Solms

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	to water
County :	Lahn-Dill district
Height :	153 m above sea level NHN
Area :	34.05 km 2
Residents:	13,672 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	402 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	35606
Primaries :	06441, 06442
License plate :	LDK, DIL
Community key :	06 5 32 021
LOCODE :	DE SOS
City structure:	5 districts
; City administration address :	Oberndorferstrasse 20 ; 35606 Solms
Website :	www.solms.de
Mayor :	Frank Inderthal ( SPD )
Location of the city of Solms in the Lahn-Dill district

Solms districts

Solms is a town west of Wetzlar in the Lahn-Dill district in Hesse .

In Burgsolms stood the ancestral castle of the counts and princes of Solms with the main lines Solms-Braunfels with seat in Braunfels and Solms-Hohensolms-Lich with seat in Lich .

geography

Geographical location

Solms is located directly in the Lahn valley and is embedded between the low mountain range of the Taunus and Westerwald with heights between 140 and 400 meters above sea level. Solms lies in parts both in the Taunus and in the Westerwald, as the Lahn forms the geographical border between the two areas.

Neighboring communities

Solms borders in the north on the municipality of Ehringshausen and the city of Aßlar , in the east on the city of Wetzlar , in the south on the municipality Schöffengrund and the city of Braunfels and in the west on the city of Leun (all in the Lahn-Dill district).

structure

It consists of the following districts:

history

The donation of a church on the Sulmissa river , today's Solmsbach, was first mentioned in a document in 788 in a deed of donation from the Lorsch monastery . The villages that make up the city of Solms today belonged to the County of Solms for centuries .

In 1803 the Altenberg monastery was secularized, d. H. secularized and awarded to the princes of Solms-Braunfels as compensation. From now on, the monastery church was used under princely patronage by the Evangelical parish of Oberbiel. Solms-Braunfels lost its possessions in Alsace-Lorraine to France.

In 1806 the Principality of Solms-Braunfels came to the Duchy of Nassau with the offices of Braunfels and Greifenstein. In 1815 again to the Kingdom of Prussia. However, the prince retained some of his befitting rights. Together with the former imperial city of Wetzlar, an enclave of the Prussian Rhine Province was formed. (This is still reflected today, among other things, in the fact that the old district of Wetzlar belongs to the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland .)

After an economic boom since the 1860s, a severe economic crisis in the 1920s led to the demise of several mines and companies. Among other things, the Georgshütte in Burgsolms, which had only been in operation 20 years earlier, was demolished again. In the 1950s, the last remains of the castle ruins in Burgsolms, the former headquarters of the Solms family, were removed. See also: List of mines in the Lahn-Dill area .

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , on July 1, 1971, the communities Albshausen and Oberbiel voluntarily merged to Bielhausen and Burgsolms and Oberndorf to Solms . By state law, these two new municipalities were united with Niederbiel on January 1, 1977 to form the new large municipality of Solms , which was granted town charter on April 11, 1978. Local districts were not formed.

politics

City Council

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the 2016 city council A total of 37 seats SPD : 15 Greens : 3 FDP : 2 CDU : 8 FW : 9	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	41.2	15th	40.3	15th	30.8	11	33.4	12
	FWG	Free voter community Solms	23.0	9	23.4	9	35.6	13	38.4	14th
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	22.3	8th	23.0	8th	22.0	8th	18.1	7th
	GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	8.6	3	10.7	4th	6.6	3	4.7	2
	FDP	Free Democratic Party	4.9	2	2.6	1	5.0	2	5.4	2
	total		100.0	37	100.0	37	100.0	37	100.0	37
	Voter turnout in%		46.4		42.9		39.7		49.2

mayor

According to the Hessian municipal constitution, the mayor is the chairman of the magistrate , which in the city of Solms includes eleven honorary councilors in addition to the mayor . Frank Inderthal (SPD) has been mayor since August 1, 2010. His directly elected predecessors were

1992 to 2010 Jörg Ludwig (FWG)

Youth Council of the City of Solms

The youth council of the city of Solms has existed as the city's official body since 2002 . He represents the interests and concerns of the Solms youth in front of the politicians. It is elected every two years by the children and young people who live in Solms or attend the comprehensive school in Solms.

