Seilhofen

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Seilhofen
Driedorf municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 32 ″  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 461 m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.46 km²
Residents : 148  (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density : 60 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1977
Postal code : 35759
Area code : 02775

Seilhofen is the smallest district of the municipality of Driedorf in the Lahn-Dill district in central Hesse . The place in the eastern Westerwald has about 160 inhabitants.

geography

The place is located on the eastern edge of the High Westerwald about 9 km southwest of Herborn and 43 km northeast of Montabaur . The distance to Siegen is about 43 km and Wetzlar 30 km. Seilhofen is about 5 km from the Hessian border with Rhineland-Palatinate . The distance to the border triangle Hesse - Rhineland-Palatinate - North Rhine-Westphalia is around 9 km. The district of the place has a size of 2.46 km².

The neighboring towns are, starting from the north, clockwise: Driedorf (municipality of Driedorf), Rodenberg , Beilstein (both municipality of Greifenstein ), Münchhausen (municipality of Driedorf). All places belong to the Lahn-Dill district.

Seilhofen is located on the southern slope of the wooded ridge between the town center and the B 277 . This also forms the northern border of the district. The highest elevations of the ridge, from west to east, are the Heckmannsberg (532 m above sea level), the Scheuenberg (504.6 m above sea level) and the Obereberstein (512.7 m above sea level). Only the Schüstenberg lies on the boundary, the other two peaks are in the Driedorf district. The Mainzberg (461 m above sea ​​level) is located in the southern district . The southern border of the Seilhofer district is formed by the Ulmbach , which flows into the Lahn near Biskirchen .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1398 as Sylloben . The place arose, due to its place name, probably during the early medieval development of the country between the 7th and 9th centuries. The name Seilhofen, in the local dialect Salwe , indicates a stately individual farm ( Saalhof ).

In the Middle Ages, Seilhofen belonged to the Driedorf office and parish. To the north of Seilhofen is the desert of the village of Schänen , to the west of Münchhausen is the desert of Richwinsgesäß . Both deserted areas also belonged to the Driedorf office and parish.

The long-distance trade route ran from Cologne to Leipzig via Altenkirchen and Herborn near the town . In the immediate vicinity of Seilhofen, a Hohe Straße branched off to Frankfurt via Wetzlar. A Carolingian street fortress is suspected near the Pfalzmühle located on the Ulmbach .

Territorial reform

With the law on the restructuring of Dill circle of counties Giessen and Wetzlar and Giessen of 13 May 1974 was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse , the municipality rope Hofen 1 January 1977 in the municipality Driedorf incorporated . For Seilhofen, as for the other formerly independent municipalities, a local district with a local advisory board and local council was set up.

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

Seilhofen: Population from 1834 to 2017
year     Residents
1834
  
 166
1840
  
 164
1846
  
 155
1852
  
 145
1858
  
 138
1864
  
 156
1871
  
 147
1875
  
 138
1885
  
 152
1895
  
 153
1905
  
 123
1910
  
 134
1925
  
 128
1939
  
 120
1946
  
 193
1950
  
 177
1956
  
 172
1961
  
 172
1967
  
 160
1970
  
 176
1980
  
 ?
1990
  
 ?
2003
  
 177
2006
  
 159
2010
  
 170
2014
  
 158
2017
  
 148
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

• 1885: 151 Protestant (= 99.34%), one Catholic (= 0.66%) residents
• 1961: 133 Protestant (= 77.33%), 35 Catholic (= 20.35%) residents

politics

For elections to the German Bundestag, the place belongs to the constituency “173 Lahn-Dill ”, for elections to the Hessian state parliament it belongs to the constituency “21 Lahn-Dill I ”.

With the regional reform, the municipal administration was transferred to the municipality of Driedorf. The last mayor was Paul Haas. A local advisory board consists of five members. The town council has told the local council proposal and right to be heard in matters that affect the town. After the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , Michael Weis (UL) is the mayor .

Culture and sights

In the center of Seilhofen there are some half-timbered buildings from the 17th / early 18th century. The historic bakery has also been preserved.

Economy and Infrastructure

The place has a village community center.

traffic

The place is on the B 255 from Herborn via Driedorf to Montabaur. The next train station on the Dill route is in Herborn. There are bus connections to Driedorf, Mengerskirchen and Herborn. The distance to Frankfurt airport is 106 km, to Cologne / Bonn approx. 103 km.

education

There is no kindergarten in Seilhofen. This is in Driedorf. The place belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Westerwaldschule Driedorf, a primary , secondary and secondary school . Secondary schools can be attended in Herborn or Dillenburg .

Personalities

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Driedorf in numbers - municipal statistics. Municipality of Driedorf, archived from the original ; accessed on February 18, 2017 . (Data from web archive)
  2. ↑ 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 ., § 22 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  3. ^ Main statute of the municipality of Driedorf. (PDF; 16 kB) In: Website. Municipality of Driedorf, accessed February 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c Seilhofen, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  5. ^ 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).
  6. ^ Anton Friedrich Büsching: D. Anton Friderich Büsching's new description of the earth. The German empire. tape 3 . JC Bohn, 1771, p. 840 ( on google books ).
  7. ↑ Statistics 2003. In: Website. Municipality of Driedorf, archived from the original on February 10, 2004 ; accessed in February 2019 .
  8. ↑ Statistics 2006. In: Website. Municipality of Driedorf, archived from the original on February 10, 2004 ; accessed in February 2019 .
  9. ↑ Local advisory boards of the municipality of Driedorf , accessed in February 2017.