Steinbach (Hadamar)

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Steinbach
Hadamar city
Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 22 "  N , 8 ° 6 ′ 11"  E
Height : 255  (220-350)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.15 km²
Residents : 1179  (December 13, 2014)
Population density : 192 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 65589
Area code : 06433
Aerial view from the northeast
Aerial view from the northeast

Steinbach is a district of Hadamar in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

Steinbach is located on the northeastern edge of the Limburg Basin , on the southern edge of the Westerwald, southeast of the 398 meter high Heidenhäusens , a basalt massif.

The Steinbacher district is noticeable by a foothill protruding far to the northeast, which surrounds the forest area around the Gleisenberg. Clockwise from the northwest, the district borders on the Waldbrunn districts of Ellar , Hintermeilingen and Lahr . The Steinbach area is separated from the latter by the Kerkerbach . The Beselich districts of Heckholzhausen and Obertiefenbach connect to the east, and the Hadamar districts of Oberweyer and Oberzeuzheim to the southwest .

A ridge runs north of the village in an east-west direction, the westernmost point of which is the steeply towering Heidenhäuschen and the easternmost the Gleisberg (308 meters). The Heidenhäuschen itself is located in the Oberzeuzheim district, so that the highest point in the Steinbach area is likely to be slightly below 350 meters. To the south, the district has only slight differences in altitude. The valley of the Holzbach creek to the west of the village and that of the Tiefenbach creek in the east are only gently cut. The place itself is at around 230 to 260 meters above sea level. The northern part of the district, around half of the area, is covered by mixed forest. The rest of the area outside the village is taken up by agricultural land.

history

First finds from the Steinbacher district suggest Celtic and Franconian settlements. The pagan house was a Celtic refuge . The first secured documentary mention of Steinbach is dated December 13, 1271. However, there are indications of donations of land near the town for the year 1212. The location at the intersection of two old streets , Koblenz-Wetzlarer Straße and the " Long Meil " between Limburg and Dillenburg and Siegen, was important for the development of the town .

Until the secularization of 1806, the Marienstatt Abbey was the largest landowner in and around Steinbach. The sovereignty was mostly divided between different Nassau lines, Kurtrier and the County of Katzenelnbogen . In 1564 Nassau-Dillenburg asserted itself as sole rule.

The origin of the settlement was presumably where the local cemetery is now. Up until the Thirty Years' War the town center was on Kirchstrasse, during the reconstruction after the severe war devastation, the street village developed along Langstrasse. This building ensemble is now completely under monument protection. Another striking building is the late classicist school (1848) made of rubble and red sandstone .

Because of the favorable traffic situation, the Oran-Nassau rulers set up the “Steinbacher Markt”, a yearly and junk market that has been held every year since 1768 at the beginning of October. The market should compete with the Dietkirch market in neighboring Kurtrier foreign countries. In 1773, however, a peaceful agreement was found. Since then, this market has been one of the most important festivals in Steinbach and is also very popular with tourists and locals.

The Steinbach Volunteer Fire Brigade was founded on November 20, 1913 and elected Mayor Wilhelm Bausch as its 1st Commander. The Steinbach fire brigade was last deployed under Commander Bausch on June 6, 1933 when the barn of Joseph Schlitt in the main street in Obertiefenbach burned.

The current fire station served as the town hall until December 31, 1971, the day of incorporation. In 1972 a market and sports hall was built, which is available for the Steinbacher market, sporting and social events and was expanded in 1989. In 1990 the Catholic kindergarten "Maria Heimsuchung" was established. On January 1st, 2009 Steinbach was accepted into the village renewal program of the state of Hesse.

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1971, Steinbach was incorporated into the newly formed town of Hadamar as part of the regional reform in Hesse . The former municipalities of Hadamar, Niederweyer, Niederzeuzheim, Oberweyer, Oberzeuzheim and Steinbach formed the new municipality of Hadamar. Hadamar was the seat of the municipal administration.

Territorial history and administration

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

Church history

Chapel of the Holy Helpers

For a long time Steinbach was part of the church of St. Lubentius Abbey in Dietkirchen .

In 1564 the previously Catholic place changed to the Lutheran creed. The assignment to Dietkircher Stift St. Lubentius was dissolved. For this Steinbach came to the newly formed parish of Oberweyer . A few decades later, the place became Calvinist with its sovereign . In 1629 sovereign Johann Ludwig converted to Catholicism. The following year began the recatholicization of the county of Nassau-Hadamar. Steinbach remained a subsidiary of Oberweyer for almost three hundred years. It was not until the 1920s, with financial support from Steinbacher Maria Borbonus, who emigrated to the USA, that her own parish vicarie was founded, and shortly afterwards a parish. To this day, the place is mostly Catholic.

