Pohl, Germany
Pohl is a rural community in structured Taunus Nature Park Nassau. It is located in the area of medieval institutions - nome and is now part of Rhineland-Palatinate, Rhein-Lahn -Kreis. The local church is part of the municipality of Nassau
- 2.1 Religion
- 2.2 Population development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 traffic
- 4.2 cycle paths
Geography
Geographical Location
Pohl is in the northwest of the Taunus (western Hintertaunus ), around 10 kilometers south of the Lahn. On a ridge between the Mühlbachtal in the west and Dörsbachtal and Hasenbachtal in the east, the town is located at an altitude of 330 m above sea level.
Land use
The area of the district is 423 ha in 1997 accounted for 45.3% of them the forest ( of which about 91 acres are as Waldenklave the so-called " Pohler mountain" near the village of Roth), 44.7 % on agricultural land, 5.9% attributable to traffic area, 2.1 % in buildings and open space and 0.5 % on water surfaces ( Dörsbach, Hasenbach, summer Stream and house Erbach with tributaries and impoundments ).
History
The area around Pohl was inhabited in pre-Christian times by the Celts, of which the mounds testify. Later, the Romans settled in the area and left with the remains of the Limes in Pohler forest clear traces.
- During the Roman past of the place also see the separate article fortlet Pohl.
At a donation to the monastery of Arnstein in 1247, the town was first mentioned.
From 1873 to 1970 the Pohler was elementary school.
Religion
While the villages of the area were all Protestant since the Reformation, the population Pohl was mixed for centuries. About two thirds of the population was Catholic, one-third Protestant. Today, both faith communities hold the balance.
The Catholic parish of " Assumption ", which is managed jointly with the parishes of Katzenelenbogen and customs house of a priest, has the parish church from 1875., The small medieval Church of Niedertiefenbach is used by the protestant church.
Population Development
With 343 inhabitants ( 31 December 2006) Pohl is now twice as large as two hundred years ago.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Pohl 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.
Coat of arms
Blazon: " Azure, right a golden Limesturm, cover the two out of three as a division left diagonally rising silver palisades. The two left stockade occupied by a red lion's head. "
The town crest is linked to the Roman period. It is represented by a tower, and as he stood in several places in the district as well as Pohler by three limes palisades. The coat of arms is complemented by a lion's head. More than 600 years belonged Pohl to stately homes, carrying the lion in the coat of arms - starting with Count Henry II of Nassau, the Pohl owes the documentary was first mentioned, on the counts of Katzenelenbogen and of Hesse through to the Duchy of Nassau.
The coat of arms was designed by Albert Perabo and approved on 4 September 1992 by the county.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Federal highway 260, connecting the Koblenz and the Lahn Valley Wiesbaden and the Rhine -Main area, is Pohl's main thoroughfare. This street is in the field of Pohl part Bäderstraße and the German Limes Road.
Cycle paths
By Pohl leads the German Limes Cycle Route. This follows the Upper Germanic - Rhaetian Limes 818 km from Bad Hönningen am Rhein to Regensburg on the Danube.