Wallenfels (Siegbach)
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Wallenfels
Community Siegbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 42 " N , 8 ° 26 ′ 39" E
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| Height : | 494 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 5 km² |
| Residents : | 64 (2013) |
| Population density : | 13 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | December 31, 1971 |
| Postal code : | 35768 |
| Area code : | 02776 |
Wallenfels is the smallest of the five districts of the Siegbach municipality in the Lahn-Dill district in central Hesse .
geography
The 13 properties of Wallenfels are embedded in the Schelder Forest at the end of an approx. 2.5 km long cul-de-sac (from the K 54), in a horseshoe shape around the castle hill in the Gladenbacher Bergland .
history
The village was probably built around the castle in the first third of the 14th century . The castle fell into disrepair in the 15th century and was then demolished for the purpose of extracting building material.
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 Wallenfels was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:
- from 1334: Landgrave-Hessian fiefdom of the Counts of Nassau, after the end of the Dernbach feud and peace agreement with Nassau
- from 1557: 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 Wallenfels was incorporated as a district of 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 development
| Wallenfels: Population from 1834 to 1970 | ||||
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| year | Residents | |||
| 1834 | 71 | |||
| 1840 | 84 | |||
| 1846 | 78 | |||
| 1852 | 81 | |||
| 1858 | 82 | |||
| 1864 | 80 | |||
| 1871 | 75 | |||
| 1875 | 81 | |||
| 1885 | 90 | |||
| 1895 | 81 | |||
| 1905 | 72 | |||
| 1910 | 65 | |||
| 1925 | 75 | |||
| 1939 | 68 | |||
| 1946 | 107 | |||
| 1950 | 103 | |||
| 1956 | 78 | |||
| 1961 | 77 | |||
| 1967 | 69 | |||
| 1970 | 65 | |||
| 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: | 82 Protestant (= 91.11%), no Catholic, 8 other Christian (= 8.89%) residents |
| • 1961: | 59 Protestant (= 76.62%), 15 Catholic (= 19.48%) residents |
Transport links
Wallenfels is a dead end village and can only be reached via the K 54 from Siegbach.
Web links
Commons : Wallenfels (Siegbach) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- History of Wallenfels. In: Internet presence. Siegbach community
- Wallenfels, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Wallenfels in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information brochure of the Siegbach community. P. 6 of 2013 (pdf 7.73 MB).
- ^ Horst W. Müller: Castle "Wallenfels", the unknown , story of a small castle on the border with the hinterland; Hinterland history sheets, 88 year, No. 3, October 2009, Biedenkopf
- ^ 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 Wallenfels, 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. (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 ).
