friedrich Ludwig. With this, the rule and town of Runkel fell to Wied-Neuwied.

Viticulture is documented in Runkel from 1270 onwards. In 1929 the cultivation was given up because of the phylloxera infestation and a cold winter. Most recently the area under cultivation was 35 hectares. In 1860, the first Runkeler Sparkasse was founded under the name "Advance Association". There has been a central water supply in the city since 1914.

Mining was an important economic factor from the 18th century at the latest, the Georg-Joseph mine near Wirbelau was one of the largest ore mines in the Lahn region for 160 years.

The Catholics of the city of Runkel have been making a pilgrimage to the pilgrimage chapel Maria Hilf Beselich for many decades , where they declare their faith.

Territorial reform

In the course of the Hessian regional reform , the previously independent municipalities of Steeden, Ennerich and Schadeck merged on December 1, 1970 and Arfurt, Eschenau, Hofen and Wirbelau on December 31, 1970 with the city of Runkel, the municipality of Dehrn became a state law on July 1, 1974 incorporated .

The earliest mentioned current district is Ennerich; it is guaranteed in a document from 790.

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

Runkel: Population from 1834 to 2015
year     Residents
1834
  
968
1840
  
1.004
1846
  
1,096
1852
  
1,140
1858
  
1,127
1864
  
1,190
1871
  
1,135
1875
  
1,124
1885
  
1,142
1895
  
1,053
1905
  
1.108
1910
  
1.109
1925
  
1.101
1939
  
1,098
1946
  
1,721
1950
  
1,736
1956
  
1,688
1961
  
1,687
1967
  
1,807
1970
  
6,571
1972
  
6,635
1976
  
8,600
1984
  
8,656
1992
  
9.115
2000
  
9,700
2010
  
9,507
2015
  
9,600
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 1972 :; 1976 :; 1984 :; 1992 :; 2000, 2015 :; 2010:
From 1970 including the towns incorporated into Hesse as part of the regional reform .

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

1885: 1018 Protestant (= 89.14%), 98 Catholic (= 8.58%), 25 Jewish (= 2.19%) residents and one other Christian
1961: 1178 Protestant (= 69.83%) and 482 Catholic (= 28.57%) residents

politics

City Council

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the 2016 city council
13
1
10
7th
13 10 7th 
A total of 31 seats
Parties and constituencies %
2016
Seats
2016
%
2011
Seats
2011
%
2006
Seats
2006
%
2001
Seats
2001
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 41.7 13 42.2 13 44.7 14th 38.9 12
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 33.3 10 34.8 11 42.4 13 42.5 13
BL Citizen List Runkel 20.8 7th 17.6 5 12.9 4th 14.2 5
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens 4.2 1 5.1 2 - - 4.4 1
THE LEFT The left - - 0.3 0 - - - -
total 100.0 31 100.0 31 100.0 31 100.0 31
Voter turnout in% 53.1 49.3 45.1 55.8

mayor

The police officer Friedhelm Bender (* 1955) was elected mayor in 2007 and re-elected in 2013. On June 16, 2019, he lost the mayor's runoff election against his non-party challenger Michel Kremer, who received 63.28% of the vote and took office on September 1, 2019. Friedrich Buchsieb was mayor of Runkel from 1896 to 1900 .

Mayor of the core city

The mayor of the Runkel district is Eberhard Bremser (SPD).

Buildings

Bell tower of the Protestant church, formerly the tower of the city wall
Castle gate
  • The ruins of Runkel Castle from the 12th century, expanded in the 14th century, destroyed in 1634. Today it is owned by the zu Wied family.
  • The half-timbered houses from the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • The stone Lahn bridge from the 15th century.
  • The castle Schadeck from the 13th century.
  • The Bannmühle was built in 1270 by Runkel and Schadeck together upstream of the city wall. It has been privately owned since 1800, and since 1972 it is no longer operated as a mill, but with a turbine to generate electricity.
  • The former watchtower of the city wall now bears the bells of the Protestant church. It was destroyed by fires in 1634 and 1700. the first bell was hung in 1725, the youngest in 1986.
  • The building of the parish school , the first Runkel school, dates from 1543.
  • The former rectory was built in 1664, later became private property and was the town hall during the Second World War.
  • The Protestant church was built in 1641 on the site of the previous building built in 1511 and burned down in 1634.
  • From 1802 a widow's seat was built for the mother of Prince Christian Ludwig. When she died the following year, only the basement was finished. Construction work was suspended until the city bought the property and erected a new school building there from 1821 to 1825, which initially also housed part of the municipal administration and a guard room.
  • The Burgmannen seat of the Barons Schütz von Holzhausen was first mentioned in 1424. In 1651 the building was modernized. From 1718 it was owned by the Counts of Wied and until 1811 served as the official residence of the heads of their offices.
  • Today's local pharmacy was built in 1681 as an apartment for a bailiff . In 1818 the timber-framed building came into the possession of the pharmacist.
  • The building of the old Latin school dates back to 1711. After 1800 it was the town hall and until 1818 the farm pharmacy. Later the Gasthaus Zur Traube was located there .
  • The city hall stands on the site of the former princely orange garden. From 1883 to 1887 the building was built by the Prussian provincial administration as a district court. The town hall has been there since 1966.
  • The previous building of the district court housed a brewery and the Gasthaus Zum Adler shortly after 1900 .
  • The fountain on Lahnuferstraße has been restored and consists of a very rare Lahn marble variety that has not been mined today.
  • The former princely cattle yard with tithe barn stands on the palace square. It was built after the city was devastated in the Thirty Years War and expanded in the 19th century. Today the club house is located there.
  • The old town hall stands on the site of the former office building, which Count Wilhelm IV of Runkel-Wied had built in 1596 and later passed on to his court doctor Dr. Ersfeld left. Ersfeld had the building rebuilt after the town fire in 1634, as did his son, who succeeded him in office after another fire in 1691. From 1787 to 1965 it was the city hall. Today it is privately owned.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Runkel has a stop at the Lahntalbahn , where only regional trains stop. The same applies to the Kerkerbach train station belonging to Runkel (with a siding to the Steedener lime works ) and the Arfurt stop. The city of Runkel is located in the area of ​​the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund . The renewal of the former Kerkerbach railway line to Steeden, which was carried out in 2009 with funds from the federal government and the state of Hessen, enables extensive lime transports by rail. The Kerkerbach industrial area can also be reached again for goods loading by rail if required.

