Schoenbach (Herborn)

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Schönbach
City of Herborn
Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 6 ″  N , 8 ° 13 ′ 22 ″  E
Height : 338  (320-422)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.99 km²
Residents : 1401  (June 30, 2018)
Population density : 175 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1977
Postal code : 35745
Area code : 02777

Schönbach is a district of Herborn in the Lahn-Dill district of Central Hesse .

Geographical location

Schönbach lies to the west of the city center, to the south of the place the federal highway 255 runs .

history

Schönbach was first mentioned in a document in 1239. The first pastor is mentioned as early as 1283 . A fortified church was built on a small hill in the village . It was surrounded by an enclosure wall and a barn wreath . The von Schönbachs, as local nobles, had a small aristocratic residence. It became a Nassau-Dillenburg domain in 1627. In the 19th century, mining was carried out on copper and, more sustainably, on iron ore . In 1906 a rail connection came into the place.

From 1906 to 1984, Schönbach had a direct rail connection in passenger and freight traffic through the Herborn – Montabaur (Westerwaldquerbahn) railway line , which has been closed and largely dismantled.

Territorial reform

In the course of administrative reform in Hesse on 1 January 1977, the previously independent municipality Schönbach were, the city Herborn and other previously independent municipalities by the law on the restructuring of Dill circle counties Giessen and Wetzlar and the city of casting the new city Herborn together . For the district of Schönbach, as for the other incorporated, formerly independent communities, a local district with a local advisory board and local councilor was set up.

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

Schönbach: Population from 1834 to 2018
year     Residents
1834
  
 435
1840
  
 461
1846
  
 494
1852
  
 515
1858
  
 504
1864
  
 566
1871
  
 562
1875
  
 551
1885
  
 538
1895
  
 515
1905
  
 549
1910
  
 605
1925
  
 698
1939
  
 834
1946
  
 1.104
1950
  
 1,123
1956
  
 1,117
1961
  
 1,213
1967
  
 1,367
1970
  
 1,412
1983
  
 ?
1997
  
 1,494
1999
  
 1,438
2001
  
 1,520
2003
  
 1,536
2008
  
 1,573
2011
  
 1,501
2013
  
 1,482
2018
  
 1,401
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: City of Herborn: population figures

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 0538 Protestant (= 100.00%) residents
• 1961: 1009 Protestant (= 83.18%) and 158 Catholic (= 13.03%) residents

politics

Evangelical Church Schönbach

There is a local advisory council with a local mayor for Schönbach . The local advisory board consists of seven members. After the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , Thomas Fischer is the mayor.

Cultural monuments

see list of cultural monuments in Schönbach .

Infrastructure

  • The RMV ensures local public transport with the 520 bus.
  • The Pestalozzi School Schönbach is a primary school .
  • The place has its own outdoor swimming pool, which is open during the summer months.

Web links

Commons : Schönbach (Herborn)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Schönbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Numbers, data, facts. In: website. City of Herborn, archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .
  3. ↑ Law on the restructuring of the Dill district, the districts of Gießen and Wetzlar and the city of Gießen (GVBl. II 330–28) of May 13, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 17 , p. 237 ff ., § 21 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  4. ^ 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. 357 .
  5. ↑ Main statute § 5. (PDF; 160 kB) In: Website. City of Herborn, accessed February 2019 .
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ↑ Population of the city of Herborn in the web archive: 1997, 1999 ; 2001, 2003 ; 2008-2010 ; 2014 ; 2018
  8. ↑ Local advisory board Schönbach on the website of the city of Herborn, accessed in February 2017.