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Whirlwind
City of Runkel
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 40 ″  N , 8 ° 13 ′ 21 ″  E
Height : 200 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.4 km²
Residents : 792  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 180 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1970
Postal code : 65594
Area code : 06471

Wirbelau is a district of the town of Runkel in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

geography

Bridge over the Lahn to Gräveneck

Wirbelau is located in the northeast of the Limburg Basin , around six kilometers northeast of the core town of Runkel and around 13 kilometers northeast of the district town of Limburg an der Lahn . The Lahn runs on the northeastern edge of the district , just under two kilometers from the outskirts.

The district is slightly stretched in a southwest-northeast direction. In the south-west there is a wooded area that belongs to the district of the core town of Runkel, in the west Wirbelau meets the Beselich district of Schupbach , from north-west to northeast on the Weilburg districts of Gaudernbach , Odersbach and, separated by the Lahn , Kirschhofen , in the east on the Weinbacher District Gräveneck and in the southeast and south on Falkenbach and Seelbach , which belong to the municipality of Villmar .

The place itself is about 200 meters above sea level and extends over both slopes of a slightly incised valley that runs from northwest to southeast. East of the outskirts, a stream runs to the northeast, which is only a few meters lower and represents the lowest altitude in the district. All around and especially to the west and to a hump to the north of the village, the terrain rises. In the northern part of the district, up to 260 meters are reached, on the western boundary of the district up to 270 meters.

With its shape stretched in an east-west direction, the place cuts through a zone of mainly agricultural land in the center of the district. The edges of the Wirbelau area are largely enclosed by mixed forest. Some abandoned marble quarries , in which a black and very compact stone was quarried, and the also no longer operated Grube Georg-Joseph iron mine north of the village, also characterize the landscape.

history

The first mention of Wirbelau dates back to 1235. At that time, Archbishop Dietrich von Treier enfeoffed an Enolf as a castle man in Montabaur with goods in "Wirinlouwe", among other things. The Romanesque chapel was built before 1100. Their location in today's cemetery above the current location should mark the historic core of the village. In the area, however, archaeological finds came to light that go back to the Bronze Age .

Since 1449 Wirbelau belonged to the Runkel rule , ecclesiastically it was assigned to the parish of Schupbach . From 1616 school lessons were given in Wirbelau. The first schoolhouse was built in 1699, which was replaced by a new building in 1820 in the same place. In 1953 the new school was completed. In 1973 the school in Wirbelau ended. The school building then served as a kindergarten and was demolished in 1984 because it was in disrepair.

By 1812 at the latest, the iron ore open pit "Georg" existed north of the village , which was later merged with a neighboring operation to form the "Georg-Joseph" mine. The company turned to underground mining. The ore was brought to the blast furnaces in Christianshütte near Schupbach for further processing or to be transported by boat to the banks of the Lahn. At peak times the mine had around 200 miners. 1904 was a bridge over the Lahn for a Lorenbahn that the transport of ore to Lahn Valley Railway allowed on the opposite bank. In 1966 the "Georg Joseph" mine was shut down and the ore bridge over the Lahn was demolished in the following year. Today "Georg-Joseph" is used to supply the surrounding towns with drinking water. In the middle of the 19th century, the organized mining of Lahn marble began in the Wirbelauer district. The last marble quarries were shut down in the 1960s.

Memorial stone for those who fell in the world wars at the cemetery

In the first half of the 19th century, the six communities Obertiefenbach , Heckholzhausen , Gaudernbach, Wirbelau, Eschenau and Schupbach formed a fire fighting district. When a fire broke out, certain residents with four harnessed horses had to fetch the fire engine stationed in Schupbach immediately .

At the end of March 1945, heavy fighting between the advancing US Americans and the German Wehrmacht was fought on the so-called "Kriegers Wiese" . These skirmishes resulted in three deaths on the German side, while the US armed forces lost more than 30 soldiers.

In 1913, the bridge over the Lahn and the road leading to it were completed east of the town, connecting the town with Gräveneck on the opposite side of the Lahn and the train station opened there in 1912. In 1920 there was running water in the village for the first time, and electricity a year later. In 1927 a fire station was built that has since been demolished. In 1952 a new school building was built. In 1959 the community hall was expanded to a multi-purpose hall. After the Second World War , the place grew mainly due to new development areas to the west of the old town center. The current fire station was built in 1984, largely through the personal contribution of the fire brigade members . In 1985 the place was connected to a central sewage treatment plant.

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , Wirbelau and other communities voluntarily merged with the city of Runkel on December 31, 1970. This made Wirbelau a district of Runkel.

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

A population census took place for the first time in 1590. At that time there were 18 households in Wirbelau. After the Thirty Years War there were only five houses left. In 1824 there are 348 inhabitants, 60 years later 468, in 1905 there were 538 inhabitants, in 1960 620 inhabitants and on May 27, 1970, the day of the census, 669 inhabitants.

Wirbelau: Population from 1834 to 1970
year     Residents
1834
  
 366
1840
  
 405
1846
  
 415
1852
  
 420
1858
  
 428
1864
  
 452
1871
  
 492
1875
  
 448
1885
  
 483
1895
  
 531
1905
  
 536
1910
  
 516
1925
  
 537
1939
  
 511
1946
  
 665
1950
  
 631
1956
  
 610
1961
  
 615
1967
  
 652
1970
  
 669
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources:

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 474 Protestant (= 98.14%), 5 Catholic (= 1.04%), 4 Jewish (= 0.83%) residents
• 1961: 549 Protestant (= 89.27%), 65 Catholic (= 10.57%) residents

politics

The mayor is Manfred Jost (list Wirbelau).

societies

Wirbelau has a sports club , a women's choir, the Wirbelau volunteer fire brigade founded in 1934 (with a youth fire brigade since January 9, 1981 ), a skat club, a darts club, a local group of the nature conservation association and the Wirbelau 1969 eV jester club, which has an annual parade on Shrove Tuesday organized of disproportionate size for such a small place. Several thousand spectators visit the carnival parade in Wirbelau every year.

Infrastructure

The volunteer fire brigade Wirbelau, founded in 1934 (since January 9, 1981 with the youth fire brigade), provides defensive fire protection and general help.

Web links

Commons : Wirbelau  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Wirbelau, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Numbers and facts. In: website. City of Runkel, accessed August 2020 .
  3. ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : The fire extinguishing system in Obertiefenbach from earlier times . In: Yearbook for the Limburg-Weilburg district 1994 . The district committee of the Limburg-Weilburg district, Limburg-Weilburg 1993, p. 151-153 .
  4. ↑ Amalgamation of municipalities to form the town of Runkel on January 25, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 4 , p. 139 , point 156 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.3 MB ]).
  5. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 372 .
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ↑ Committees. In: website. City of Runkel, accessed on August 12, 2020 .