Originally a church dedicated to St. John the Baptist stood in the cemetery. This church was probably built in the 12th century. It was first clearly mentioned in 1440 and that of the cemetery in 1470. In 1820 the building was demolished because of its poor condition. The "St. John's Bell" from the church, cast in 1513, was installed in the fall of 2006 in a small bell tower on the site of the former church in the cemetery.

Today's Nothelfer Chapel was built by Prince Franz Alexander von Nassau-Hadamar in 1702 on the "Long Meil" as the Marienkapelle. After the old church in the cemetery was demolished, it was temporarily used as a church. The reallocation to the 14 emergency helpers took place in the 19th century. The chapel is a square central building with typical features of the Baroque and Romanesque style elements. A large statue of the Virgin Mary, which is surrounded by the statues of the 14 helpers in need, dominates the interior.

Since the chapel was too small for the community, a church building association was formed in 1882. In 1887 a new church was consecrated. The neo-Gothic building was about 100 meters from today's church on Langstrasse, which at that time corresponded to the eastern outskirts of Steinbach. This church was demolished in the 1960s due to building damage caused by the damp underground and replaced by the current church. The new building was constructed from Miltenberg sandstone according to plans by Wiesbaden architect Paul Johannbroer and consecrated on August 30, 1964. The upper half of the lead glass windows depict the Annunciation and the lower half of the Visitation.

School history

primary school

The Nassau Duke Wilhelm I issued the Nassau School Edict on March 24, 1817 . By two further resolutions of August 14, 1819 and August 12, 1820, the Nassau elementary teachers were obliged to keep a school chronicle . The Steinbach School Chronicle reports on the exams that took place regularly in spring and autumn, on many village events, the economic situation of the local teachers and the condition of the school facilities.

In the first years after the establishment of the elementary schools in Nassau , Steinbach did not have its own school building. The lessons initially took place in the teachers' private apartments. Due to lack of space, however, the search for premises belonging to the municipality soon began. As in many other places in the area, Steinbach had a parish hall with a bakery in the 19th century . At the beginning of the 19th century, the Steinbach parish hall stood on the site of today's fire station. The bakery was on the first floor. There was also a small and a large room on the first floor. Previously, occasional craftspeople were locked in the small room at night or it served as a holding cell. Later this room was used as a teacher's apartment and the large room served as a classroom. Thanks to the bakery on the ground floor, the upper rooms were well heated on baking days. Around 1822, the old Steinbacher parish hall with the bakery collapsed during renovation work. In the newly constructed building there was again a school room.

By 1846 the plans for a new, large school building in Steinbach had matured. It was decided to build the new building on the "Chaussee" on the community garden. The former Chaussee was part of the Long Meil , which came from Limburg and led past the Steinbacher Emergency Chapel from 1702. There, at what is now the corner of Langstrasse and Hadamarer Strasse, the village's tree nursery was located . It had to give way to the school building. On April 28, 1846, the foundation stone for today's Steinbacher School was laid. In the same year the masonry and roof were built. However, completion was to be delayed considerably in 1847. On October 28, 1848, the new schoolhouse was finally blessed by the Oberweyer pastor Schmalz and then handed over to its intended use by the school officials.

The Steinbach main teachers and headmasters from the beginning until 2008

From ... to Surname place of origin Previous position Subsequent position
approx. (1720–1770) Demer, Johann Steinbach
circa 1780 Demer, Andreas Steinbach
circa 1784 Abel, Johann Niederhadamar Ahlbach
1792-approx. 1802 Demer, Andreas Steinbach
approx. (1804–1810) Heep, Johann Wilhelm Hangenmeilingen
circa 1810 Wiederstein, Jakob Heck Offheim
1813-1817 May, Johannes Ellar Hachenburg
1817-17.10.1818 Angel (egg yolk?), Jacob Ahlbach
10/17/1818-May 1819 May, Johannes Ellar Hachenburg Obertiefenbach
May 1819-October 1819 (Not known)
October 1819-01.05.1848 May, Johannes Ellar Obertiefenbach
05/01/1848-1854 Hilb, Wilhelm Dehrn Niederhadamar
13.11.1854-08.01.1890 Steinhauer, Johann Hintermeilingen Obergladbach
April 1, 1890 to June 30, 1895 Triesch, Wilhelm Hintermeilingen Espenschied Oberweyer
07/01/1895 - 09/30/1908 Feldes, Heinrich Schoenberg Dog chants Mills
01.10.1908-31.04.1909 Coronation, Karl Frankfurt Oberrod
May 01, 1909-1946 Schmitt, Ferdinand Obertiefenbach Oberrod
01.09.1946-31.03.1954 Kühnl, Hugo Lanz / Bohemia Falkenau / Eger
04/01/1954 - 07/31/1976 Schott, Norbert Obertiefenbach Dehrn
08/01/1976-1998 Stahler, Hans Wilhelm
1998-2008 Janda, Reinhold Steinbach Niederzeuzheim Labor pains

