Geilnau
Geilnau is a municipality in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Diez.
Geography
Geilnau lies east of the river Lahn " Cramberger sheet " about 9 km southwest of Limburg an der Lahn and about 12 km southeast of Montabaur.
History
The first mention Geilnaus was in 1284th The original name Geilenowe derives from horny = fertile, lush and owe = Au from. Thus, the name means " fertile Au ". In 1544 the chapel was first mentioned in Geilnau. The place belonged to the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation to empire county Holzappel. The place belonged from 1806 to the Duchy of Nassau, which was annexed in 1866 by Prussia. Around 1885 belonged to Geilnau Circuit Lahn in the Prussian government district of Wiesbaden and had 297 inhabitants. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate.
The first elementary school was Geilnau 1828th This was dissolved in 1969, since then a part Geilnau to the catchment area of the " Esterauschule " in Holzappel.
1790 a in the Thirty Years' War spilled from the mineral source population has been recast. The so-called " Horny Auer sour water " was sold 1790-1894 in large quantities. His greatest importance was the "Wicked Auer mineral spring " in the 1830s, the quantity sold decreased thereafter, in 1894, the sale was set. The " Horny Auer sour water " occurred with a temperature of 10.5 ° C from under the bed lying Lahn sources from the slate out. It had a carbon dioxide content of 2.6751 g / L, a sodium carbonate content of 1.0178 g / l, an iron (II) carbonate of 0.0011 g / l and a sodium chloride content of 0.0347 g / l The " Horny Auer sour water " was counted as one class of so-called " ferrous acidulous ".
Between 1900 and 1937, and again from 1980 columnar basalt has been mined in the area of local church Geilnau. In the first half of the 20th century up to 230 workers were employed in basalt mining temporarily.
The development of the population of Geilnau, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Religion
On the Protestant side of the place since about 1700 the parish Langenscheid - Hirschberg in the Dean's Office of the Provost Diez South Nassau in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau ( EKHN ) is associated, the place previously belonged to the Evangelical Church in Holzappel.
On the Catholic side Geilnau the Roman Catholic parish of St. Boniface is assigned in Holzappel and heard her to the pastoral space Diez, which in turn the district Limburg is incorporated in the diocese of Limburg.
Located in the village is the Mönchskite St. Spiridon of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Parish council
The local council in Geilnau consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Culture and sights
- Bike path in the Lahn Valley Cycle Route: he leads by Lauren Castle Hausen along the Lahn by the local church Geilnau.
- Waldeck cal hunting lodge
See also: List of cultural monuments in Geilnau
Traffic
Geilnau is located on the county road 25, which runs from east to west and flows east from Birlenbach Geilnau in the provincial road 318 and in Holzappel west of Geilnau in the B 417.
The nearest railway stations are the ICE stations Montabaur and Limburg Süd.