The following state roads cross the town of Runkel: L3020 Limburg - Weilburg, L3022 Hünstelden (Kirberg) - Waldbrunn (Hausen), L3063 Dehrn - Usingen

Runkel is located on the Lahn Valley Cycle Path , which runs from the source of the Lahn in Siegerland to where it flows into the Rhine. The route between Gießen and Limburg is identical to that of the Hessian long-distance cycle route R7. In 2009 the Lahntal Cycle Path was awarded four out of five possible stars by the ADFC as a quality route for the second time .

The Lahn is a federal waterway from the Badenburg weir near Gießen (Lahn-km −11.075) to the mouth at Lahn-km 137.300. The Runkel lock, completed in 1842, bridges a height difference of 1.24 m and must be operated by the users themselves. From the port of Dehrn (Lahn-km 70.0) the fully congested route begins to the mouth at Lahnstein.

education

The Johann Christian Senckenberg School is located in Runkel. This is a primary school with an entrance level and an integrated comprehensive school. It was named after the German doctor and founder Johann Christian Senckenberg .

There are also elementary schools in Arfurt, Dehrn and Steeden.

Students from Runkel also attend high schools in Limburg and Weilburg.

Public facilities

Catholic Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
  • Protestant day care center "Pusteblume" Runkel
  • Catholic kindergarten “St. Michael “Arfurt
  • Catholic kindergarten “St. Nikolaus “Dehrn
  • Kindergarten "Rainbow Land" Ennerich
  • “Konfetti” day care center in Steeden
  • Kindergarten "Wirbelwind" Wirbelau
  • Voluntary fire brigade Runkel, founded in 1925 (since May 1, 1981 with youth fire brigade )
  • Arfurt volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1901 (since March 1, 1999 with youth fire brigade)
  • Dehrn volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1898 (since January 1, 1969 with youth fire brigade and since 2008 with brass orchestra)
  • Ennerich voluntary fire brigade, founded in 1934 (with youth fire brigade since August 3, 1984)
  • Eschenau volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1934 (with youth fire brigade since May 12, 2001)
  • Hofen volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1934 (with youth fire brigade since August 13, 1992)
  • Schadeck volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1933 (with youth fire brigade since June 26, 1993)
  • Steeden volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1934 (with youth fire brigade since November 29, 1975)
  • Voluntary fire brigade Wirbelau, founded in 1934 (since January 9, 1981 with youth fire brigade)

The public fire brigades Runkel and Schadeck merged on September 15, 2012. The fire brigade associations continue to exist in their previous form.

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Runkel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Runkel  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. Population of the city of Runkel on the website of the city of Runkel , accessed on March 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : 250 years pilgrimage chapel Maria Hilf Beselich . In: Yearbook for the Limburg-Weilburg district 2017 . The district committee of the district of Limburg-Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg 2016, ISBN 3-927006-54-8 , p. 137-141 .
  4. ↑ Amalgamation of the town of Runkel and the communities Ennerich Schadeck and Steeden in the Oberlahnkreis to form the town of "Runkel" 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 2340 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.8 MB ]).
  5. ↑ Amalgamation of municipalities to form the town of Runkel on January 25, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 4 , p. 139 , point 156 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.3 MB ]).
  6. Law on the reorganization of the Limburg district and the Oberlahn district. (GVBl. II 330-25) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 5 , p. 101 , § 6 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 809 kB ]).
  7. ^ 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. 372-373 .
  8. a b c Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  9. ^ 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).
  10. ^ Local elections 1972; Relevant population of the municipalities on August 4, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No.  33 , p. 1424 , point 1025 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.9 MB ]).
  11. Local elections 1977; Relevant population figures for the municipalities as of December 15, 1976 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No.  52 , p. 2283 , point 1668 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 10.3 MB ]).
  12. ^ Local elections 1985; Relevant population of the municipalities as of October 30, 1984 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1984 No.  46 , p. 2175 , point 1104 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
  13. local elections 1993; Relevant population of the municipalities as of October 21, 1992 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1992 No.  44 , p. 2766 , point 935 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.1 MB ]).
  14. Community data sheet : Runkel. (PDF; 222 kB) In: Hessisches Gemeindelexikon. HA Hessen Agency GmbH ;
  15. The population of the Hessian communities on June 30, 2010. (PDF; 552 kB) Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, p. 11 , archived from the original on February 7, 2018 ; accessed on March 20, 2018 .
  16. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  17. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  18. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
  19. Friedhelm Bender: The head full of ideas. In: online edition. Frankfurter Neue Presse, March 23, 2015, accessed December 19, 2017 .
  20. vote iT GmbH - votemanager: Mayoral election of the city of Runkel
  21. Committees. In: website. City of Runkel, accessed on August 12, 2020 .