Angelburg

Angel Castle is a municipality in the western part of the Marburg -Biedenkopf in northwestern central Hesse.

  • 3.1 Municipal Council
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 5.1 personalities who have worked and lived in Angelburg
  • 5.2 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical Location

The municipality is located about 12 km south of Biedenkopf in Gansbachtal north of L'Escaut forest, whose northern end through the mountain Angelburg (609 m above sea level. NN ) is formed.

Neighboring communities

The community is surrounded to the north and east by the municipality of Steff. The territory of the municipality of Bad Endbach borders also the east with the district Bottenhorn. In the south, the municipality abuts the community Siegbach, and in the west on the community of Eschenburg (both in the Lahn -Dill -Kreis).

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages:

  • Naughty Hausen
  • Patrons
  • Lixfeld

History

On April 1, 1972, the two formerly independent municipalities Naughty Hausen and Lixfeld were merged to form the new municipality Angelburg. On July 1, was established in 1974 patrons.

Policy

The community is a member of the inter-municipal association Lahn- Dill-Bergland and many other utility companies and associations. The most important purpose association for the future development of the municipality is the purpose association " Inter-municipal cooperation hinterland ", which includes all cities and towns of the " Hessian hinterland " and the town of Bad Laasphe in NRW promotes common development.

Municipal council

The municipal election held 27 March 2011 yielded the following results:

Chairman of the municipal council is Gerhard Teutsch ( CDU).

Mayor

The last mayor elections gave the following results:

In the election on March 27, 2011 were Thomas Beck ( SPD), Reiner Haffer and Heiko Valentin ( both independent) to. None of the candidates could win an absolute majority, so it came to the run-off election on 10 April 2011. There, Thomas Beck continued with 55.4 % against Reiner by Haffer ( 44.6 %). Thomas Beck broke June 15, 2011 until then acting mayor Norbert May after 18 years in office from.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the divided shield above, in blue, of the silver ( white) and red split Hessian lion; below in silver three red stars.

The lion refers to the early Hessian state sovereignty, the three stars represent the three districts of the municipality.

Economy and infrastructure

Structures

On the Angelburg is the 171 -meter high TV tower Angelburg. It is interesting that the Angelburg is not on Angelburger district, but belongs to the neighboring community of Eschenburg.

Personalities

Personalities who have worked and lived in Angelburg

  • Heinrich Teutsch " patriarch " (1889-1967), machinist, self-taught, mineralogist, operator of the former ore mine in patrons ( galena ) in the one-man operation.
  • Jakob Müller (1869-1930), bricklayer, founder of the construction company of the same name.
  • Karl Schmidt (1903-1971), Molder Schelderhütte, Social Democrat and trade unionists, anti-fascist, the first social democratic mayor in patrons from 1946 to 1952. Schmidt was previously used by the U.S. military administration in September 1945 as mayor.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ernst- Ludwig Wagner
  • Nikola cock
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