Somplar

Somplar Bromskirchen municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 49 ″ N , 8 ° 40 ′ 4 ″ E
Height :	363 (350-400) m
Residents :	467 (Jul 31, 2007)
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Postal code :	59969
Area code :	02984

Somplar is the largest district of the municipality of Bromskirchen in the north Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg after the eponymous capital .

geography

Somplar is located in the southwestern part of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district, right on the border with Northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia , which runs along the Nuhne , which is tangent to the village . It is located on the southern edge of the Medebacher Bay below the western flank of the Homberg ( 490.2 m above sea level ).

Neighboring towns of Somplar are Hallenberg in the northwest, Braunshausen in the northeast, Rengershausen in the east-northeast and Bromskirchen in the west.

history

It was first mentioned in a document in 1353. The document is a contract of sale between Ernst von Wangershausen and a judge from Hallenberg for part of Somplar, written on August 18, 1353. In 1537 the Archbishop of Cologne reached an agreement with the Landgrave of Hesse. Somplar was finally lost to the Duchy of Westphalia and came to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt . In 1835 the Ruhrstrasse was built from Frankenberg to Somplar, the choir was founded in 1879 and the volunteer fire brigade was founded in 1884 . In 1950 the village church was built, which could not be completed until 1952 due to the aftermath of the Second World War .

Somplar was incorporated into the municipality of Bromskirchen on February 1, 1971 as part of the regional reform in Hesse . As a result of the district reform in Hesse, the districts of Waldeck and Frankenberg were merged to form the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg with effect from January 1, 1974 . The Heimatverein was founded in 2003.

Individual evidence

^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , para. 9 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 389 .

Web links

District Somplar on the website of the municipality Bromskirchen.
Somplar, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[1] Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , para. 9 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).

[2] 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. 389 .