Partnerships

The city of Solms maintains partnership relationships with

Liezen in Austria ,
La Grand Combe in France and
Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig , part of the city of Suhl in Thuringia .

coat of arms

Blazon : "In gold, a blue, red-armored and tongued lion, sprinkled with seven blue shingles, covered with a heart shield, inside a red mallet and iron in silver ."

The blue lion on a golden background is the coat of arms of the Counts of Solms . Mallets and irons symbolize the old mining tradition of the districts. The colors red and silver stand for the Lorsch monastery, which was owned by the municipality of Oberndorf in the 8th century, whose coat of arms was originally the city coat of arms.

Economy and Infrastructure

Albshausen station

Former Braunfels-Oberndorf train station

Established businesses

Companies from the metal processing, mechanical engineering, construction and trade sectors have their headquarters in the Solms industrial park. The environment, energy and waste management division of the Greek Ellaktor group is based in Solms.

In Solms there are a number of boat rental companies as well as a natural campsite right on the Lahn with a leisure camp and a small tipi village.

traffic

Solms can be reached via federal highway 49 . There is a junction in Oberbiel as well as one for the rest of the city.

The city is connected to rail traffic with a train station in Albshausen and a stop in Burgsolms (both Lahntalbahn ).

In the past, the Solmsbachtalbahn branched off in the direction of Grävenwiesbach behind the Albshausen train station . The Burgsolms-Oberndorf stop and the Braunfels-Oberndorf train station were located on the Solms district . The line was closed for passenger traffic as early as 1985. In 1988 freight traffic was also stopped. Most of the railway line has been dismantled, but the embankment is clearly visible.

media

The daily newspaper for Solms is the Solms-Braunfelser of the Lahn-Dill newspaper group . It is the regional edition of the Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung .

In addition, the city of Solms has the Solmser Nachrichten published weekly by Linus Wittich Verlag .

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments in Solms

see list of cultural monuments in Solms

Jewish Cemetery

Natural monuments in Solms

see list of natural monuments in Solms

Altenberg Abbey , grave of Blessed Gertrude , daughter of St. Elisabeth (Oberbiel district)

Visitor mine " Grube Fortuna " (Oberbiel district) with field and mine railway museum

1000-year-old oaks, Unter den Eichen (Albshausen district)

Jewish cemetery (Burgsolms district)

Place of execution (gallows) on the road between Oberndorf and Albshausen from 1750, rare Hessian legal mark

Volkssternwarte (district Burgsolms)

Local museum

Industry and local history museum Solms

The museum, located in the Burgsolms district of Solms (Bahnhofsallee), consists of two parts. The life of the Solmser around 1900 is presented in the local museum. Various exhibitions and lectures on local and club history topics round off the offer. The local history museum is housed in the office of the former Hollmann works. Special piece: a stone cannonball, which probably comes from the siege and destruction of Solms Castle in 1384. The industrial museum is located in the Hollmann-Halle. In addition to the agricultural equipment that Hollmann has manufactured here since the 1880s, z. Some working steam and wire drawing machines are shown. Iron smelting and the processing of crops are also discussed. Special piece: a working mill from the Siebenmühlental and a nail punch from the Oberndorfer Hütte.

Individual evidence

↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 28 , p. 1117 , item 988; Paragraph 26. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 5.0 MB ]).
↑ Law on the reorganization of the Biedenkopf and Marburg districts and the city of Marburg (Lahn) (GVBl. II 330-27) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 154 , § 14 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
^ 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. 380, 381 and 383 .
^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .