Tringenstein

Tringenstein Community Siegbach Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 37 " N , 8 ° 24 ′ 40" E
Height :	491 (474-512) m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.98 km²
Residents :	523 (2013)
Population density :	87 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	35768
Area code :	02778
	South side of the castle hill

Tringenstein is one of the five districts of the municipality of Siegbach in the Lahn-Dill district in central Hesse .

The place is surrounded by forest in the Gladenbacher Bergland at the foot of the Schlossberg (536 m above sea level). District road 55 leads through Tringenstein .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1325 when Tringenstein Castle was being built .

Burg Tringenstein Castle after a model
Wall remains of the castle in Tringenstein
View of the castle hill in Tringenstein

Territorial reform

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse, the municipality of Siegbach merged with Tringenstein, Übersthal and Wallenfels on December 31, 1971 to form the new municipality of Siegbach.

Territorial history and administration

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

before 1739: Holy Roman Empire , County / Principality of Nassau-Dillenburg , Tringenstein Office
from 1739: Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Nassau-Diez , Tringenstein Office
1806–1813: Grand Duchy of Berg , Department of Sieg , Canton of Dillenburg
1813–1815: Principality of Nassau-Orange , Tringenstein Office
from 1816: German Confederation , Duchy of Nassau , Herborn office
from 1849: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Herborn district office
from 1854: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Herborn Office
from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , Dillkreis
from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, administrative district of Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
from 1932: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hesse-Nassau, District of Wiesbaden, District of Dillenburg
from 1933: German Reich, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Dill District
from 1945: American occupation zone , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Dillkreis
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Dillkreis
from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , Dillkreis
on October 1, 1971 Tringenstein was incorporated into the newly formed community Siegbach.
from 1977: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Darmstadt administrative district, Lahn-Dill district
from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen administrative district , Lahn-Dill district

population

Population development

Tringenstein: Population from 1834 to 1970
year		Residents
1834	238
1840	234
1846	236
1852	256
1858	245
1864	262
1871	274
1875	282
1885	319
1895	338
1905	420
1910	444
1925	489
1939	492
1946	604
1950	606
1956	573
1961	595
1967	591
1970	580
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:	269 Protestant (= 84.33%), no Catholic, 50 other Christians (= 15.67%)
• 1961:	517 Protestant (= 86.89%), 29 Catholic (= 4.87%) residents

Infrastructure

There are:

a large granite work
a sports field
Children's playgrounds
the Erika-Heß-Feriendorf with 16 log cabins

Web links

Commons : Tringenstein - Collection of Images

The history of Tringenstein on the Siegbach community website.
Tringenstein, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Tringenstein in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Information brochure of the Siegbach community. P. 6 of 2013 (pdf 7.73 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. 356 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Tringenstein, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
^ Anton Friedrich Büsching: D. Anton Friderich Büsching's new description of the earth. The German empire. tape 3 . JC Bohn, 1771, p. 841 ( online at Google Books ).

[DF-1] Information brochure of the Siegbach community. P. 6 of 2013 (pdf 7.73 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. 356 .

[lagis-3] Tringenstein, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[4] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[EB-5] Anton Friedrich Büsching: D. Anton Friderich Büsching's new description of the earth. The German empire. tape 3 . JC Bohn, 1771, p. 841 ( online at Google Books ).