Weilrod

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Coat of arms of the community of Weilrod
Weilrod
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Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '  N , 8 ° 23'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : Darmstadt
County : Hochtaunuskreis
Height : 349 m above sea level NHN
Area : 71.16 km 2
Residents: 6493 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 91 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 61276
Primaries : 06083, 06084
License plate : HG, USI
Community key : 06 4 34 013
Community structure: 13 districts
Address of the
municipal administration:
Am Senner 1
61276 Weilrod
Website : www.weilrod.de
Mayor : Götz Esser (FWG)
Location of the community of Weilrod in the Hochtaunus district
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Weilrod is a municipality in the Hochtaunuskreis in southern Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

Weilrod is located in the Weiltal , north of the Taunus ridge at an altitude of 210 to 626 meters. The nearest larger cities are Limburg an der Lahn (22 km) in the west, Wetzlar (25 km) in the north, Wiesbaden (31 km) in the south, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (22 km) in the east and Frankfurt am Main (33 km) in the south East. Or the medium-sized towns of Bad Camberg (12 km) and Idstein (15 km), as well as Niedernhausen (17 km).

Neighboring communities

Weilrod borders in the north on the communities Weilmünster ( district Limburg-Weilburg ) and Grävenwiesbach , in the east on the city Usingen , in the south on the communities Schmitten (all in the Hochtaunus district) and Waldems ( Rheingau-Taunus district ) and in the west on the city Bad Camberg and the community of Selters (both in the Limburg-Weilburg district).

Community structure

The community of Weilrod consists of 13 districts.

District coat of arms Incorporation Residents distance direction
Altweilnau Altweilnau coat of arms 1st December 1970 751 2.0 km S.
Cratzenbach Cratzenbach coat of arms December 31, 1971 218 2.5 km W.
Emmershausen Emmershausen coat of arms August 1, 1972 463 4.5 km NW
Dark valley Finsternthal coat of arms 1st December 1970 190 4.45 km S.
Gemünden Coat of arms of Gemünden December 31, 1971 485 2.97 km NNW
Hasselbach Hasselbach coat of arms August 1, 1972 966 5.2 km W.
Mauloff Mauloff coat of arms 1st December 1970 368 5.7 km SSW
Neuweilnau Neuweilnau coat of arms 1st December 1970 160 2.0 km SW
Niederlauken Coat of arms of Niederlauken August 1, 1972 434 1.72 km NO
Oberlauken Coat of arms of Oberlauken August 1, 1972 327 1.05 km O
Riedelbach Coat of arms of Riedelbach 1st December 1970 1,089 3.7 km SW
Rod an der Weil Rod an der Weil coat of arms August 1, 1972 920 2.82 km WNW
Winches Winden coat of arms December 31, 1971 125 5.9 km NNW

history

The main building of Neuweilnau Castle, built around 1520

At Rod an der Weil you will find an old Rentmauer ring wall from Celtic prehistoric times. The first written mention of a village from this area is Mauloff, in 1156 ("Mulefo"). The imposing round tower of the castle ruins in Altweilnau is dated to around 1200. In 1302, when the County of Weilnau finally separated from the County of Diez , Neuweilnau Castle was built on the opposite side of the valley , which was converted into a castle in the 16th century.

Church building

The community Weilrod was created in the course of the regional reform in Hesse through the legally determined amalgamation of the communities Emmershausen , Hasselbach , Niederlauken , Oberlauken , Rod an der Weil and Weilnau on August 1, 1972. The community Rod an der Weil was through on December 31, 1971 the voluntary amalgamation of the communities Rod an der Weil, Cratzenbach , Gemünden and Winden emerged. Likewise, the community of Weilnau was created through the voluntary amalgamation of the communities of Altweilnau , Finsternthal , Mauloff , Neuweilnau and Riedelbach on December 1, 1970.

