Wester (Asbach)

Wester Local community Asbach Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 13 ″  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 26 ″  E
Height :	270 m above sea level NN
Residents :	16  (Dec 31, 2009)
Incorporation :	March 16, 1974
Postal code :	53567
Area code :	02683
Location of Wester in Rhineland-Palatinate

Wester is a district of the local community Asbach in the district of Neuwied in northern Rhineland-Palatinate . The place is characterized by agriculture.

geography

The hamlet is located in the Niederwesterwald east of the main town Asbach on a hill above and east of the Krumbach . Wester is connected to the main town of Asbach and the Asbach districts of Krumbach and Sessenhausen via Kreisstraße 65 .

history

In the first documentary mention of 1627, a cologne court in Wester is mentioned together with the court in Zurheiden. Since the Middle Ages, Wester belonged to the Electorate of Cologne and to the Altenwied office and was part of the " Honnschaft Limbach". According to an inventory ordered by the Cologne Elector Maximilian Heinrich in 1660, only the “Erzstiftische Hof” was mentioned in Wester, which was inhabited by several generations.

After the Rhineland came to Prussia in 1815 , Wester belonged to the Limbach municipality in the then newly formed Neuwied district and was administered by the Asbach mayor . According to a census from 1885, Wester had 17 residents who lived in three houses.

Until March 16, 1974, Wester belonged to the then independent municipality of Limbach . On March 16, 1974, the local community Asbach was newly formed from it and the communities of Asbach and Schöneberg, which were dissolved at the same time, as well as part of the community of Elsaff . Wester belongs to the existing district Limbach. In 1987 Wester had eleven residents.

Attractions

• There is a courtyard in Wester, which is included as a cultural monument in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a half-timbered house from the 17th century with a half-timbered barn from the 18th or 19th century. The building is the former Electoral Cologne Zehnthof , which was first mentioned in 1627.
• In the "Baumkataster Asbach" two trees are listed: At the exit of the village towards Krumbach an oak and the entrance to Asbach a linden tree. The approximate age of the two trees is unknown.
• See also : List of cultural monuments in Asbach (Westerwald)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Josef Schäfer: History of the Asbacher Land , 1980, page 46
2. ^ Hellmuth Gensicke : Landesgeschichte des Westerwaldes . 3. Edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-922244-80-7 , page 420.
3. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia , 1885, page 42
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate, Official Municipal Directory 2006 ( Memento from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), page 169 (PDF; 2.1 MB)
5. ^ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality
6. ↑ Informational directory of cultural monuments, Neuwied district , as of January 3, 2013, page 3 (PDF; 1.6 MB)
7. ↑ Homepage of the local community of Asbach: Tree cadastre ( memento of the original from May 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.