Stone bridges (Dietzhölztal)

Stone bridges community Dietzhölztal Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ E
Height :	331 (325-446.4) m
Area :	2.4 km²
Residents :	791 (Jul. 1, 2020)
Population density :	330 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Postal code :	35716
Area code :	02774

Steinbrücken is a district of the Dietzhölztal community in the Lahn-Dill district in central Hesse and bears its name after two stone bridges, which no longer exist today, on which the Cologne - Leipzig road crossed the Dietzhölze in two trains above and below the present-day town . It is possible that Friedrich Steinbrücker (Stenenbruckere), who is mentioned in 1283 as a witness for Count Siegfried von Wittgenstein in a document for the Caldern monastery near Marburg , can be associated with the place.

Geographical location

The town center lies on the eastern slope of the mountains Sasenberg (442.7 m above sea level) and Stein (377.2 m above sea level) above the Dietzhölze (about 330 m above sea level). The highest mountain in the district is the Homberg (446.4 m above sea level)

history

Evangelical chapel stone bridges

Stone bridges were originally part of the Ewersbach district . In 1823 it was given its own district, which was formed from parcels of the surrounding villages.

On February 1, 1971, as part of the regional reform in Hesse, Steinbrücken and Ewersbach merged on a voluntary basis to form Dietzhölztal . On April 1, 1972 the incorporation of almonds and on January 1, 1977 by state law that of Rittershausen took place . Local districts were not formed in the Dietzhölztal community.

Population development

Steinbrücken: Population from 1834 to 2018
year		Residents
1834	239
1840	244
1846	246
1852	245
1858	250
1864	254
1871	255
1875	253
1885	327
1895	368
1905	383
1910	420
1925	501
1939	478
1946	723
1950	756
1956	751
1961	809
1967	931
1970	900
1980	?
1990	?
1999	1,066
2013	882
2016	863
2018	829
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Further sources:; after 1970: Dietzhölztal municipality

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885:	327 Protestant (= 100.00%) residents
• 1961:	715 Protestant (= 88.38%), 85 Catholic (= 10.51%) residents
• 1999:	719 Protestant (= 67.45%), 134 Catholic (= 12.57%) and 261 other residents

Culture and sights

The town's chapel was built in 1709 as a half-timbered building.

traffic

Steinbrücken had a stop at the Dietzhölztalbahn .

Web links

Stone bridges on the website of the Dietzhölztal municipality.
Stone bridges, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on stone bridges in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c stone bridges, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Population figures . In: website. Dietzhölztal municipality, accessed in August 2019 .
^ 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. 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).
↑ 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 ff ., § 26 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
↑ Karl-Heinz Meier barley, Karl Reinhard Hinkel: Hesse. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation . Ed .: Hessian Minister of the Interior. Bernecker, Melsungen 1977, DNB 770396321 , OCLC 180532844 , p. 287 .
↑ ^a ^b Population by place of residence. In: website. Dietzhölztal community, archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .
↑ Population figures . (all versions). In: website. Dietzhölztal community, archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .

[lagis-1] stone bridges, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Population figures . In: website. Dietzhölztal municipality, accessed in August 2019 .

[3] 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. 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).

[4] 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 ff ., § 26 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).

[5] Karl-Heinz Meier barley, Karl Reinhard Hinkel: Hesse. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation . Ed .: Hessian Minister of the Interior. Bernecker, Melsungen 1977, DNB 770396321 , OCLC 180532844 , p. 287 .

[EW1999-6] Population by place of residence. In: website. Dietzhölztal community, archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .

[EW1913-7] Population figures . (all versions). In: website. Dietzhölztal community, archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .