Waschenbach
Waschenbach
municipality Mühltal
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Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 15 ″ N , 8 ° 42 ′ 24 ″ E | |
Height : | 209 m above sea level NHN |
Area : | 2.16 km² |
Residents : | 615 (June 30, 2018) |
Population density : | 285 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | April 1, 1972 |
Incorporated into: | Nieder-Ramstadt |
Postal code : | 64367 |
Area code : | 06154 |
View of Waschenbach (2015)
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Waschenbach is the smallest part of the community Mühltal in the southern Hessian district of Darmstadt-Dieburg .
geography
Waschenbach is surrounded by wooded ridges, in the Vorderen Odenwald in the Bergstrasse-Odenwald Geo-Nature Park in the granite area. There are no main thoroughfares through the village.
history
Waschenbach was first mentioned in a document in 1340.
In the 14th century, Waschenbach was owned by the County of Katzenelnbogen and in the 15th century, it changed hands to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt .
A reference from 1403 to a mill probably means the Waschenbacher mill.
Historical documents have come down to us: In
1383, the noble servant Johann Bach von Waschenbach received goods from Count Wilhelm von Katzenelnbogen to Waschenbach as a fief .
In 1489, Landgrave Wilhelm von Hessen enfeoffed Philipp von Rohrbach with Waschenbach.
In 1571 Waschenbach belongs to the Junkers Mosbach and Kalb, the Landgrave has the cents and high authority , command and ban.
The statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse reports on Waschenbach in 1829:
»Waschenbach (L. Bez. Reinheim) Lutheran Filialdorf; is 2 1 ⁄ 2 St. from Reinheim, has 37 houses and 251 inhabitants, who are Lutheran except for 6 Catholics, and among them are 18 farmers, 16 tradesmen and 14 day laborers. The Kalben von Reinheim and the Mosbach von Lindenfels had a dish here that later came to Hesse. A noble family named Bach von Waschenbach named themselves after this village. "
As part of the regional reform in Hesse , Waschenbach voluntarily merged with Nieder-Ramstadt on April 1, 1972 . According to state law, the place came to the municipality of Mühltal on January 1st, 1977 together with Nieder-Ramstadt. For Waschenbach, as for the rest of the formerly independent municipalities, a local district with a local advisory council and local councilor was formed according to the Hessian municipal code. The seat of the municipal administration was Nieder-Ramstadt.
Historical forms of names
In the historical documents the place is documented under changing place names over the centuries (in brackets the year of mention):
- Wassenbach (1340)
- Wassinbach (1352)
- Wassenbach ; Wachsenbach ; Wassinbach (1st half of the 15th century)
- Wassenbach (1457)
- Waschenbach (1560)
- Waschenbach (1669)
Territorial history and administration
The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Waschenbach was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:
- before 1479: Holy Roman Empire , County of Katzenelnbogen , Upper County of Katzenelnbogen
- from 1479: Holy Roman Empire, Landgraviate of Hesse , Upper County of Katzenelnbogen
- from 1567: Holy Roman Empire, Hesse-Darmstadt , Upper Katzenelnbogen (1783: the Office Darmstadt (later Oberamt Darmstadt , Office Pfungstadt ))
- from 1803: Holy Roman Empire, Landgraviate Hessen-Darmstadt, Principality of Starkenburg , Office of Pfungstadt
- from 1806: Grand Duchy of Hesse , Principality of Starkenburg, Pfungstadt Office
- from 1815: German Confederation , Grand Duchy of Hesse, Province of Starkenburg , Pfungstadt Office
- from 1821: German Confederation, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Starkenburg Province, Reinheim District District (separation between justice ( Lichtenberg District Court ) and administration)
- from 1832: German Confederation, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Province of Starkenburg, District of Dieburg
- from 1848: German Confederation, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Dieburg administrative region
- from 1852: German Confederation, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Starkenburg Province, Darmstadt district
- from 1866: Grand Duchy of Hesse, Province of Starkenburg, District of Darmstadt
- from 1871: German Empire , Grand Duchy of Hesse, Province of Starkenburg, District of Darmstadt
- from 1918: German Empire, People's State of Hesse , Starkenburg Province, Darmstadt district
- from 1938: German Empire, People's State of Hesse, Darmstadt district (In the course of the regional reform in 1938 , the three Hessian provinces of Starkenburg, Rheinhessen and Upper Hesse were dissolved.)
