Heimborn

Heimborn is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. The agriculturally structured residential community Heimborn belongs to the municipality Hachenburg and is a nationally recognized tourist.

Geography

The 220 ​​m high community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and victories, at the confluence of the Big and Small Nister midst of Kroppacher Switzerland. The nearby towns are stone - Wingert in the northwest, and Mörsbach Kundert the northeast and Heuzert and Kroppach in the south or south-west of the village.

Districts are Heimborn, Honest and Lützelau. To Heimborn includes the residential places Auenhof and Luetzel Auermühle.

History

1346 capital Heimborn was first mentioned in a document; Namesake was possibly a spring well, because even in 1455 it was called " under Heymborn ". 1579 had Heimborn three houses and in 1793 their 13th in 1837 should be applied to the Nister an iron and steel mill; just as there was in the early 20th century plans for a dam with dam at Heimborn.

The village Heimborn with the hamlet Ehrlich belonged to the parish Kroppach and by the end of the 18th century the country wonderfully to the county of Sayn- ​​Hachenburg. 1799 was the county on the Erbweg to the princes of Nassau- Weilburg. In connection with the formation of the Confederation of the Rhine was the region and thus Heimborn 1806. At the newly established Duchy of Nassau Under the management of Nassau Heimborn was assigned to the Office Hachenburg. After the annexation of the Duchy of Nassau, the place came in 1866 to the Kingdom of Prussia and was from 1868 to the province of Hesse -Nassau and Oberwesterwald circle. Since 1946 Heimborn is part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

District Ehrlich

Just as Heimborn the tiny hamlet Ehrlich is first mentioned in 1346. The name comes from Erlengebüch ( place where alders grow ). Ehrlich had in 1579 and 1793 three houses.

Yard Lützelau

To the west, 250 m northwest of La Petite Auermühle on the hollow meadow is the former Hofgut Lützelau, a small moated castle with a farmyard. The Lords of Lützelau came already in 1270 before documented. They belong to the circle of relatives of the Lords of Nister. Later, the court Lützelau belonged to the lords of Bickenbach, which von Neuhoff, called Ley, of the Irmtraut that of Heddesdorf and of Holdinghausen. In the 18th century the farm became the property of the firm director of Green Hachenburg, and in 1755 bought him the resident in Hachenburg viscount of Kirchberg, which leased it later.

The inner courtyard was surrounded on all sides by the house pond; a Lustgarten joined towards La Petite Auermühle. The building was sold in 1826 for demolition. In Grassland improvement work at the end of the 19th century, the ruins of buildings was razed to the ground. On display are only a few retaining walls at the Little Nister; Also they found some shards from the 15th century.

Hof Heide Thal and Heidenmühlchen

300 m northwest of Heimborn, at the bridge over the Nister was a 1579 first documentary mentioned court. This often changed hands; he was one of the Irmtraut that of Heddesdorf and of Holdinghausen. He then came up with yard Lützelau Family Green and 1755 to the County of Sayn- ​​Hachenburg. The courtyard house was sold in 1761; the lands they sold in 1782. Nowadays remember the field names " Behind the heath valley " and " heath tail " to the court. In the 18th century onward, the building of the Heidenmühlchens was demolished, which stood near the farm Heidenthal; it was rebuilt in Heimborn. During the construction of the cross-town were removed, the building final; an oak spiral staircase came to the museum Kommern. The Mühlengraben is z.T. still visible; to the mill still remembers the place name " The topmost and bottommost Mühlengraben ".

Luetzel Auermühle

The crash of a Vickers Wellington bomber at Flögert on May 30, 1943, the crew was able to save with the parachute. One of the soldiers ended up injured between Heimborn and Luetzel Auermühle. Sergeant Joseph Sylvester was housed and cared for by the former Mueller August Taxacher in his house.

Demographics

The development of the population of Heimborn, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Parish council

The local council in Heimborn consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman location.

Traffic

South of the town the main road runs 414 leading from Hohenroth after Hachenburg. The nearest motorway junctions are in Siegen, Herborn Wilnsdorf or on the A 45 Dortmund casting, about 25 kilometers away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.

Culture / Sightseeing

In the village there are some half-timbered houses well-preserved and partially renovated. The Luetzel Auer mill was built about 1575 by the of Holdinghausen. 1756 the building was expanded again in 1834 and it has an oil mill built next to it. The mill belonged to the former farm Lützelau. When grinding mill is no longer in operation today; hydropower but is used to generate electricity. At the mill is a white pine (1850, Natural Monument ). Other natural monuments are the thickness oak ( English oak ) 800 m northeast of Heimborn with about 5 m circumference; it should be about 300/400 years old. Another, about 400jahre old oak tree located 400 m northeast of the village on the old track Kroppach home Born- Mörsbach.