Weimar (Lahn)

Weimar ( Lahn) is a municipality in the south of the district of Marburg -Biedenkopf in Giessen Region of the State of Hesse. The administrative center is Niederweimar.

2.1 Earlier Outline
2.2 greater community Weimar

4.1 Municipal Council
4.2 Mayor
4.3 Coat of Arms
4.4 community partnerships

5.1 Structures
5.2 Sound
5.3 Sport

6.1 Economics
6.2 traffic
6.3 Leisure Facilities
6.4 Media

Geography

Geographical Location

The municipal area extends south from the valley of the Lahn Marburg west to where the tributaries Allna (plus Ohe ) Wenkbach and Walgerbach that flow into the tributary par - Allna.

Geographically, there are the districts in the Marburg Lahn valley sink ( places at or near the Lahn), in Salzbödetal ( headwaters of Wenk and Walgerbach ) in Elnhausen -Michel Bacher Valley ( Weiershausen and Allna on the lower reaches of the Allna system ) and in the Damshäuser crests (hives Brunn on the middle reaches of the Ohe ).

The large municipality covers an area of approximately 47 square kilometers.

Neighboring communities

Weimar is bordered to the north by the town of Marburg, in the east on the community Ebsdorfergrund, in the south on the community Fronhausen, in the southwest on the community Lohra, as well as in the far west on the city Gladenbach (all in the district of Marburg -Biedenkopf ).

Origin and history

The term Weimar should be composed of the old Germanic words wih ( holy, consecrated ) and the Old High German mar ( lake, swamp or bog ).

Allna was first mentioned around 807, making it the earliest known part of the community. In addition Kehna, Oberweimar and Niederweimar apply simply because of their name as the oldest places in the municipality. The foundation of the church of St. Martin in Oberweimar is assumed in vorbonifazianischer time, say by about 600, at the time of proselytizing by iroschottische monks.

In recent years, the gravel pit near Niederweimar were large Neolithic and Early Roman Iron Age settlements found in extensions that were backed up in rescue excavations.

Earlier outline

Before the foundation of the church among the places to jurisdiction that true also took administrative functions. The places Allna, Oberweimar ( with Germershausen ) Weiershausen, Kehna, nettle Brunn, Niederwalgern and Wolfenhausen belonged to the court of appeal mountain. The court facility stimulus mountain was on top of a hill at Oberweimar. Oberweimar was also ecclesiastical center of the wider environment; until the establishment of a separate parish in the twelfth century was also Marburg to the parish of St. Martin's Church in Upper Weimar. The places Argenstein, Wenkbach and Roth were summarized to the court Schenkisch own the noble gift giving to pig mountain. Stedebach was the property of the Teutonic Knights, while Niederweimar was a country Gräfliches own court.

Greater community of Weimar

The community of Weimar was at its inception on February 1, 1971 the towns of Allna, Niederweimar and Oberweimar. On July 1, 1972 came after lengthy negotiations with the places Argenstein, Roth, Weiershausen and Wenkbach the community Weimar. In the course of municipal reform adopted by the parliament of Hesse municipality on July 1, 1974, increased by the places Kehna, nettle Brunn, Niederwalgern, Stedebach and Wolfenhausen.

Statistics

Population: 7021 of them women: 3592 ( 51.2 %)
Of them men: 3429 ( 48.8 %)
Foreigners: 166 (2.4%)
Which the unemployed: 162 (2.3%)
Thereof at the age ... to 18 years ...: 1307 (18.6%)
Between 18 and 60 years ...: 4146 ( 59.1 %)
Over 60 years ...: 1568 ( 22.3 %)

As of 1 January 2008; Source: Oberhessische Press, 23 March 2008

Policy

Municipal council

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

Mayor

Mayor of Weimar ( Lahn) since 2010 Peter 's son in law (independent). Volker Muth ( SPD) was an election period 2004-2010 in office. He followed Karl Krantz (CDU ), who held the position since the founding of the greater community.

In the mayoral election on 4 July 2010, the nonpartisan Peter 's son in law sat with more than 61 % of the votes against by Muth ( SPD). Son in law was supported by the factions of the CDU, the Greens and the civil list Weimar. The Weimar FDP expressed no choice recommendation.

Coat of arms

Description: The coat of arms depicts in red and silver ( white) cleaved plate a rose in reversed colors.

The coat of arms was awarded on March 11, 1971 by the Hessian Minister of the Interior. The coat of arms is also passed as a flag that is / in the colors red white.

Community partnerships

The community of Weimar ( Lahn) has partnerships with the communities in the English Sawtry Huntingdonshire district and community Wutha -Farnroda in Thuringia. In April 2007, a twinning agreement with the Polish community Słupca was signed.

Culture and sights

Structures

Among the monuments and buildings of the municipality include, inter alia, the fortified church in the district Wenkbach and the churches in Niederweimar, Niederwalgern, Allna and Roth. The mill in Argenstein and rural synagogue in Roth are included as well, as well as old half-timbered houses that can be found in some districts.

Music

Various clubs in the districts of the municipality offer a diverse musical offering. Over several choral societies and choirs there are up to a brass choir and the orchestra of the citizens and the cultural association Wenkbach all kinds of music clubs in Weimar ( Lahn).

Sports

Biggest sports clubs in the community are the SG Niederwalgern / Wenkbach, SC Roth / Argenstein and TSV Niederweimar. In football clubs from Niederwalgern and Wenkbach and Roth and Argenstein form a syndicate and take as FSG south circle in the game operating in the central Hessian circle Oberliga part. The TSV Niederweimar has no independent team more since 2009, playing in a lottery syndicate with the club from the district of Marburg Haddamshausen in the county league Marburg. For other sports, there are clubs: Tennis is offered for example in the SG Niederwalgern / Wenkbach as well as the resident Wolfenhausen TV Weimar. Table tennis can be, among other things in Wenkbach in the relevant department of the civic and cultural association play.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

The largest industrial area of the municipality is located at the southern end of the district Wenkbach. There are the corporate YKK and Pauly. Distributed to the districts, there are also mainly small craft.

Traffic

Through the municipal area, the four-lane trunk road runs 3 port there are the exits Gisselberg Niederweimar and Wolfenhausen / Roth. Moreover, the incipient in Marburg Federal Highway 255 through the community and provides transport connections towards Gladenbach and Herborn. In Niederwalgern and Niederweimar are breakpoints at the Main- Weser Railway Kassel -Frankfurt, where keep regional rail and regional express trains (only in Niederwalgern ). Several bus lines connect the districts among themselves and with neighboring communities.

→ See: Station Niederwalgern

Leisure Activities

Some minor recreational facilities such as playgrounds, there is in most districts. Nationally known is the Marine Park in Lower Weimar.

Media

In the town of Weimar (Lahn ) appears as the newspapers Oberhessische Press (OP). The Marburger Neue Zeitung was discontinued in October 2010. Free weekly newspapers Marburg extra Wednesdays and Saturdays win, both published by the Publishing House of the OP and the means Hessian ads newspaper ( MAZ ) on Wednesday and Sunday morning Magazine (SMM ) distributed. By Wittich - publishing the weekly community newsletter is published. Once a month the free information sheet Lahn view appears.

Well-known residents

Walter Schlesinger (1908-1984), historian, lived and died in the district Wolfenhausen
Karl -Heinz Lather (* 1948), General of the Army and the German Armed Forces Chief of Staff at NATO Headquarters Europe, born and raised in the district Kehna
Dirk Wolf (born 1972 ), football player, formerly among others at Eintracht Frankfurt, who grew up in the district Argenstein

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