- from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Darmstadt district, Darmstadt district
- from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Darmstadt district, Darmstadt district
- on April 1, 1972 to the municipality of Nieder-Ramstadt
- on January 1, 1977 to the municipality of Mühltal
- from 1977: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt, administrative district Darmstadt-Dieburg in which the administrative districts of Dieburg and Darmstadt were dissolved in the course of the regional reform in Hesse .
dishes
The competent jurisdiction of the first instance was:
- 1571: to the Pfungstadt district court
- from 1821: Lichtenberg district court
- from 1848: Regional Court of Reinheim (relocated from Lichtenberg)
- from 1853: Darmstadt Regional Court
- from 1879: District Court Darmstadt II ; second instance district court Darmstadt
- from 1932: Darmstadt District Court with amalgamation of Darmstadt District Court I and -II; second instance district court Darmstadt
Population development
• 1629: | house seats | 19
• 1791: | 143 inhabitants |
• 1806: | 155 inhabitants, 27 houses |
• 1829: | 251 inhabitants, 37 houses |
• 1867: | 255 inhabitants, 36 houses |
Waschenbach: Population from 1791 to 2018 | ||||
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year | Residents | |||
1791 | 143 | |||
1806 | 155 | |||
1829 | 251 | |||
1834 | 242 | |||
1840 | 250 | |||
1846 | 256 | |||
1852 | 232 | |||
1858 | 235 | |||
1864 | 229 | |||
1871 | 228 | |||
1875 | 234 | |||
1885 | 224 | |||
1895 | 224 | |||
1905 | 227 | |||
1910 | 259 | |||
1925 | 279 | |||
1939 | 269 | |||
1946 | 373 | |||
1950 | 385 | |||
1956 | 371 | |||
1961 | 456 | |||
1967 | 502 | |||
1970 | 526 | |||
1980 | ? | |||
1990 | ? | |||
2000 | ? | |||
2011 | 615 | |||
2013 | 656 | |||
2016 | 610 | |||
2018 | 615 | |||
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Further sources:; from 2013: Mühltal website (web archive); 2011 census |
Religious affiliation
• 1829: | 245 Lutheran (= 97.61%) and 6 Catholic (= 2.39%) residents |
• 1961: | 374 Protestant (= 82.02%), 65 Catholic (= 14.25%) residents |
politics
Local advisory board
For Waschenbach, there is a local district (areas of the former municipality of Waschenbach) with a local advisory board and local councilor according to the Hessian municipal code . The local advisory board consists of five members. Mayor is Michael Reiser.
coat of arms
Blazon : "In blue, accompanied by a stylized, three-pointed crowned, red-tipped lion head and a gold, six-spoke mill wheel with 12 paddle blades, a silver oblique left-hand shaft."
The coat of arms of the municipality of Waschenbach in what was then the district of Darmstadt was approved by the Hessian Interior Minister on October 25, 1968 . It was designed by the Bad Nauheim heraldist Heinz Ritt .
The lion's head refers to both the earlier Katzenellenbogige and the Hessian affiliation of Waschenbach, which continues to this day. The wave bar is a talking element and together with the mill wheel a reference to the importance of the Waschebacher mill.
Culture and sights
Buildings
See the list of cultural monuments in Waschenbach
Natural monuments
The geological natural monument " Billersteine " is located in the Waschenbach district . Another natural monument is the "Glockert Summit", a bird and forest protection wood.
Regular events
- August: curb
Web links
- Waschenbach. In: Website of the municipality of Mühltal.
- The Mühltal and the community. History, Waschenbach. In: The Mühltal in the Odenwald. Private website
- Waschenbach, Darmstadt-Dieburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature on Waschenbach in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Mühltal in numbers: EWZ with NW. Mühltal community , accessed November 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Waschenbach, Darmstadt-Dieburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ A b c Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner : Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Starkenburg . tape 1 . Carl Wilhelm Leske, Darmstadt October 1829, OCLC 312528080 , p. 255 ( online at google books ).
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Darmstadt and Dieburg and the city of Darmstadt (GVBl. II 330–334) of July 26, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 22 , p. 318 , § 7 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.5 MB ]).
- ↑ a b main statute. (PDF; 62 kB) §; 5. In: Website. Mühltal community, accessed February 2019 .
- ^ 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).
- ^ Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 1 . Großherzoglicher Staatsverlag, Darmstadt 1862, DNB 013163434 , OCLC 894925483 , p. 43 ff . ( Online at google books ).
- ↑ a b List of offices, places, houses, population. (1806) HStAD inventory E 8 A No. 352/4. In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), as of February 6, 1806.
- ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1791 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1791, p. 120 ( online at HathiTrust's digital library ).
- ^ Ph. AF Walther : Alphabetical index of the residential places in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . G. Jonghaus, Darmstadt 1869, OCLC 162355422 , p. 92 ( online at google books ).
- ↑ Selected data on population and households on May 9, 2011 in the Hessian municipalities and parts of the municipality. (PDF; 1.8 MB) In: 2011 Census . Hessian State Statistical Office
- ↑ Local Advisory Boards. In: Council and Citizen Information System. Mühltal community, accessed in August 2019 .
- ↑ Approval of a coat of arms for the municipality of Waschenbach, Darmstadt district, Darmstadt administrative district of October 25, 1968 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1968 No. 46 , p. 1696 , point 1317 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.7 MB ]).
- ↑ http://www.muehltal-odenwald.de/geschich/mu/wappen.html Coats of arms tell a story - The Mühltaler coat of arms, Waschenbach; on muehltal-odenwald.de (accessed January 1, 2020)
- ↑ Darmstädter Echo , Friday, August 28, 2015, p. 17