Grävenwiesbach
Gravenwiesbach is a municipality in the Upper Taunus Kreis in Hesse.
- 3.1 Municipal Council
- 3.2 partnerships
- 4.1 traffic 4.1.1 Station Gravenwiesbach
- 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 5.2 freeman
Geography
Geographical Location
The Grävenwiesbacher municipality is located in 240 to 500 meters above sea level in the eastern Hintertaunus, north of the main ridge of the Taunus. Nearest towns are Wetzlar (20 km ) to the north, Limburg an der Lahn (32 km ) to the west and Frankfurt am Main ( 40 km) to the south.
Neighboring communities
Gravenwiesbach bordered to the north by the municipalities Weilmunster ( Limburg- Weilburg ) and Waldsolms (Lahn -Dill-Kreis ) in the east to the cities of Butzbach ( Wetterau ), and Usingen, in the south and west on the community Weilrod (both in Hochtaunuskreis ).
Structure
The municipality consists of the villages Gravenwiesbach, Heinz Berg, dog town, Laubach, Mönstadt and Naunstadt.
History
Gravenwiesbach was first documented in 1280. Since 1326 the town belonged to the county, and later Principality of Nassau -Weilburg with which it came in 1806 to the newly created Duchy of Nassau. 1866 Gravenwiesbach became Prussian.
By 1925, and for at least 200 years the Jewish cemetery Gravenwiesbach was used as a grave for Jewish lay church members.
In the course of municipal reform in Hesse communities Gravenwiesbach, Heinz Berg, dog town, Laubach, Mönstadt and Naunstadt joined voluntarily on 31 December 1971 Gravenwiesbach community together.
For the area of the six former municipalities by statute main local districts were built with town council and mayor. The boundaries of the local districts are not specifically defined, and therefore follow the district boundaries since then.
Policy
Municipal council
The municipal election held 27 March 2011 yielded the following results:
Partnerships
Gravenwiesbach has since September 6, 1980 partnerships with Wuenheim in Alsace.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Federal highway 456 runs through Gravenwiesbach, the A5 motorway Frankfurt - Kassel can be reached in approximately 25 km distance across the junction top Moerlen.
Station Gravenwiesbach
On 1 June 1909, the railway Usingen - Gravenwiesbach - Weilmunster was opened. Thus, a continuous connection from Frankfurt and Bad Homburg had been created to Weilburg.
Once in Gravenwiesbach from November 1, 1912 diverged the route to Wetzlar ( Solms Bach roller coaster ), the Gravenwiesbach station had become a small hub. That was the beginning of a modest industrialization and the beginning of the shift towards economic region Rhein- Main.
On the route to Weilburg passenger in 1969 was set to Wetzlar in 1985. On a stretch of road to Wetzlar was to Brandoberndorf resumed in 1999 because of the anticipated strong demand of the operation.
Today Gravenwiesbach is an operating center operated by the Hessian Bahn GmbH Taunusbahn Bad Homburg - Usingen - fire Oberndorf, in the trains, the ticket of the Rhine -Main Transport Association shall apply ( RMV).
Established businesses
Since 1915 there is the Raiffeisen Bank Gravenwiesbach.
Education
In Gravenwiesbach there is a primary school. Elementary and secondary school and high school are available in Usingen and Neu-Anspach.
Youth hostel
On the edge of Gravenwiesbach is the Richard Schirrmann - Hostel, one of three hostels in Hochtaunuskreis. Already in 1937, this hostel was planned. But only after the town of Rüsselsheim, a fifth of the cost of construction ready made to use part of the hostel as a school camp, could the building be opened on 5 August 1964. Today, there are 162 beds in two-to eight - bed rooms. Gravenwiesbach also houses the Richard Schirrmann private museum, which is dedicated to the founder of the German Youth Hostel Association, who spent his life in Gravenwiesbach. After Richard Schirrmann a street was named, the Richard Schirrmann Street.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Albert Helff (1861-1945), State Chairman of the FVP in Hesse- Nassau, Member of Provincial Parliament and Frankfurt city councilor, Bar Association President
Freeman
- Josef Grünewald, entrepreneurs
Attractions
On the plateau of the hill is the highly visible in all directions Evangelical Church Gravenwiesbach. It was 1737/38 built and surprise with their unusual size for a village church, with its simplicity and interior layout in the classical style.