Remarks:

  1. Unsecured periods are defined as "approx. (Period) ”; otherwise the "approx." refers to the year immediately following.
  2. The differentiation between the place of origin and the place of the previous location was not always reliably possible due to the source; in case of doubt, the place of origin was entered under "place of origin".

Population development

Steinbach: Population from 1834 to 1970
year     Residents
1834
  
 361
1840
  
 387
1846
  
 433
1852
  
 505
1858
  
 533
1864
  
 546
1871
  
 553
1875
  
 570
1885
  
 550
1895
  
 549
1905
  
 588
1910
  
 641
1925
  
 688
1939
  
 645
1946
  
 866
1950
  
 810
1956
  
 741
1961
  
 739
1967
  
 827
1970
  
 894
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: 02 Protestant (= 0.36%), 548 Catholic (= 99.64%) residents
• 1961: 21 Protestant (= 2.84%), 718 Catholic (= 97.16%) residents

politics

Former town hall, now a fire station

The mayor of Steinbach is Johannes Boermann (as of January 2017).

Culture and sights

societies

The following institutions and associations are active in Steinbach: The Steinbach volunteer fire brigade founded in 1913 (from June 14, 1980 with youth fire brigade ), the football club, the support association for elementary school, the gymnastics association, the Catholic women's community, the men's choir "Singer's Lust." -Liederblüte ", the shooting club" St. Sebastian "as well as the association for culture, history and village development" Unser Dorf Steinbach eV "

Buildings

Half-timbered house in Langgasse

The village of Steinbach was originally located between what is now the middle long road and the cemetery, which has been located on the western edge of the village on a small plateau above the damp meadows since the earliest times. From 19 to 29 August 1646 soldiers of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (a son of Emperor Ferdinand II) camped in the area between Schadeck, Dehrn, Ahlbach and Niedertiefenbach. They demolished the houses in all the surrounding villages up to Rennerod and burned the timber in the army camp. Steinbach was completely devastated. After the war, the Steinbachers laid a new main road on the eastern edge of the old town. This is how today's Langstrasse emerged. The historical structure of Steinbach can therefore be found essentially along the Langstrasse in the section from the town hall to the front Oberweyerer Strasse and in the upper Hadamarer Strasse.

Infrastructure

Since 1913, the Steinbach volunteer fire brigade (since June 14, 1980 with the youth fire brigade) has provided fire protection and general help in this area.

Personalities

  • Johann Wilhelm Bausch (1774–1840), Bishop of Limburg
  • Joseph Blum (1831–1888), mine owner, mayor and member of the Nassau parliament
  • Franz Häuser (1945), lawyer, rector of Leipzig University from 2003 to 2010
  • Valentin Horn (1901–1992), veterinarian and agricultural scientist, professor at the Universities of Ankara and Giessen, rector of the Justus Liebig University Giessen from 1953 to 1955
  • Jacob Preuss (1768–1826), farmer, mayor and member of the Nassau parliament

literature

Web links

Commons : Steinbach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Numbers, data, facts - area . In: Internet presence. Hadamar City, accessed May 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Numbers, data, facts - population figures . In: Internet presence. Hadamar City, accessed May 23, 2020 .
  3. ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : Major fire due to lack of water in 1935 in Obertiefenbach . In: Yearbook for the Limburg-Weilburg district 2003 . The district committee of the district of Limburg-Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg 2002, ISBN 3-927006-37-8 , p. 205-206 .
  4. ^ 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. 369 .
  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. 369 .
  6. ↑ a b c Steinbach, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 23, 2018). 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. ^ School chronicle of Hadamar-Steinbach
  9. ↑ Local advisory board in the Steinbach district. Hadamar City, accessed January 21, 2017 .