Wolfenhausen (Weilmünster)

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Wolfenhausen
Community Weilmünster
Wolfenhausen coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 19 ′ 1 ″  E
Height : 297 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.53 km²
Residents : 1036  (June 30, 2020)
Population density : 187 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1970
Postal code : 35789
Area code : 06475
View of Wolfenhausen
View of Wolfenhausen

Wolfenhausen is a district of the community Weilmünster in the central Hessian district of Limburg-Weilburg .

Geographical location

Wolfenhausen is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus Nature Park , at an altitude of 300 meters above sea level, about seven kilometers southwest of the core community of Weilmünster. The highest elevation in the district is the Rote Küppel at 378 meters above sea level, which rises northwest of the outskirts. Directly south of the village is the Hell at 330 meters above sea level. By the location of the house Wolf Lauterbach, the flows in the forest district Laubus springs, flows downwards through the Laubustal and below the village Laubusbach means. About 500 m northeast of the village towards Laubuseschbach standing Heide oak on the pass at the roundabout -crossing.
The municipal area is 5.54 square kilometers, of which 1.96 square kilometers are forest.

Neighboring towns are Münster (west), Langhecke (north-west), Laubuseschbach (north-east) and Haintchen (south).

history

The place was first mentioned in a document from 1194 as belonging to the parish of Münster. The village is believed to have existed for centuries.

It can be assumed that Emperor Otto I. gave Wolfenhausen to the diocese of Worms around the year 1000 . The beginning of serfdom for the Wolfenhausen citizens is said to have started at this time. A document dated November 14, 1570 reports an exchange of serfs at Wolfenhausen between the County of Wied-Runkel and Nassau-Saarbrücken . While the village belonged to the church of Arnstein monastery near Nassau from 1194 to around 1400 , the residents of Wolfenhausen were partly subject to the Count of Nassau and the Count of Wied-Runkel and had to pay tribute. From 1596 the imperial counts von Wied-Runkel seem to have been undisputed masters. However, the circumstances, probably the difficult financial situation of these houses, made pledging necessary from time to time. The changing dependencies often separated this small community into itself.

The Thirty Years' War had as in the nearby towns of Hintertaunus devastating effect in Wolfhausen. However, the village was saved from complete destruction. Wolfenhausen was probably evangelical since 1551 and, after the princes of Wied-Runkel, belonged to the Reformed creed. By government decree of Count von Wied-Runkel from 1691, Wolfenhausen was separated from the mother church of Münster and made a main church.

View of town with ev. Church

In 1752 the old, dilapidated chapel was closed, a new church was built and a new organ was purchased in 1780. The churchyard was relocated in 1823, east of Wolfenhausen.

The place had the privilege of holding markets since 1707 . The market square was on the site of today's sports field.

The inhabitants of Wolfenhausen have always been farmers, miners and simple craftsmen. According to tradition, broom making was an important domestic industry in the 19th century .

In 1766, 42 residents of Wolfenhausen left their place of birth and emigrated to the Imperial Russian Empire . Rising prices and famine, as well as the temporary reduction in land ownership, may have been the cause of the emigration.

On May 31, 1802, the famous robber Johannes Bückler , also known as Schinderhannes, was captured in the Wolfenhausen district on the border with the district of Haintchen .

Territorial reform

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the former market town of Weilmünster in the Oberlahnkreis merged voluntarily on December 31, 1970 with the previously independent communities Aulenhausen, Dietenhausen, Ernsthausen, Laimbach, Langenbach, Laubuseschbach, Lützendorf, Möttau, Rohnstadt and Wolfenhausen to form the new large community of Weilmünster. Essershausen was added on December 31, 1971. For all twelve formerly independent municipalities, local districts with local advisory councils and local councilors were formed in accordance with the Hessian municipal code.

Historical forms of names

In documents that have been received, Lützendorf was mentioned under the following place names (in each case with the year of mention):

  • 1194: Wolvenhusen
  • 1197: Wolfhusen
  • 1397: Wolfenhusen
  • 1483: Wolfenhuessen
  • 1532: Wolffhyssen
  • 1554: Wolffhausen
  • 1607: Wolffenhausen
  • 1661: Wolffenhaussen

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

Wolfenhausen: Population from 1825 to 2020
year     Residents
1825
  
 555
1834
  
 601
1840
  
 700
1846
  
 726
1852
  
 772
1858
  
 795
1864
  
 827
1871
  
 832
1875
  
 867
1885
  
 961
1895
  
 881
1905
  
 901
1910
  
 915
1925
  
 763
1939
  
 740
1946
  
 1,025
1950
  
 998
1956
  
 972
1961
  
 990
1967
  
 1,067
1970
  
 1,024
1987
  
 1.014
1993
  
 1,164
1996
  
 1,094
2001
  
 1,111
2005
  
 1,170
2010
  
 1,133
2011
  
 1,137
2015
  
 1.105
2020
  
 1,036
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 2011 census

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 835 Protestant (= 96.98%), 2 Catholic (= 0.23%), 2 other Christians (= 0.23%), 22 Jews (= 2.56%)
• 1961: 802 Protestant (= 81.01%), 154 Catholic (= 15.56%) residents

politics

Local advisory board

The Wolfenhausen Local Advisory Board consists of five voting members. After the local elections in Hesse in 2016 , the mayor is Dietmar Blasius.

Culture and sights

societies

  • Sports club 1926 e. V. Wolfenhausen
  • DLRG local group Wolfenhausen
  • Wolfenhausen volunteer fire brigade , founded in 1932 (since March 1, 1977 with youth fire brigade and since September 25, 2010 with children's fire brigade )
  • Schützenverein 1929 e. V. Wolfenhausen
  • Small animal breeding association "Noble Rasse" Wolfenhausen
  • Choral society "Liederkranz - Forward" Wolfenhausen
  • Wolfenhausen bowling club
  • Ev. Wolfenhausen women's choir
  • KGW Kultur u. History Association e. V. Wolfenhausen
  • Ev. Women's Aid Wolfenhausen
  • VdK local association Wolfenhausen

Buildings

For the listed cultural monuments of the place see the list of cultural monuments in Wolfenhausen .

  • View over the Laubusbach valley

  • Red Küppel (center)

  • View of the Dünsberg

  • Protestant church

Infrastructure

Since 1932, the Wolfenhausen volunteer fire brigade (from March 1, 1977 with a youth fire brigade and from September 25, 2010 with a children's fire brigade ) has provided fire protection and general help in this area. Wolfenhausen has a village community center on Kirschbaumweg, the “Unter dem Lindenbaum” kindergarten on Bornbachstraße, the heated outdoor pool, a sports field on Bornbachstraße, children's playgrounds and hiking trails.

literature

Web links

Commons : Wolfenhausen  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Wolfenhausen, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ a b Development of the population in the market town of Weilmünster. In: website. Weilmünster community, accessed August 2020 .
  3. ↑ Amalgamation of communities to form the community "Weilmünster", Oberlahnkreis on January 6, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 4 , p. 141 , point 170 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.3 MB ]).
  4. ^ 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. 373 .
  5. ↑ main statute. (PDF; 51 kB) § 6. In: Website. Weilmünster community, accessed March 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b Wolfenhausen district. In: website. Weilmünster community;
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ↑ 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;
  9. ^ Community Weilmünster: Wolfenhausen local advisory board , accessed in January 2017.