For the area of ​​the originally 13 independent communities in the area of ​​Weilrod, local districts with local advisory council and local councilor were established by main statute . The boundaries of the local districts are not specifically defined and therefore follow the previous district boundaries.

Naming

The name Weilrod was formed when the former municipalities were merged from the syllables “Weil” and “Rod” in the names of these municipalities . These syllables come from the Weil river, which characterizes the landscape of Weilrod and the neighboring municipality of Schmitten, and from the word "clearing".

Both terms can be found in the place names as follows:

  • Neu- and Altweilnau (Weil + Aue)
  • Rod an der Weil (Rod (-en) + Weil)
  • Riedelbach (Roden + Bach)

According to legend, the village of Mauloff has a special name. Since the village name does not fit into a normal pattern, the name is an excellent target for legends and stories. One of them reports that the village was initially nameless. In order to change that, the mayor called a meeting and - as there was no result and everyone was helplessly silent - decided that the next spoken word should be the village name. After a long silence, the mayor finally lost patience and shouted “Maul off!” (“Open your mouth!”). Mauloff was first mentioned in 1156 as "Mulefo", probably as a rest stop on the medieval high road, the Rennstraße .

politics

Community representation

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016
    
A total of 27 seats
Parties and constituencies %
2016
Seats
2016
%
2011
Seats
2011
%
2006
Seats
2006
%
2001
Seats
2001
FWG Free community of voters 56.3 15th 37.2 12 24.9 8th 30.4 9
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 16.3 5 24.0 7th 31.3 10 32.9 10
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 15.4 4th 23.0 7th 30.7 9 24.9 8th
Green Alliance 90 / The Greens 12.0 3 15.8 5 9.0 3 9.1 3
FDP Free Democratic Party - - - - 4.2 1 2.7 1
total 100.0 27 100.0 31 100.0 31 100.0 31
Voter turnout in% 58.7 58.1 53.8 59.4

mayor

  • Hans Hafenegger (State Commissioner, 1972)
  • Hans-Joachim Galuschka (CDU) (1972–1977)
  • Alwin Grauwinkel
  • Rudolf Horack (FWG)
  • Hartmut Haibach (FWG) (1993-2005)
  • Axel Bangert (SPD) (2005-2017)
  • Götz Esser (FWG) (2017-present)

partnership

FranceFrance Billy-Berclau , Pas-de-Calais , since 2001

economy

During the economic boom in the 1950s, the villages that make up Weilrod today were a popular local recreation area for residents of the nearby Rhine-Main area . Furthermore, many places were given the status of "climatic health resort" and were specifically frequented for the regeneration of miners from the Ruhr area. That led u. a. to the fact that an unusually high number of restaurants, cafes and boarding houses have settled in Weilrod. Since the late 1970s, tourism v. a. significantly decreased due to the cheaper flat-rate air travel and colliery deaths. Nevertheless, the landscape in the municipal area attracts hikers and cyclists. In this regard, the Weiltalweg plays an important role. The loudspeaker manufacturer Canton Elektronik was founded in Weilrod and has its headquarters there to this day. With the headquarters of the tool technology company Mania Technologie in the Riedelbach district, a bungalow -style company location was incorporated into the rural landscape. The fittings, pipe and industrial technology company AZ (Anne Zimmermann) was established in Hasselbach and has had its AZ industrial technology division there since the late 1990s. There are also several seminar hotels and training companies. Grünauer Maschinen GmbH has also had its headquarters in the Riedelbach industrial park since 2015.

Attractions

The nearby Vogelburg .

Cultural monuments

Personalities

Personalities who are or were resident in the municipality:

Web links

Commons : Weilrod  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. Law on the reorganization of the Obertaunus district and the district of Usingen (GVBl. II 330-18) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 227 , § 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  3. Gerstenmeier, K.-H. (1977): Hessen. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation. Melsungen. P. 276
  4. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  5. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  6. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
  7. Home. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .