Weyer (Villmar)

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Weyer
Market town Villmar
Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 3 ″  N , 8 ° 13 ′ 26 ″  E
Height : 178  (170-298)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.39 km²
Residents : 1245  (Jun. 30, 2020)
Population density : 195 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 65606
Area code : 06483

Weyer is a district of the municipality of Villmar in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

geography

Weyer lies in the valley of the Laubusbach of the eastern Hintertaunus , on the southeast edge of the Limburg basin . The place is about three kilometers southeast of Villmar and about eleven kilometers east of the district town of Limburg an der Lahn .

The district borders in the north on that of the central town of Villmar, in the east on Münster and in the south-east in one point on Eisenbach (both districts of Selters ), in the south and south-west on Oberbruch and in the west over a short distance on Niederbruch (both municipality of Brechen ) .

The place itself lies in the valley of the Laubusbach, flowing from north to southeast, which widens at this point through the confluence of another brook valley coming from the east. The center has the structure of a cluster village . In the 20th century in particular , however, new development areas emerged, particularly in the southwest and northeast. The stream is located in the center of the village at around 190 meters above sea level. Above the valley slope, the terrain rises only slightly to the west, while the eastern half of the district and the area north of the village are characterized by greater differences in altitude. The highest point at 298 meters is on the eastern boundary of the district. The district is mainly covered by agricultural land. In the east and south-east, the area is enclosed by a forest area. In addition, a disused basalt quarry on Hahnberg north of the village characterizes the landscape.

history

Church in Weyer

A stone box in the Weyerer district can be traced back to 1200 to 1000 BC. To date. The place was first mentioned in a document in 790 AD.

By the 16th century at the latest, precious metals were mined near Weyer, especially silver and lead.

The Reformation was introduced around 1550. To this day, the place is mostly Protestant. In addition, there was a comparatively large Jewish community , whose members were abducted and murdered in 1940. A last surviving Jew in the community, Jakob Simon, visited Weyer several times after the Second World War and died in Brazil in 2003. The Jewish cemetery on the heights of Weyer is maintained again today.

On December 31, 1971, the place joined the municipality of Villmar as part of the regional reform in Hesse . In the same year, the primary and secondary school in town was closed.

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Weyer was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

population

Population development

Occupied population figures are:

Weyer: Population from 1834 to 2020
year     Residents
1834
  
 805
1840
  
 905
1846
  
 908
1852
  
 880
1858
  
 905
1864
  
 990
1871
  
 972
1875
  
 941
1885
  
 909
1895
  
 853
1905
  
 787
1910
  
 746
1925
  
 742
1939
  
 703
1946
  
 1,083
1950
  
 1,067
1956
  
 908
1961
  
 893
1967
  
 879
1970
  
 931
1980
  
 ?
1990
  
 ?
2000
  
 ?
2011
  
 1,290
2012
  
 1,259
2015
  
 1,159
2020
  
 1,245
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; after 1970 Villmar municipality ( web archive ,); 2011 census

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

1885: 878 Protestant, 13 Catholic and 18 Jewish residents
1961: 744 Protestant and 138 Catholic residents

Culture and sights

Kammerrat-Schmidtsche's property in the center of the village

Buildings

A Jewish cemetery has been preserved in Weyer .

societies

At the local level there is an accordion association, the Evangelical Church Choir, the Women's Aid, the Voluntary Fire Brigade (founded in 1933, since June 7th 1980 with the youth fire brigade and since April 29th 2006 with the children's fire brigade "Firekids"), the rural women`s association, the "MGV Eintracht", the nature and homeland friends, a fruit and horticultural association , the riding club Oberbruch / Weyer, the RSV Weyer, the rifle club “Falke” and a VdK local group.

Infrastructure

The Weyer volunteer fire brigade , founded in 1933 (since June 7, 1980 with the youth fire brigade and since April 29, 2006 with the children's fire brigade), provides fire protection and general help.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Weyer  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Weyer, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ a b Figures - data - facts, population figures in brief. In: Internet presence. Villmar market town, accessed on February 2, 2020 .
  3. ^ 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. 373 .
  4. ^ 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).
  5. ↑ Selected data on population and households on May 9, 2011 in the Hessian municipalities and parts of the municipality. (PDF; 1 MB) In: 2011 Census . Hessian State Statistical Office;