Simmersbach

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Simmersbach
community Eschenburg
Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 18 ″  N , 8 ° 22 ′ 50 ″  E
Height : 373 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.22 km²
Residents : 1286  (June 30, 2019)
Population density : 178 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1974
Postal code : 35713
Area code : 02774
Simmersbach
Simmersbach

Simmersbach is a district of the municipality of Eschenburg in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

Simmersbach is located in the northeast of the Lahn-Dill district, right on the border with the Marburg-Biedenkopf district . The place is surrounded by the foothills of the Rothaargebirge in the northwest and the Gladenbacher Bergland in the east. It lies in the valley of the Simmersbach , a tributary of the Dietzhölze .

The neighboring towns are, starting from the north clockwise: Roth (municipality of Eschenburg), Oberhörlen (municipality of Steffenberg ), Lixfeld (municipality of Angelburg ), Hirzenhain , Eiershausen and Eibelshausen (all municipality of Eschenburg).

The Staffelböll (536 m above sea level) rises to the northwest of the village, and the Hornberg (570 m above sea level) and the Mattenberg (577 m above sea level) to the south-east . To the northeast is the Galgenberg (541 m above sea level).

Simmersbach, view from the southeast

history

Simmersbach was first mentioned in a document in 1323.

In the agriculturally oriented village, at the end of the 18th century, attempts were made to make the few existing mineral resources usable and so a slate pit called Grube Wolfsschlucht was opened below the Hornberg .

The statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse reports on Simmersbach in 1830:

"Simmersbach {L. District Gladenbach) evangel. Parish village; is 3 1 / 2  hrs from Gladenbach, and belongs to the Freiherkn of Breidenstein. There are 63 houses and 369 inhabitants, all of whom are Protestant, then 1 church that is well built, 1 rectory, 1 schoolhouse, 2 grinding mills with 1 oil mill, and a second-class border customs office. There are 60 farmers and 10 artisans among the population. Slate stones are broken in the district. In the 15th century the place belonged to the Breidenbacher church area. "

With the flourishing of industry from the end of the 19th century, the people of Simmersbach turned more and more away from agriculture, which had meanwhile become unprofitable for them , and found work in the smelters and factories in the nearby Dietzhölz and Dill valley . The former farming village became a residential community.

Territorial reform

In the course of administrative reform in Hesse Simmersbach, together with its neighbor Roth, until then the district Biedenkopf were powerful state law the Dillkreis slammed with the communities Eschenburg Hirzenhain to advanced large village Eschenburg together . The entry into force took place on July 1, 1974 by the district president in Darmstadt. Local districts with local advisory boards and local councilors were established for all districts .

The Philipps beech

In 1552, Landgrave Philipp von Hessen returned to his homeland from five years of imprisonment and set foot on Hessian soil for the first time on September 10th at Staffelböll. A few years later, the people of Simmersbach planted a beech, the so-called Philipps beech, at this point to commemorate it . In 1910 a memorial was erected under the tree.

In 1963, the now 400-year-old beech had to be felled because it had died. But a new tree was planted from one of her branches . The Philippsbuche has since been declared a natural monument and is still a popular hiking destination today.

Branch of the Philipps beech

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• Around 1480: 18 Nassau self-employed
• 1577: 29 house seats
• 1630: 23 house seats (2 two-horse, 14 single-horse farmland, 7 single-run (including widows))
• 1677: 21 men, 2 widows, 2 young teams, 8 single teams
• 1742: 48 households
• 1791: 320 inhabitants
• 1800: 323 inhabitants
• 1806: 364 inhabitants, 63 houses
• 1829: 369 inhabitants, 63 houses
Simmersbach: Population from 1791 to 2018
year     Residents
1791
  
 320
1800
  
 323
1806
  
 364
1829
  
 369
1834
  
 366
1840
  
 377
1846
  
 387
1852
  
 406
1858
  
 412
1864
  
 384
1871
  
 399
1875
  
 468
1885
  
 428
1895
  
 487
1905
  
 559
1910
  
 616
1925
  
 675
1939
  
 735
1946
  
 982
1950
  
 962
1956
  
 932
1961
  
 964
1967
  
 1,049
1970
  
 1,070
1980
  
 1,153
1985
  
 1,093
1990
  
 1,172
1995
  
 1,365
2000
  
 1,399
2005
  
 1,412
2010
  
 1,375
2011
  
 1,275
2015
  
 1,344
2018
  
 1,286
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 2011 census

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1830: 369 Protestant (= 100%) residents
• 1885: 428 Protestant (= 100%) residents
• 1961: 905 Protestant (= 93.88%) and 49 Catholic (= 5.08%) residents

Gainful employment

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1867: Labor force: 67 agriculture, one forestry, four mining and metallurgy, 18 trade and industry, four transport, one education and teaching, one church and worship, three community administration
• 1961: Labor force: 218 agriculture and forestry, 265 manufacturing, 31 trade and transport, 29 services and other.

Economy and Infrastructure

Simmersbach has a village community center and a sports field with artificial turf .

Outside of the village in the direction of Oberhörlen is the small industrial area Streitwasser .

traffic

The federal road 253 ( Dillenburg - Frankenberg ) leads as a bypass directly to Simmersbach. It is about 13 km to the Autobahn 45 (junction Dillenburg).

education

There is a kindergarten and a primary school in Simmersbach . Secondary schools can be attended in Eibelshausen ( cooperative comprehensive school ) or Dillenburg ( grammar school ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistical data. In: website. Eschenburg community, accessed March 2020 .
  2. ^ A b Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner : Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Upper Hesse . tape 3 . Carl Wilhelm Leske, Darmstadt August 1830, OCLC 312528126 , p. 269 ( online at google books ).
  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 , § 27 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  4. ↑ Designation of parts of the community in the Dill district from November 21, 1974 . In: The government president (ed.): State gazette for the state of Hesse. 1974 No. 49 , p. 2257 , point 1663 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.7 MB ]).
  5. ^ 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 .
  6. ↑ a b c d e Simmersbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of January 22, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 13 . G. Jonghause's Hofbuchhandlung, Darmstadt 1872, DNB  013163434 , OCLC 162730471 , p. 12 ff . ( Online at google books ).
  9. ^ The affiliation of the office Blankenstein based on maps from the Historical Atlas of Hessen : Hessen-Marburg 1567-1604 . , Hessen-Kassel and Hessen-Darmstadt 1604–1638 . and Hessen-Darmstadt 1567–1866 .
  10. ↑ a b Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 13 . G. Jonghause's Hofbuchhandlung, Darmstadt 1872, DNB  013163434 , OCLC 162730471 , p. 27 ff ., § 40 point 6c) ( online at google books ).
  11. ↑ 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. 7, 430 ( online at google books ).
  12. ↑ a b Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1806 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1806, p.  247 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  13. ↑ Latest countries and ethnology, Volume 22 , p. 416 , Weimar 1821
  14. ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1791 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1791, p.  191 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  15. ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1800 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1800, p.  204 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  16. ↑ Simmersbach through the ages ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  17. ^ Dill-Zeitung, October 23, 2010, p. 23
  18. ↑ Selected data on population and households on May 9, 2011 in the Hessian municipalities and parts of the municipality. (PDF; 1 MB) In: 2011 Census . Hessian State Statistical Office;