Stein-Neukirch

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′  N , 8 ° 3 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Rennerod
Height :	615 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.16 km 2
Residents:	408 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56479
Area code :	02667
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 295
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 55 56477 Rennerod
Website :	www.stein-neukirch.de
Local Mayor :	Daniel Haas
Location of the local community Stein-Neukirch in the Westerwaldkreis

Stein-Neukirch is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod .

Geographical location

The municipality of Stein-Neukirch is located in the Westerwald between Siegen in the north and Limburg in the south. It is 605  m above sea level. NN , making it the highest municipality in the Westerwald. Stegskopf and Salzburger Kopf are the local mountains of Stein-Neukirch at 654 m and 653 m high.

Neighboring towns are clockwise from north to west:

• Emmerzhausen (Verbandsgemeinde Daaden , RLP)
• Lippe (municipality of Burbach , North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Liebenscheid (Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod , RLP)
• Bretthausen (Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod , RLP)
• Salzburg (Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod , RLP)
• Hof ( Bad Marienberg Association , RLP)

history

The place was probably formed at the intersection of two important old roads , a north-south route between Siegen and Frankfurt, which roughly corresponds to the current route of federal highway 54 , and an east-west route between Leipzig and Cologne. The place name Stein and the toponym Salzburger Kopf (from ahd. Sal = house ) indicate early Carolingian fortifications.

The church in the Neukirch district can be traced for the first time in 1231 and is expressly mentioned for the first time in 1287. The "New Church" originally functioned as a defensive and fortified church . It should have been a daughter church of the church in Herborn, the main town of the Herborn Mark , which indicates that it was built in the 11th or 12th century. The name suggests that the Stein district already existed at the time the church was founded. Later the church was the center of one of the three parishes of the rulership of the Westerwald . In the 16th and 17th centuries , the parish of Neukirch included Bretthausen , Löhnfeld, Weißenberg and Liebenscheid , Stein and Neukirch and Willingen . In 1755 Liebenscheid and Weißenberg became an independent parish. The Reformation was introduced shortly before 1545 and enforced until 1579. The parish school was located in Liebenscheid, but was often not occupied. 1733 is the first mention of a winter school in Neukirch. The Stein community completed its own school building in 1769.

Between 1258 and 1435 Neukirch was the place of jurisdiction for the lower jurisdiction and thus, along with Marienberg and Emmerichenhain , one of the subdivisions of the rulership of the Westerwald. The court rights for the entire rule was settled at the latest in 1645 near stone. From 1788 on, the Salzburger Kopf can certainly be addressed as a blood court.

Because of its location on the important trade routes, an inn in Neukirch was first mentioned in 1543. The first time there was talk of the local customs levy in 1561.

The church received a Gothic style choir in the 14th century. In 1748 the entire building was completely renovated. In 1813 the church burned down after a lightning strike and was rebuilt in 1816. The ossuary was demolished. The bones from this building reappeared in 1962 during construction work on the east wall of the church.

On July 3, 1799, a fire in Stein destroyed 21 buildings.

The merger of Stein and Neukirch into one municipality must have taken place shortly before 1818.

For Neukirch in 1534 six Vogtleute and five own people are named as residents. In 1563 there are talk of six houses, in 1607 of four fireplaces. From 1641 to 1650 the place was deserted, probably as a result of the Thirty Years War. In 1650 two inhabitants are mentioned again, in 1684 two houses, 1738 five fireplaces, 1750 34 inhabitants and 1807 60 inhabitants. In 1534, 17 bird people and three own people are named for Stein. In 1566 there were 17 houses in the village and in 1607 eleven fireplaces. In 1641, Stein was only inhabited by three families. In 1684 eight houses are mentioned, in 1738 35 fireplaces. A total number of inhabitants in Stein is first recorded in 1782 with 277. In 1818 Stein and Neunkirch are listed together with 346 residents for the first time.

In today's district there were several places that had fallen into desolation : Königshofen was around 300 meters south-east of Neukirch. The place is first mentioned in 1300. In 1566 three houses are said to have been there. In 1615 the place is described as uninhabited. Bonenvelt , also first mentioned in 1300, was on the boundary of Willingen and was probably already desolate in 1589. Altenhof was located in an unknown location near Stein and was first mentioned in 1440, but was possibly already desolate when it was mentioned in 1511. In 1440 the Counts of Sayn devastated several places around Stein and Neukirch in a dispute with Nassau-Beilstein , many of which were then abandoned. For many of these places, this feud is also the first known mention today. This affected the well at the border to the neighboring farm located Winkelseß . Later there were disputes between Hof and Stein about the whereabouts of the former Winkelseßer district. In 1681 this dispute was decided in favor of Stein. Neuendorf , which was located northwest of Stein near the source of the Black Nister, was also affected by the devastation in 1440 , as well as Kühfeld , which was first mentioned in 1300 and was around 1.7 kilometers north of Stein. The Kühfeld district was divided between Stein and Neukirch, although there were several disputes about the exact distribution. The village of Siegel is first mentioned around 1300. Its exact location and the time of the fall of the desert can no longer be clarified today.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Stein-Neukirch consists of eight council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

Daniel Haas became the local mayor of Stein-Neukirch on July 2, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 91.63% of the vote.

Daniel Haas's predecessor, Harry Menk, had held the office of mayor for ten years.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Above a silver wave base , growing in it is a leaning, black, four-column basalt group, in blue a silver church with a tower on the right, three black windows, a red roof and a pointed, crossed spire."
	Reasons for the coat of arms: It is a talking coat of arms : the basalt columns stand for the Stein district, the church for the Neukirch district.

Culture and sights

Attractions

Evangelical Church Neukirch

• Evangelical Church Neukirch

Regular events

• Until 2015 the Stein-Neukirch fair traditionally took place on the first weekend in August . The Neukircher market on Monday regularly formed the end of the fair and was considered a special highlight. Due to the declining visitor numbers, the market and fair were held for the last time in 2015.

Cultural monuments

See the list of cultural monuments in Stein-Neukirch

Transport / connection

• About 4.5 km northeast of the municipality is Siegerland Airport (IATA code: SGE), through which the surrounding companies can enjoy economic advantages. The special location in the border triangle (Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia) also makes the airport particularly attractive.
• In the immediate vicinity of the village, the federal highways B 54 , which connects Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen , and the B 414 , which leads from Driedorf -Hohenroth to Hachenburg , cross.
• The next motorway junction is Haiger / Burbach on the A 45 Dortmund - Hanau , about 14 kilometers away.
• The nearest train stations are Burbach (Kr Siegen) on the Betzdorf – Haiger railway , Daaden on the Daadetalbahn Betzdorf – Daaden, and Unnau -Korb and Nistertal -Bad Marienberg on the Oberwesterwaldbahn Au – Limburg.
• The nearest ICE -hold are the Montabaur railway station and the Limburg Süd station on the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine / Main .

literature

• Hellmuth Gensicke : On the local history of Nassau: parish and court of Neukirch. In: Nassauische Annalen 1981 , pp. 150-168.

Web links

Commons : Stein-Neukirch  - Collection of Images

• Information from the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod about the local community Stein-Neukirch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
3. ^ Report on the constituent meeting of the municipal council on July 2nd, 2019. In: Hoher Westerwald - Wochenkurier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, edition 28/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 18, 2020 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rennerod, Verbandsgemeinde, 18th line of results. Retrieved July 18, 2020 . 
5. ^ Elke Hufnagl: Honors and farewells to council members and local mayors. In: Hoher Westerwald - weekly courier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, issue 28/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 18, 2020 .