Waldhausen (Weilburg)

Waldhausen City of Weilburg Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E
Height :	186 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.84 km²
Residents :	1367 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	282 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1970
Postal code :	35781
Area code :	06471

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

geography

In the southeast area of this map of the topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1819, the village of Waldhausen can be seen with the large pond at that time.

Waldhausen is located on the Westerwald and has grown together with the core town of Weilburg. The Lahn flows east of the village . The federal highway 49 runs to the west, the federal highway 456 to the south . District roads 416 and 417 meet in the village. The district of the former municipality of Waldhausen borders in the north on Löhnberg , in the east on Ahausen , in the south on Weilburg , Odersbach and Hasselbach and in the west on Allendorf and Merenberg .

history

Former school

The place is mentioned for the first time in the Prümer Urbar in the year 881. There Waldhausen is mentioned as Mark Ualthusa . The main sources of income were agriculture and mining until 1960. After that, new jobs were created by opening up an industrial and commercial enterprise with the settlement of businesses.

On December 31, 1970 , as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the previously independent communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen and the city of Weilburg merged on a voluntary basis to form the expanded city of Weilburg. This made Waldhausen a district of Weilburg.

Through the designation of building areas and their development, the Waldhausen district and the core town of Weilburg have grown together.

Territorial history and administration

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

before 1806: Holy Roman Empire , Principality of Nassau-Weilburg , Office Löhnberg
from 1806: Duchy of Nassau , Office of Löhnberg
from 1816: German Confederation , Duchy of Nassau, Weilburg office
from 1849: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Hadamar District Office
from 1854: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Weilburg office
from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , Oberlahnkreis
from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, administrative district of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Oberlahnkreis
from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Oberlahn district
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Oberlahnkreis
from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , Oberlahnkreis
On December 31, 1970, Waldhausen was incorporated into the city of Weilburg as a district.
from 1974: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt, district Limburg-Weilburg
from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen district, Limburg-Weilburg district

population

Population development

Waldhausen: Population from 1834 to 1970
year		Residents
1834	468
1840	510
1846	575
1852	559
1858	556
1864	615
1871	598
1875	587
1885	658
1895	605
1905	616
1910	624
1925	672
1939	688
1946	895
1950	917
1956	913
1961	952
1967	1,038
1970	1,081
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:	649 Protestant, 9 Catholic residents
• 1961:	848 Protestant, 108 Roman Catholic residents

politics

Mayor is Reiner Schäfer.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

See the list of cultural monuments in Weilburg-Waldhausen

societies

At the local level there are the associations Frauenhilfe Waldhausen, Freiwillige Feuerwehr Waldhausen e. V., founded in 1908 (including youth fire brigade since July 1, 1970 and children's fire brigade since March 19, 2011), mixed choir “Germania” 1873 Waldhausen e. V., cure and beautification club 1965 Waldhausen, breed poultry breeding club Waldhausen and the TuS Waldhausen.

Dolles village

On May 31, 2012 Waldhausen was drawn as Dolles Dorf in the hessenschau of the hr television . In this series, Hessian villages, which in 1974 had less than 2000 inhabitants, are presented. The report was broadcast on June 2, 2012 on hr-fernsehen.

Infrastructure

In Waldhausen, the Waldhausen Volunteer Fire Brigade , founded in 1908 (since July 1, 1970 with its youth fire department and since March 19, 2011 with the children's fire department ), provides fire protection and general help. The educational center is the Waldhausen Evangelical Kindergarten on Merenberger Straße.

There is the community center, the sports field, children's playgrounds and hiking trails.

Web links

Commons : Waldhausen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Waldhausen district. In: Website of the city of Weilburg.
Districts of Weilburg. Brief information about Waldhausen. In: www.weilburg-lahn.info. Private website; accessed on March 20, 2018
Waldhausen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature about Waldhausen in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Waldhausen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Life in the city of Weilburg - figures, data, facts. In: website. City of Weilburg, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
↑ Amalgamation in the Oberlahnkreis to form the town of "Weilburg" and the communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen to form the community of "Löhnberg" on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 111 , 119 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
^ 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).
↑ Local Advisory Councils / Mayors. City of Weilburg, accessed on August 11, 2020 .

[lagis-1] Waldhausen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[DF-2] Life in the city of Weilburg - figures, data, facts. In: website. City of Weilburg, accessed on March 1, 2020 .

[3] Amalgamation in the Oberlahnkreis to form the town of "Weilburg" and the communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen to form the community of "Löhnberg" on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 111 , 119 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).

[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).

[5] Local Advisory Councils / Mayors. City of Weilburg, accessed on August 11, 2020 .