Birlenbach
Birlenbach is a municipality in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Diez.
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Geography
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are Baldwin stone, Diez, Altendiez, Schaumburg, Schönborn
Community structure
Birlenbach consists of the districts Birlenbach and Fachingen that belong together since the Middle Ages.
History
The first mention of localities Birlenbach and Fachingen 1255 as Berlenbach and Vachungen.
Already from the Hallstatt period around 800-500 BC, the late Iron Age, there are graves near Brown stone and iron ore deposits, suggesting an ore mining at that time.
From 1806 the town was part of the duchy of Nassau, which was annexed in 1866 by Prussia. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate.
1826 Before the children of Birlenbach had to attend school in Freiendiez. A school in Birlenbach was inaugurated on December 15, 1826, the school building was canceled in 1980 due to the poor structural condition. At the same place then the community center was created Freiherr- vom-Stein -Haus.
The traffic control connection was through the navigability of the river Lahn to casting and the construction of the Lahn Valley Railway with the completion in 1863.
Until the Second World War ore was mined in the 1856 abandoned quarries; the main tunnel loomed up to 1500 m in the mountain. In 1973, the limestone quarries were closed. The limestone quarries were asked in 1980 under nature protection.
Religion
Birlenbach is the Roman Catholic parish assigned to Sacred Heart in Diez and heard her to the pastoral space Diez, which in turn the district Limburg is incorporated in the diocese of Limburg.
On the Protestant side of the location of the collegiate church Diez Diez in the dean's office of the provost South Nassau in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau ( EKHN ) is a member.
Parish council
The local council in Birlenbach consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Allocation of seats in the local council:
Economy and infrastructure
The medicinal water source State Fachingen with 26 % market share (2004) the most important in Germany.
Education
In the community Birlenbach is a primary school that was built in 1955, and a kindergarten. The catchment area primary school in Birlenbach are the communities Birlenbach, Steinberg and Wasenbach.