- Weimar (Lahn)
Infobox German Location
Wappen = Weimar (Lahn).jpg
Name=Weimar
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 45
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 42
Lageplan = Marburg Biedenkopf Weimar.png
Bundesland = Hesse
Regierungsbezirk = Gießen
Landkreis = Marburg-Biedenkopf
Höhe = 195-250
Fläche = 47.05
Einwohner = 7553
Stand = 2005-06-30
PLZ = 35096
Vorwahl = 06421, 06426
Kfz = MR
Website = [http://www.weimar-lahn.de/ www.weimar-lahn.de]
Bürgermeister = Volker Muth
Partei = SPDWeimar is a community in the south of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Gießen administrative region,
Hesse ,Germany . The community's administrative seat is the centre of Niederweimar.Geography
The municipal area stretches south from
Marburg in theLahn valley and west with the Allna valley on into the Gladenbach Highland and comprises an area of about 47 km². Other than Marburg, the community also borders onEbsdorfergrund to the east, onFronhausen to the south, onLohra to the southwest, and in the far west on the town ofGladenbach .History
The name "Weimar" is believed to come from the Old Germanic word " _go. wih" (holy, sanctified) and the Old High German word " _go. mar" (lake, swamp or moor) put together.
Allna had its first documentary mention as early as 807 and is thereby the earliest named centre in the community. Alongside this, however, Kehna, Oberweimar and Niederweimar, simply from their names, are said to be the oldest centres in the municipal area. The founding of the "Martinskirche" (church) in Oberweimar is assumed to have happened beforeSaint Boniface 's time, namely about 600, in the time when Irish-Scottishmonk s were undertakingmissionary work in the area.Over the last few years, as the
gravel quarry at Niederweimar has been expanded, greatNeolithic settlements have been found, which have since been kept in protective pits.Earlier divisions
Before the current community was founded, the places within it belonged to court regions ("Gerichtsbezirke") which also had administrative functions. Allna, Oberweimar, Weiershausen, Kehna, Nesselbrunn, Niederwalgern and Wolfshausen belonged to the "Gericht Reizberg". The Reizberg court itself was built on a mountain lying near Oberweimar. Argenstein, Wenkbach and Roth were grouped into the "Gericht Schenkisch Eigen" of the "Schenken" (≈stewards) of Schweinsberg. Stedebach was under the
Teutonic Knights ' ownership while Niederweimar was alandgrave 's personal court region ("Eigengericht").Greater Weimar community
At its founding on
1 January 1971 , the community of Weimar consisted of Allna (half-timbered church), Niederweimar (Weimar Lake) and Oberweimar (Evangelical church). On1 July 1972 , after much drawn-out procedural business, Roth (renovatedsynagogue ), Weiershausen and Wenkbach (Evangelical "Wehrkirche" – a church built to look like a fort – and Catholic church) joined the community. As a result of Hesse's municipal reforms on1 July 1974 , the community was enlarged by having Argenstein (mill), Kehna (court ensemble), Nesselbrunn, Niederwalgern ("Wehrkirche"), Stedebach and Wolfshausen added to it.Politics
Municipal council
Mayor
Since 2004, Weimar's mayor has been Volker Muth (SPD). He beat Karl Krantz (CDU) who had held the office since the greater community was founded.
Coat of arms
The community's
coat of arms might be described thus: Party per pale in gules and argent, within, a rose in argent and gules . The arms were bestowed on Weimar twice, on25 January 1971 and again on2 July 1975 . The rose was chosen to stand for the community's flourishing. [http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/w/weimarl.htm]Community partnerships
*Flagicon|United Kingdom
Sawtry ,United Kingdom
*Flagicon|Germany Wutha-Farnroda,Thuringia Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
Among other buildings in the community worth seeing are the "fortress church" in Wenkbach and churches in Niederweimar, Niederwalgern, Allna and Roth. The
watermill in Argenstein and thesynagogue in Roth are also worth a visit, as are the half-timbered houses to be found in some centres.Music
Various clubs in the constituent communities offer a range of different kinds of music. As well as several singing clubs and
choir s, there are all kinds of music clubs in Weimar, even atrombone choir and the Wenkbach civic and cultural club'sorchestra .Sport
The community's biggest sport clubs are the SG Niederwalgern/Wenkbach, the SC Roth/Argenstein and the TSV Niederweimar. In football, the clubs from Niederwalgern, Wenkbach, Roth and Argenstein form an association and compete as "
FSG Südkreis ". The TSV ("Turn- und Sportverein", that is, gymnastic and sport club) Niederweimar has its own team. Other sports have clubs, too:tennis is offered, for example, at SG Niederwalgern/Wenkbach as well as at TV Weimar in Wolfshausen.Table tennis can be played in, among other places, in Wenkbach in the department specially set up for it at the civic and cultural club.Economy and infrastructure
Economy
The community's biggest industrial park is found in the southern end of Wenkbach. The firms
YKK und Pauly are located there. Scattered throughout the other centres are further businesses, mostly small and in handicrafts.Transport
Through the community run two Federal Highways, Bundesstraße 3 from Marburg to
Gießen , which has still not been built into a four-lane highway, and Bundesstraße 255 going towardsGladenbach andHerborn . In Niederwalgern and Niederweimar are found stops on the Main-Weserrailway betweenKassel andFrankfurt am Main at which stop regional and regional express trains (the latter only in Niederwalgern). Variousbus lines join the community's several centres together and to neighbouring communities.Leisure
Smaller facilities such as playgrounds can be found in most of the constituent communities, but the only facility well known outside the region is the "Seepark" ("lake park"), offering a lake with swimming and a recreational area.
Famous inhabitants
*
Walter Schlesinger (1908-1984) - famoushistorian , lived and died in Wolfshausen
*Dirk Wolf (1972- ) - footballer, formerly with, among others,Eintracht Frankfurt , grew up in ArgensteinReferences
External links
* [http://www.weimar-lahn.de/ Community's official website]
* [http://www.wenkbach.net/ Information about Wenkbach]
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