Bad Marienberg

Bad Marienberg (Westerwald ) ( dialect: Marmerich ) is a town in the Westerwald district in Rhineland -Palatinate, at the same time the administrative seat of the homonymous municipality, which it also belongs.

Bad Marienberg is a nationally recognized health resort and is classified as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

  • 2.1 Middle Ages
  • 2.2 Modern Times
  • 3.1 City Council
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Town twinning
  • 4.1 Cultural Monuments
  • 4.2 Natural Monuments
  • 4.3 parks
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 6.1 schools
  • 6.2 House of Europe
  • 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical location

The city lies in the Westerwald between Limburg in the south and victories in the north, and between Hachenburg in Western and Herborn in an easterly direction. The Nister, which belongs to the catchment area of ​​the victory, flows in an east-west direction through the city.

Neighboring towns

Neighbouring local churches are Nisterau in the east, Stockhausen illfurth the southeast, Hahn bei Marienberg and Hardt in the south, the west and Unnau Lautzenbrücken in the north.

Boroughs

Too Bad Marienberg include not only the main town of the districts Eichenstruth, Langenbach with the living space starch mill and Zinhain.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 1169 mm. Rainfall is very high. They are in the top tenth of the values ​​recorded in Germany. At 92% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is February, the most rainfall comes in December. In December, falling 1.5 times more rainfall than in February. Precipitation varies greatly. At 72% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

Middle Ages

Is first written mention of a settlement in the year 1048. Possibly derived from this source also the name from the Westerwald, because the area is around Bad Marienberg due west of Herborn. In 1258, Marienberg is then called Mons sanctae Mariae. In the 18th century, the previously separate upper Marienberg, a still well recognizable annular settlement around the parish church grew around, and sub ​​Marienberg together.

Marienberg was part of the of the three " courts " ( administrative districts ) Marienberg, Emmerichenhain and Neukirch existing rule of the Westerwald, who won in 1255, Count Otto I of Nassau in the so-called Ottonian- walramischen inheritance. After a further division in 1303, the area came to Otto's son Henry I (III ), and was now part of Nassau- Dillenburg. From 1343 to 1561 the state changed in the Westerwald to the branch line of Nassau- Dillenburg - Beilstein. After the extinction of Count Johann VI occurred. ( the Elder) of Nassau- Dillenburg the heritage. Thus were the Ottonian family seat, that is, the German possessions, reunited for the first time - even if only for a short time.

Modern Times

After further due to successions area changes within the Nassau dynasty Marienberg came as part of the rule Beilstein under the Government Prince William IV of Nassau ( Dietz ) - Orange. This was 1742/43 once again managed to unite all Ottonian countries within the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Within the now managed by Dillenburg from German possessions of Orange Marienberg was assumed at least since 1783 the rule or the Office Beilstein. The parish was one of Marienberg in 1580 approximately 450 souls, and included the villages of Bach, Bölsberg, Eichenstruth, missing, Großseifen, illfurth, Langenbach, Marienberg, Courtyard, Poole, Ritzhausen, Stockhausen, Unnau and Zinhain. The two counties of Sayn- ​​Hachenburg and County of Sayn- ​​AltenkirchenSayn - old churches were only a few kilometers to the northwest.

With the reign of Beilstein place in 1806 became part of the Napoleonic Grand Duchy of Berg, where it was in 1808 assigned to the district Dillenburg within the department victory. 1815 Marienberg went to the Duchy of Nassau. The 1816 newly organized Office Marienberg comprised 43 villages and 20 farms and mills in 40 Gemeindbezirken with a total of 1805 families and 7085 people. At the same time, the Office Marienberg was under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Court of Dillenburg. In the course of a short-lived administrative reform Marienberg in 1849 the newly established district office Hachenburg incorporated before 1854, the old state is restored.

1866 was the Duchy of Nassau to Prussia and was a district Wiesbaden part of the province of Hesse -Nassau. With the establishment of counties on the Prussian model Marienberg in 1867 the seat of the Oberwesterwald circle with the offices Hachenburg, Marienberg and Rennerod. The latter was 1885/86 at a local government reform in the newly created district of Westerburg ( the addition of Unterwesterwald circle, the Board received Wallmerod as well as some villages of the Office seltzer ).

Although Marienberg in 1890 numbered only 707 ( mostly Protestant ) population and officially was still considered a village, it already had a considerable infrastructure: The place housed a district office, a district court ( Landgericht Limburg an der Lahn ), a tax and land registry office, a post and telegraph office, a loan association and an agency of Nassau Landesbank. In addition, were in place as well as a tannery in the area several brown coal, iron stone and clay pits.

With the merger of the circle Westerburg with the old Oberwesterwald circle to a new Oberwesterwald circle 1932 Marienberg lost its function as the administrative headquarters of Westerburg. Provided since April 1, 1939 with the city right Marienberg was after the Second World War the French occupation zone and was part of the "Upper Bureau " Rheinland - Hessen- Nassau.

Since 1946, the city is part of Rhineland- Palatinate. On August 10, 1967, the city was given the title "Bad" awarded after they had already received in 1961 the title of the Kneipp resort.

