Dutenhofen

50.5595788.598958193Koordinaten: 50 ° 33 ' 34 " N, 8 ° 35' 56" E

Location of Dutenhofen in Wetzlar

Dutenhofen is the easternmost district of Wetzlar and has about 3100 inhabitants (2008 ).

  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Public bodies
  • 5.3 Industry and Trade
  • 6.1 Cultural Monuments

Geography

The district is situated on a south- north slope of the Lahn Valley and is one of the Hüttenberger country. Dutenhofen extends above the Lahn on a plateau, which it shares with the neighboring Münchholzhausen. On the eastern outskirts of Welschbach flows.

History

Already 769 ( Dudari ) and 770 ( Duda marca ) is mentioned in Lahngau in deeds of gift to the Lorsch Abbey such a place-name. However, these are not unique to Dutenhofen. As Dodenhoven the place is then clearly mentioned in 1150 in a document of the monastery Schiffenberg.

1333 was the western half of the former county Gleiberg with Dutenhofen to the Counts of Nassau -Weilburg. With the annexation of the Duchy of Nassau by Prussia in 1866 Dutenhofen came to Prussia.

Dutenhofen was a separate municipality until 1976. This was incorporated on 1 January 1977 in the newly formed city of Lahn. After its dissolution Dutenhofen was on 1 August 1979 at a Wetzlar district.

Policy

Town council

In the election for town council on 27 March 2011, the following distribution of seats was:

Mayor

Mayor is Ulrich Loh (SPD). His deputy is Andreas Old Heimer ( CDU).

Sport and Leisure

Dutenhofen is the home of handball club HSG Dutenhofen - Münchholzhausen from which the Bundesliga club HSG Wetzlar emerged.

There are also a number of other sports clubs, which deals in popular sports cover (for example, tennis club TC Dutenhofen and football club SC 07 Münchholzhausen - Dutenhofen ). In Dutenhofen district there is also a lake with camping.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The village can be reached via the motorway at junction 45 Wetzlar -Süd. In place of the L 3285 towards Lahnau- Dorlar Coming leads to the L 3451 ( Wetzlar - casting ). In addition, the K 355 branches off to Münchholzhausen. The plan is further its own connection point on the four-lane federal highway 49, which passes north of Dutenhofen.

Immediately north of the site the Lahn Valley Railway runs The district has with the station Dutenhofen (Kr Wetzlar ) its own train station, to the keep the regional trains from the direction of Dillenburg every hour. Dutenhofen is served by the city bus line 11 towards casting in the Wetzlar city bus network.

Public institutions

In the resort there are a volunteer fire department, a primary school, two nurseries, a district office, a community center and a sports hall.

Dutenhofen has both a Protestant, as well as a Catholic church.

Industry and Trade

To the east of the district is an industrial area with a large retail, also in the center of the optical device manufacturer Oculus Optical devices is established.

In Dutenhofen there are offices of the Volksbank and Sparkasse Mittelhessen Wetzlar. In addition, a post office there.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

  • List of cultural monuments in Dutenhofen
Dutenhofen station
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