Schwalbach (Schöffengrund)
Schwalbach
Community of Schöffengrund
Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 53 ″ N , 8 ° 28 ′ 17 ″ E
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Height : | 276 m above sea level NHN |
Area : | 5.91 km² |
Residents : | 1554 (Dec. 31, 2002) |
Population density : | 263 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | December 31, 1971 |
Postal code : | 35641 |
Area code : | 06445 |
Schwalbach is a district of the municipality of Schöffengrund in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse . It is the main town and at the same time the administrative seat of the large community.
geography
Schwalbach lies on a plateau between the valleys of Solmsbach and Wetzbach. The Hainbach rises north of the village. The place is in the northern Taunus (eastern Hintertaunus ), the Wetzlarer Hintertaunus , as well as in the Taunus Nature Park . The next larger city is Wetzlar .
Neighboring towns are Bonbaden (west), Laufdorf (northwest), Reiskirchen (northeast), Niederwetz (east), Oberquembach (south), Niederquembach and Neukirchen (southwest).
history
In the year 795 the sualbacher marca , i.e. the Schwalbacher mark , is mentioned in the Lorsch Codex . A knight dynasty came from the place, the lords of Schwalbach, who also held the feudal patronage over the Quembach court, to which Schwalbach belonged. Only later did the village belong to the possessions of the Counts of Solms-Braunfels , before it belonged to the Prussian mayor's office of Braunfels . In 1841 the mayor's office of Schöffengrund was set up, and its seat was in Schwalbach.
Kirchlich was Parish of the village after the reformation according Bonbaden incorporated. After the Second World War , a Catholic church was built in the village for the displaced .
Territorial reform
On December 31, 1971, the independent community of Schwalbach merged with five other communities as part of the regional reform in Hesse to form the large community of Schöffengrund. Schwalbach became the seat of the municipal administration.
Territorial history and administration
The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Schwalbach was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:
- 795: Lahngau ( in pago Logenehe )
- before 1806: Holy Roman Empire , Principality of Solms-Braunfels , part of the County of Solms , Braunfels office
- from 1806: Duchy of Nassau , Amt Braunfels
- 1816: Kingdom of Prussia , Rhine Province , Region of Koblenz , county Braunfels
- from 1822: Kingdom of Prussia, Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District
- from 1866: 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 31, 1971 Schwalbach was incorporated as a district of the newly formed community Schöffengrund. The seat of the municipal administration is Schwalbach.
- from 1977: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Darmstadt administrative district, Lahn-Dill district
- from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen administrative district , Lahn-Dill district
Population development
Schwalbach: Population from 1834 to 1970 | ||||
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year | Residents | |||
1834 | 405 | |||
1840 | 453 | |||
1846 | 506 | |||
1852 | 480 | |||
1858 | 483 | |||
1864 | 516 | |||
1871 | 548 | |||
1875 | 587 | |||
1885 | 608 | |||
1895 | 612 | |||
1905 | 660 | |||
1910 | 717 | |||
1925 | 717 | |||
1939 | 699 | |||
1946 | 1,058 | |||
1950 | 1,115 | |||
1956 | 1,089 | |||
1961 | 1.107 | |||
1967 | 1,175 | |||
1970 | 1,284 | |||
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources: |
Religious affiliation
Source: Historical local dictionary
• 1834: | 405 Protestant residents |
• 1961: | 832 Protestant (= 75.16%), 268 Catholic (= 24.21%) residents |
Worth seeing
Protestant church
The Protestant church of Schwalbach was built between 1763 and 1767. It is a hall church with a hipped roof. On the north side is the church tower with an onion dome .
Mineral fountain
There is a mineral well on the north-western edge of the village . It was mentioned in 1334 as Sure Born ( Sauerbrunnen ) and fortified in 1717 by Prince Wilhelm Moritz von Solms-Braunfels. The spring is still used economically and the mineral water is sold as Schwalbacher table water .
Web links
- Schwalbach district on the website of the municipality of Schöffengrund.
- Schwalbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Schwalbach in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Schwalbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 30, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ Information sheet of the community of Schöffengrund from 2003, page 29 (PDF).
- ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 380 .
- ^ 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).
- ↑ Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbuch des Rheinischen Particular-Rechts: Development of the territorial and constitutional relations of the German states on both banks of the Rhine: from the first beginning of the French Revolution up to the most recent times . tape 3 . Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1832, OCLC 165696316 , p. 250 ( online at google books ).
- ^ Monument preservation Hessen: Evangelical Church Schwalbach
- ↑ History of the Schwalbach mineral spring (under construction)