On 7 June 1969, the formerly independent communities Eichenstruth (185 inhabitants), incorporated Langenbach bei Marienberg (804 inhabitants) and Zinhain (423 inhabitants) to Bad Marienberg (Westerwald ).

Policy

City ​​council

The city council in Bad Marienberg (Westerwald ) consists of 22 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman city.

Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:

Mayor

City mayor since 2004 Ernst Dankwart Neufurth (SPD).

Twinning

The city maintains partnerships with the county town of Marienberg in the Ore Mountains, and with Pagny -sur -Moselle in France.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

→ see also list of cultural monuments in Bad Marienberg (Westerwald )

In Bad Marienberg, there are some buildings placed under protection cultural monuments.

  • The Protestant parish church, a transverse rectangular hall building from the year 1819; the previous church, attested in documents from the 13th century, burnt down in 1813 after a lightning strike in full ( Church Street ).
  • The Catholic parish church of St. Mary the Assumption, a hall building with a tower stem from 1931; Architect Dominic Böhm ( Nassau Street ).
  • The District Office, the mansard roof storey villa dating back to 1909 was the residence and office building of the chief administrative officer of the Oberwesterwald circle ( European route ).
  • The Town Hall, a timber-framed building from 1788, which was previously used as a parsonage ( William Street ).
  • The (second) ex-Evangelical parsonage, a stucco building from 1861 ( William Street ).
  • The reception hall of the station Marienberg, a Walmdachbau with ashlar masonry of 1906; today a youth facility in the city ( station road).
  • A single arch stone bridge over the Nister, which is assigned to the 19th century (Lange Straße ).
  • A three-arched railway bridge from 1907 (south of the local situation ).
  • Two half-timbered houses from the 17th century ( Bismarck Street and Ring Road ).
  • This former school from 1912 (School Street ).
  • Several half-timbered Quereinhäuser.
  • This former school from 1899 ( Bismarck Street ).

Natural Monuments

In the urban forest, the " Small Wolfenstein " and the "Great Wolfenstein " are.

Parks

In the city of Bad Marienberg, a spa is a Kneipp facilities and a bandshell where summer concerts are held regularly. This is followed by a new section of the park connects with a herb garden and a barefoot trail.

Between Bad Marienberg and the district Zinhain is the basalt park, a disused basalt quarry is equipped with hiking trails, information boards on the geology and a museum open to the public. In the immediate vicinity of the basalt park is the wildlife park Bad Marienberg. Close to the Wild Park, a climbing forest is located on an area of ​​about 10,000 m².

Between Bad Marienberg and Nisterau -Bach is the nature reserve Bacher Lay.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

  • In the immediate vicinity of the site the B 414, which runs from Driedorf- Hohenroth to Altenkirchen runs. The nearest motorway junction is located in Haiger -Burbach on the A45 Dortmund- casting, about 22 kilometers away.
  • Bad Marienberg is located near the Oberwesterwald train to Limburg and Au (Sieg). From there, the cities of Cologne, Koblenz, Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden are directly accessible. The trains serve the station Nistertal - Bad Marienberg in the neighboring Nistertal. Close to the village there was the ( one kilometer southwest of the city center ) station Marienberg- Langenbach to that of 1911-1971 powered passenger railway line Erbach missing- Ritzhausen.
  • From Bad Marienberg also exist a variety of driving opportunities with the public buses are the Rhine- Moselle Transport Company, including after Daaden, Westerburg and Montabaur, there is also the next ICE stop ( high speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main ). Therefore is at the school centers a bit off the city center, a large bus station with about 15 bus platforms, just off the pedestrian zone, a further, smaller bus station with two bus platforms.
  • The nearest commercial airport is the Siegerlandflughafen about 12 km towards A45

Education

Train

In the school the center of Bad Marienberg are the schools in the city:

  • Wolfenstein school (elementary school)
  • Realschule plus in an integrated manner: " Marie Curie Realschule " and " Wilhelm von Nassau- school"
  • Michael-Ende - school ( special school with a funding priority learning)
  • Lutheran High School

Europe House

In Bad Marienberg is the parent company of now 128 Houses of Europe, Europa-Haus Marienberg. It is supported by a foundation and serves as an educational and meeting place.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Oliver Bimber (born 1973 ), computer scientist and university teacher
  • Katja Burkard (* 1965), moderator ( comes from Hoehn - Neuhochstein )
  • Jörg Geibert (* 1963), Thuringian Minister of the Interior
  • Frank Göbler (* 1957), German Slavist
  • Ulla Hero Daab (* 1962), Judge at the Federal Administrative Court
  • Gerhard Roth ( born 1933 ), former Member of Parliament (SPD )
  • Anette Rückes ( b. 1951 ), athlete

Others

  • Transmitter Bad Marienberg: In the vicinity of Bad Marienberg operates Media & Broadcast GmbH (M & B) a transmitter for FM and TV, which are used as antenna supports a 180 meter high guyed steel tube mast. The Southwest Broadcasting (SWR ) sends from there all four radio programs. On 26 August 2008 the transmission of analogue television programs was switched off and switched to DVB -T.
  • The German Weather Service operates a weather station in the immediate vicinity of the transmitter.
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