Seelbach (Siegen)

Seelbach City of Siegen Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	276  (270-350)  m
Area :	4.05 km²
Residents :	2215  (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	547 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1966
Postal code :	57072
Area code :	0271
Location of Seelbach in Siegen

Seelbach is a district of the city of Siegen ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) in the western part of the city.

geography

Seelbach lies in the valley of the Alche , which flows into the Sieg in Siegen . Coming from the west, the approx. 4 km long Lederbach , which is the tributary of the Rabenstein Weiher , flows into the Alche and, in the further course, the Rabelsbach (approx. 2 km) coming from the southwest , which flows through the town center. The place is at an altitude between 270 m and 350 m - the highest point is the Starke Buberg (431 m) in the southeast.

The district borders on the Siegen districts of Trupbach in the north, Achenbach as part of the district of Alt-Siegen in the east, Oberschelden in the south and the Freudenberg districts of Lindenberg , Heisberg (both in the west) and Alchen in the northwest.

history

Seelbach was first mentioned in a document in 1266. In 1389 Gyse Hepe sold his belongings in Nassau to Johann zu Wildenburg.

In 1832 the Seelbacher Weiher and Rabensteins Weiher were created for the Seelbacher Mühle , which was demolished in 1976 as part of the construction of the L 562 . The old facilities for water delivery are still preserved in fragments, but the latter only serves as a fishing pond and local recreation area today.

In 1921 a volunteer fire brigade was founded. In January 1998 it was merged with the Trupbach and Siegen-West fire fighting groups (which no longer exist) and since then has formed the fire brigade 7 of the city of Siegen.

The place was an independent municipality in the Weidenau office . On July 1, 1966, it was incorporated into the city of Siegen as part of the municipal reorganization .

In 1994 the Heimatverein published a chronicle with an illustrated book of the local history, which enjoyed great popularity.

Population numbers

Population of the place:

year Residents 1519 49 1818 155 1885 257 1895 281 1895 281 1905 364 1910 410 1925 492

year Residents 1933 556 1939 829 1950 865 1961 1117 1963 1163 1994 2394 2001 2394 2004 2319

year Residents 2006 2300 2008 2227 2009 2217 2010 2230 2011 2203 2012 2168 2013 2158 2014 2144

year Residents 2015 2186 2016 2215

Infrastructure

Transport links

Seelbach is on state road  562, which leads from Siegen to Freudenberg - there is also the next connection to the A 45 , which runs a few hundred meters south of the village. In addition, Landstrasse 565 branches off to the east, which then leads to Kirchen , and in the northeast, Kreisstrasse  6 to Alchen and Bühl . The nearest train station is in Siegen. There is also a large P + R on the western edge of the village .

There are three public transport routes through the town center every half hour from Siegen to Freudenberg via Alchen ( R37 ) or Niederfischbach via Oberfischbach ( R39 ) or ( R40 ), which runs via Freudenberg and Niederfischbach. There is also a call line ( T118 ), which runs through the southern residential areas on request, as well as the express bus line SB1 , which only stops at the two outlying stops of the total of four (plus five stops on line T118 ). On weekend nights, the N4 night bus also runs every hour between Siegen and Freudenberg.

Facilities

In 1927 the o. G. Seelbacher Weiher opened as a natural open- air swimming pool, which was closed due to dilapidation in 2004, but was able to reopen a year later with the help of the friends' association founded in the same year . Since then he has had a water surface of approx. 7,650 m².

There are two kindergartens and one elementary school , the Sonnenhangschule, in Seelbach . There is also the Old School , located in the town center, which as a community center that serves from, home club is maintained. In the immediate vicinity there is also the fire station , a clubhouse (meeting house of the ev. Community and the YMCA Seelbach) and an evangelical community center. The Catholic branch church "Heilig-Geist" is located in Bubergstrasse. In 2007 the Center Seelbach was opened, which has since been the shopping and business center of the town.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Creation of a local history of Seelbach ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ florian-siegen.de
3. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 281 .
4. ↑ Otto Schaefer: The district of Siegen. Wins 1968.
5. ↑ siegen.de: main resident population by district (updated regularly)
6. ↑ Siegen-Info: Seelbach ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1887, ZDB -ID 1458761-0 , p. 112/113.
8. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1897, pp. 114/115.
9. ↑ gemeindeververzeichnis.de: District of Siegen
10. ↑ genealogy.net: Weidenau Office
11. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Siegen. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
12. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 248 .
13. ↑ Hartmut Eichenauer: Siegen ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 12.2 MB) , approx. 1995.
14. ↑ The Seelbacher Weiher

Web links

• Heimatverein Siegen-Seelbach
• Seelbacher pond