Labor pains (Taunusstein)

Labor pains City of Taunusstein
	Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 21 ″ N , 8 ° 11 ′ 6 ″ E
Height :	361 (356-428) m above sea level NHN
Residents :	7108 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Incorporation :	1st October 1971
Postal code :	65232
Area code :	06128

Wehen is the third largest district of Taunusstein in the Rheingau-Taunus district in Hesse . The place is known by the football club SV Wehen Wiesbaden .

location

Wehen is in the Aartal between Neuhof and Hahn. In the village, Landesstraße 3470 (Platter Straße / Weiherstraße) meets Bundesstraße 275 .

history

The Heidekringen small fort bears witness to the early settlement in Rome .

Wehen was first mentioned in a document in 1227 in connection with the noble family de Wehen, who lived in Wehen at the time . In 1323 the hamlet of Wehen was granted city rights by Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian and was pacified with a city wall. Around 1330, at the instigation of Count Gerlach I of Nassau-Weilburg , construction of the palace began.

After the division of the estate in 1346, Wehen fell to Johann I (Nassau-Weilburg) . Since then, the castle has been the court and administrative seat for the Wehener Grund (the area between Kirberg , Idstein , Bad Schwalbach and Wiesbaden ).

From 1593 to 1655 Countess Anna, the widow of Albrecht (Nassau-Weilburg) and his daughter-in-law Elisabeth von Nassau-Weilburg were granted the Wehen Castle as a widow's residence. As a result of Anna's commitment, the region's first public school was founded in 1599.

In 1780, Karl von Ibell , who later became President of the Nassau government, was born in Wehen Castle. The Protestant church was built at the beginning of the 19th century.

On October 1, 1971, Wehen merged voluntarily with five neighboring towns as part of the regional reform in Hesse to form the city of Taunusstein .

Attractions

Wehen Castle

Wehen Castle ⊙

Construction of the castle began around 1330 . From 1346 the building complex was the court and administrative seat for the Wehener Grund. The Wehen Castle was used as a widow's seat and hunting lodge, among other things. Today it is a listed building and houses the Taunussteiner Museum and a restaurant.

Protestant church

Ev. Church - exterior view after extensive repairs in 2012

Ev. Church - interior view 2009

The listed Evangelical Church of Wehen was built in 1810–1812 using stones from the old city fortifications (city wall, Obertorturm) on the site of the former princely hunting arsenal according to plans by Carl Florian Goetz , the ducal building director of Nassau . The historical organ of the Ev. The Wehen church is one of the few original instruments made by the Wiesbaden organ builder Heinrich Voigt . In October 1999 it was restored and returned to its original condition.

Other cultural monuments

Heidekringen small fort
Aarstrasse 234; Half-timbered house
Aarstrasse 240 ; Half-timbered house
Aarstrasse 244 / Wilhelmstrasse 1; town hall
Aarstrasse 246; Hofreite
Aarstrasse 262; barn
Amtsstrasse 3; Barn with an old gate
Richtstrasse 1; Half-timbered house
Richtstrasse 2; former district court
Glockenstrasse 3; Half-timbered house
Glockenstrasse 6; former evangelical rectory
Complete system in the hanging
- Im Hängl 7; Hofreite
- Im Hängl 9; Residential building
- Im Hängl 11; Residential house with barn
- Im Hängl 13; Residential building
Mainzer Allee / cemetery; War memorial
Mainzer Allee 9; Half-timbered house
New way; Jewish Cemetery
Platter Strasse 85; Residential house, possibly former forester's house
Wilhelmstrasse 7; House of a courtyard

Natural monuments

Linden group on the market square
Beggar's tree ( winter linden )

politics

The head of the village is Claudia Schauß-Lange, CDU (as of April 2017).

Web links

Commons : labor pains - collection of images, videos and audio files

The district on the website of the city of Taunusstein
"Wehen, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature about contractions in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ PDF of the population statistics of the city of Taunusstein [1] , accessed in June 2020
^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 377 .
^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Wehener Schloss In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
^ Museum im Wehener Schloss ( Memento from October 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 20, 2011
↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Evangelical Parish Church Wehen In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
^ City of Taunusstein: Wehen local advisory board

[1] PDF of the population statistics of the city of Taunusstein [1] , accessed in June 2020

[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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 377 .

[3] State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Wehener Schloss In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse

[4] Museum im Wehener Schloss ( Memento from October 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 20, 2011

[5] State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Evangelical Parish Church Wehen In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse

[6] City of Taunusstein: Wehen local advisory board