Eschenburg

Eschenburg is a municipality in the Lahn- Dill-Kreis in Hesse.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 3.1 Municipal Council
  • 3.2 Local Partnerships
  • 4.1 Museums
  • 4.2 Attractions
  • 4.3 gymnastics, sports and leisure facilities
  • 6.1 Established businesses
  • 6.2 Public bodies
  • 6.3 Education

Geography

Geographical Location

The individual districts Eschenburg be due to the Dietzhölze and in its side valleys to the west to the foothills of the Rothaargebirge or natural area - as well as the Dietzhölzetal - to Dilltal counted Struth initiated and east to the Gladenbacher Bergland. Only the district Hirzenhain is located at about 530 m altitude already on the plateau of Bottenhorner plateaus of Gladenbacher mountain country.

The lowest point of the municipality lies at 275 m in the Dietzhölzaue, the highest with 609 m forms the Angelburg.

Eschenburg is located in the north of the Lahn- Dill-Kreis, about 10 km northeast of Dillenburg.

Neighboring communities

Eschenburg is bordered to the north by the municipalities Dietzhölztal (Lahn -Dill -Kreis) and Breidenbach, on the east by the municipalities Steffensberg and Angelburg (all three in Marburg- Biedenkopf ), in the south on the community Siegbach, on the southwest by the city Dillenburg and on the west by the city Haiger (all in the Lahn -Dill -Kreis).

Structure

To Eschenburg include the districts Eibelshausen, which is also the administrative seat, Eiershausen, Roth, Simmersbach, knowledge Bach, Hirzenhain place and Hirzenhain station.

Around 2,000 hectares, representing 43.8 % of the municipality is forested, of which 985 ha community forest, the rest is state forest.

History

The settlement of the community can be detected due to findings in Celtic times. The first written references date back to the 13th century. Early on, was dug in several places for ores such as silver, nickel, copper and iron as well as slate and Diabasstein. This has the consequence that processing plants emerged as metallurgical and iron works. Only recently were uncovered during archaeological excavations, the foundations of a medieval Waldschmiede in the district of knowledge stream that is Geotop as part of the National Goeoparks Westerwald- Lahn- Taunus.

In the district Hirzenhain the teacher Emil Schäfer founded in 1923, a gliding club and put on an airfield. First experiments with homemade flying machines failed. Already in 1928 succeeded the aviation pioneer Max cone a flight of conduct over an hour duration. 1932, the first public flight competition was held. Flight operations had to be discontinued in 1945, but in 1951 he was admitted again with the first German glider meeting. In 1962, the airfield Hirzenhain was moved to its present location.

Incorporations

The foundation of the church took place on October 1, 1971 through the voluntary merger of the former municipalities Eibelshausen, Eiershausen and knowledge Bach.

The 589 -meter-high mountain Eschenburg, seven kilometers north-east of Dillenburg, gave the new community name.

On 1 July 1974, then Hirzenhain and Simmersbach and Roth joined the former county Biedenkopf.

Eibelshausen is the largest town in the municipality. It exerts the midpoint function in middle Dietzhölztal, is the administrative center and school location of elementary and secondary school with gymnasialem branch for ten villages of the municipalities Eschenburg and Dietzhölztal.

Population Development

Since 1961, the population numbers were as follows (main and secondary residences, in the years 1961 and 1970, only primary residences ):

Policy

Municipal council

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

Local partnerships

Since 1990, a partnership with the municipality of Old Field in Thuringia.

Culture, Recreation and Attractions

Museums

The local museum in Eibelshausen and culture Eschenburg - Dietzhölztal offer exhibitions and a cultural program.

Attractions

Over 750 years old is the village Hirzenhain. There is the second oldest glider club in the world.

In the district of the district Simmersbach the Philip Beech commemorates the return of the Landgrave Philip of Hesse from five years of Spanish- Dutch captivity on September 10, 1552.

Gymnastics, sports and leisure facilities

In Eschenburg there are many sports clubs, where you can run almost all disciplines, from football, handball about athletics to gymnastics, aerobics, tennis, etc.

Picnic areas and recreational facilities are available in the districts. Forest trails, hiking trails, bird protection and landscape protection areas are ideal for hiking.

Personalities

  • From the hamlet of knowledge Bach, violinist, violist, concert director and founder of a religion radikalpietistische knowledge Bach February 10, 1716, died not from (Johann) Daniel Müller aka Elias / Elias Artista, born before 1786 ( in Riga? ).
  • In Hirzenhain the Nazi Party politician Hans Lommel (1875-1937) was born.
  • In the Know Bach NSDAP politician Richard Manderbach (1889-1962) was born.
  • Erich Klingelhöfer (1919-1985), German historian, classical scholar and headmaster, was born in Eibelshausen
  • Klaus Holighaus (1940-1994), German glider designer and pilot, born in Eibelshausen
  • Roderich field (born 21 December 1946 in Offdilln; † 10 May 1996 Eiershausen ), German writer and PEN member
  • In Eibelshausen the judge was born on 1949 Federal Labour Court Wolfgang Linsenmaier.
  • In the Christian Eschenburg songwriter Hella Heizmann worked (* 1951). She died on July 12, 2009.
  • Harry Voss (born 1969 in Eibelshausen ), German author
  • The financial consultant and author Stefanie Kühn (born 1973 ) grew up in Hirzenhain.
  • From Hirzenhain the Junior World Champion 2010 at the Skeleton, Tina Herman originates (* 1992).

Economy and infrastructure

Established businesses

The largest companies are based in Eschenburg:

  • Bosch Thermo Technology GmbH, Werk Eibelshausen
  • Rittal RGS large cabinets GmbH, Wissen Bach
  • Chain Bach Medical Dental GmbH, Eibelshausen
  • Giebeler plastics technology, knowledge Bach
  • IVG industrial packaging, knowledge Bach
  • Fritz WAY GmbH Technical wholesale, knowledge Bach
  • Reich GmbH fittings, knowledge Bach

Public institutions

  • Volunteer fire departments in each district
  • Indoor pool " leisure pool panoramic view "
  • Youth Centre in Eibelshausen
  • Rescue station ( rescue service Eschenburg GmbH)
  • Protestant or free daycare centers in each district
  • Catholic daycare in Eibelshausen
  • Gemeindebücherei
  • Town houses in each district
  • Multi-purpose hall in knowledge Bach

Education

  • Primary schools in Eibelshausen, knowledge Bach, Hirzenhain, Simmersbach and Eiershausen
  • Holderberg (Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium) in Eibelshausen
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