Aßlar

Aßlar is a town near Wetzlar in the Lahn- Dill-Kreis in Hesse ( Germany ).

• 3.1 Cultural Monuments in Aßlar

• 4.1 City Council
• 4.2 Mayor
• 4.3 Coat of Arms
• 4.4 Town twinning

• 5.1 Museums
• 5.2 Structures
• 5.3 Formation

• 6.1 Protestant church
• 6.2 Free Protestant community
• 6.3 Catholic parish of Christ the King

• 7.1 traffic
• 7.2 Established businesses
• 7.3 Leisure Facilities

• 8.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical Location

Aßlar located at the Valley of dill (Lower Dilltal ), which opens into the Lahn in neighboring Wetzlar, at the junction of Upper Westerwald (Westerwald, in the west) to Krofdorf King Forst and Hörre ( Gladenbacher Bergland ).

A geographic Mittelpunkt50.577628.41345 of the Lahn -Dill -Kreis, calculated with the method " intersection determination ", located southwest of Bergshausen, a district. The different methods for calculating geographical center points are described in the calculation of the center of Germany.

Geology

The core city and the district Werdorf lie in the valley of the dill Tales, a Muldental. The rest of the city are either in Lemptal ( Oberlemp, Bermoll ) or on surveys of the Lahn- Dill- Bergland ( Bergshausen, Bechlingen ).

Neighboring communities

Aßlar bordered to the north by the municipalities and Mittenaar Hohenahr, on the southeast by the town of Wetzlar, in the south to the city of Solms and in the west on the community of Ehringhausen (all in the Lahn -Dill -Kreis).

Districts

• Aßlar ( often mistakenly written without the hyphen ) with small Altenstädten
• Bechlingen
• Bergshausen
• Bermoll
• Oberlemp
• Werdorf

History

Aßlar is mentioned by a deed of gift for the first time in the Lorsch codex in the year 783.

Like many other places Aßlar evolved from a few large farms, situated on the creeks, on industrialization before the First World War to a size of about 5,000 inhabitants, and it always formed a community with the lying on the opposite Dill shore district of small old towns. Small Altenstädten kept trying to be independent, but could never break away from the much larger Aßlar.

With the addition of approximately 1,500 displaced persons after World War II and the integration of communities Bechlingen, Bergshausen, Bermoll, Oberlemp on 31 December 1971. Upon completion of the municipal reform in Hesse by inclusion of Werdorf on 1 January 1977 by a state law, reached Aßlar its present size of approximately 4400 ha with approximately 13,700 inhabitants.

The granting of town rights for Aßlar on November 16, 1978.

Attractions

Cultural monuments in Aßlar

Policy

City Council

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

Mayor

The last mayor elections gave the following results:

In the last election on November 3, 2013, the incumbent mayor Roland Esch ( FWG ) was re-elected with 63.5 % of votes. The turnout was 39.9%.

Coat of arms

Blazon: Shared and split down of gold and red; Up In Blue is a growing, red -reinforced, silver lion, down the front an upright red diamond, behind an upright golden hazelnut.

The license to run a coat of arms and flag the place obtained in the years 1959 and 1960 by the Hessian state government. Colors and heraldry coat of arms are largely due to the Counts of Solms and the Lords of Bickenbach ( as in the emblem of the Lion and the diamond), the particular life in the area around Aßlar throughout the Middle Ages. The hazelnut in the lower part of the emblem indicates the interpretation of the origin of the place name, namely the word " Haselare ". So they called in early times a delimited with hazel rods holy place. This was set by the construction of a church, a monument, which is located to this day at this point and is celebrated in the weekly Protestant worship.

Twinning

• Since 1966 Aßlar is twinned with the southern French town of Saint -Ambroix in the department of Gard.
• An intra- German partnership is with the city Jiiterbog in Brandenburg since 1991.

A great honor was bestowed the city Aßlar in October 2001. The Euro Europe the city Aßlar awarded the European flag for the city's commitment in the field of communication within Europe.

Culture and Education

Museums

• Museum of local history in Werdorfer Castle
• Visitors Grube Fortuna, underground on the Berghausener district

Structures

On the hill near the Aßlarer marketplace, the Evangelical Church of Asslar can be seen. She is one of the most striking buildings in the city Aßlar.

In Werdorf district Werdorfer the castle can be admired. In the years 1680-1700 the castle was built by Count Solms- gripping stone. It served as a widow, and as the summer residence of the Count's family.

Education

The city has three Aßlar general education schools in their area. The students of the district Werdorf visit after the fourth class in general, the comprehensive school in the near Ehringhausen instead of the Alexander -von- Humboldt - school Aßlar. For this, the Alexander -von- Humboldt - school Aßlar is usually attended by students belonging to the town of Wetzlar Hermann stone.

From the first to the fourth grade:

• Primary school Aßlar
• Primary school Werdorf

From the fifth to the tenth grade:

• Alexander -von- Humboldt - school Aßlar

Religions

Evangelical Church of St.

The Evangelical church Aßlar is by far the largest religious group in Aßlar. Is Asslar, as well as the areas in the vicinity, evangelical coined. The Protestant church holds every Sunday from their worship in the Protestant Church Aßlar.

Free Protestant community

In the districts Bechlingen ( FeG Bechlingen ) and Bermoll ( FeG Old Church Bermoll ) in each home to a Free Evangelical Church. The communities have a diverse community program and offerings for all ages. As a free church include the Free Evangelical communities to Association of Evangelical Free Churches (VEF ) and as guest member of the Council of Christian Churches ( ACK).

Catholic parish of Christ the King

The Catholic parish of Christ the King Aßlar has about 2000 members and covers the towns of central city Aßlar with small old towns, Werdorf, Bergshausen and Bechlingen. The parish is part of the ecclesiastical district of Wetzlar in the diocese of Limburg. In the municipality of diverse groups are involved.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Aßlar is a 480 (AS Wetzlar-Nord/Aßlar ) connected to the A 45. Furthermore Aßlar is easily accessible via the B 277 direction from Wetzlar / Dillenburg.

Aßlar located on the Dill route and has a railway station and a breakpoint in Werdorf district. Near Aßlar located on a spur of the Westerwald an airfield.

Established businesses

Aßlar is headquarters of the unlisted vacuum technology manufacturer Pfeiffer Vacuum with about 2,300 employees worldwide.

Also, by the situation in the greater catchment area of ​​the Rhine -Main region, Asslar is an attractive location. One can think here mainly still PVA TePla as a manufacturer of crystal growing systems, the solar system provider and module manufacturers FiveStarEnergy, BEDEA Berkenhoff and Drebes ( wire products ), the wholesale bakery Moss, Howeld Welding, Buderus grinding technology, Gerth Medien GmbH ( book and music publishing ), Bögl Reitz GmbH (mechanical engineering and plant industry) as well as in the district Bergshausen the rope and net factory Manfred Huck GmbH.

Leisure Activities

The range of leisure activities extends over about 80 clubs with cultural and sporting activities, to barbecues and hiking trails as well as a Hydrotherapy Spa, Laguna Asslar, which is not to be found again in Central Hesse and a town hall, village community centers are in most districts of the city Aßlar to find also.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Rincker Philipp (1795-1868), bell-founder and Member of Parliament