Gladenbach
Gladenbach | |
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Location of Gladenbach within Marburg-Biedenkopf district | |
Stadtteile | |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–26) | Peter Kremer[1] (Ind.) |
Area | |
• Total | 72.28 km2 (27.91 sq mi) |
Elevation | 262 m (860 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 12,513 |
• Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 35075 |
Dialling codes | 06462 |
Vehicle registration | MR |
Website | www.gladenbach.de |
Gladenbach [German pronunciation: [ˈɡlaːdn̩ˌbax] ⓘ] is a town in Hesse, Germany, in the west of Marburg-Biedenkopf district.
Geography
Location
The town of Gladenbach lies on the eastern edge of the
Within the bounds of the community's southern centres of Weidenhausen, Erdhausen, Gladenbach and Mornshausen runs the river Salzböde, which rises in Bad Endbach and flows through the municipal area, then running farther eastwards through the communities of Lohra, Fronhausen and Lollar, where it empties into the Lahn at Odenhausen. Farther north in Gladenbach, mostly west–east through the centres of Runzhausen, Bellnhausen, Sinkershausen, Frohnhausen and Friebertshausen runs another river, the Allna, which flows onwards to Weimar, likewise emptying into the Lahn. The two waterways are separated from each other by high ridges which even make for a local drainage divide where smaller streams are concerned. Nonetheless, the town of Gladenbach as a whole is commonly said to lie in the Salzböde valley.
An important east–west traffic thoroughfare in Gladenbach is the Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) 255 crossing the municipal area from
The Aar-Salzböde-Bahn, a single-track
Neighbouring communities
In the north, Gladenbach borders on the community of Dautphetal, in the northeast on the town of Marburg, in the east on the community of Weimar, in the southeast on the community of Lohra (all in Marburg-Biedenkopf), in the southwest on the community of Bischoffen (Lahn-Dill-Kreis), and in the west on the community of Bad Endbach (Marburg-Biedenkopf).
Town divisions
Gladenbach's municipal area is divided into 15 constituent communities (Stadtteile).
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History
Amalgamations
- 1972 Runzhausen
- 1974 through municipal reform:
- from the former Biedenkopf district:
- Bellnhausen
- Diedenshausen
- Erdhausen
- Friebertshausen
- Frohnhausen
- Kehlnbach
- Mornshausen
- Rachelshausen
- Römershausen
- Rüchenbach
- Sinkershausen
- Weidenhausen
- from the former Marburg a.d.Lahn district:
- Weitershausen
- from the former Biedenkopf district:
The postal robbery in the Subach
Within Gladenbach's current municipal area, between Mornshausen and Erdhausen, the so-called Postraub in der Subach took place in 1822. A gang of poor farmers and poachers robbed a money-bearing mail coach running between Gladenbach and Gießen in a narrow pass above a small brook called the Subach, making off with the then unheard-of sum of more than 10,000 Gulden. These details and others are contained in a contemporary police report, which also laid the groundwork for the German made-for-TV film The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971) by Volker Schlöndorff.
Politics
Town council
As of municipal elections held on 6 March 2016, town council seats are apportioned thus:
CDU |
12 seats |
SPD | 13 seats |
FW (Free voters) | 9 seats |
Young List/The Greens | 3 seats |
Coat of arms
The town's coat of arms might be described thus: Party per fess, above in azure the Hessian lion rampant striped in argent and gules armed Or crowned Or langued gules, below in vert a saltire Or.
The lion is an emblem of the town's early affiliation with Hesse, and the saltire (X-shaped cross) stands for the influence wielded before this time by the Lords of Merenberg.
Town partnerships
- Monteux, France (1987)
- Bad Tabarz, Thuringia (1991)
- Niemcza, Poland (1998)
- Londerzeel, Belgium (2010)
Demonstrations
In 2004, there were four marches, declared legal but guarded by great police presence, by
Culture and sightseeing
Regular events
- Gladenbacher Kirschenmarkt (Cherry Market) (first weekend in July)
- Gladenbacher Brunnenmarkt (Wellmarket) (third Sunday in October)
Notable residents
Sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Christoph Stockhausen (1725-1784), pedagogue and a Lutheran theologian
- Adrian Diel (1756-1833), physician and significant pomo
- Georg Ludwig Hartig (1764–1837), forestry scientist.[3]
- Ludwig Hüffell (1784–1856), Prelate of the Baden State Church
- Ferdinand Werner (1876–1961), State President and Minister-president of the People's State of Hesse
- Ludwig Runzheimer (1912–1946), German Nazi Gestapo officer executed for war crimes
Other people connected with the town
- William III, Landgrave of Hesse, (1471-1500), called the Younger, Landgraf of Hesse, was born on 8 September 1471 on Castle Blankenstein
- Volker Schlöndorff, (born 1939), filmmaker, see History
References
- Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
- Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 34. .
External links
- Media related to Gladenbach at Wikimedia Commons
- Mortal Illusions official homepage
- Town's official homepage
- History
- Runzhausen
- Weidenhausen
- Erdhausen