Beselich

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Beselich


Country	Germany
State	Hessen
Administrative region	Gießen
District	Limburg-Weilburg
Population	5,743 (2004)
Area	31.53 km²
Population density	182 /km²
Elevation	190 m
Coordinates	50°28′ N 8°9′ E
Postal code	65614
Area code	06484
Licence plate code	LM
Mayor	Martin Rudersdorf
Website	www.beselich.de

Beselich is a municipal in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Faiths
3 Economy and Infrastructure
- 3.1 Transport
4 Personalities
- 4.1 Sons and Daughters of the municipality

[edit] Geography

[edit] Geographic location

Beselich is situated at the south leaning of the Westerwald and close to the Lahn valley.

[edit] Neighbouring municipalities

The municipal borders in the north with Merenberg, in the east with Weilburg, in the south with Runkel and the district town Limburg an in the west with Hadamar.

[edit] Structure of the municipality

Beselich consists of the districts Schupbach, Heckholzhausen, Obertiefenbach (domicile of the municipal administration) and Niedertiefenbach.

[edit] History

Beselich was founded during the Hessian area reformation in the 1970s. The autonomous municipalities Heckholzhausen, Niedertiefenbach, Obertiefenbach and Schupbach were joined. The name is based on a lea's name in the centre of the new municipality.

[edit] Faiths

There are two catholic churches in the municipality. These are St. Aegidius Obertiefenbach and St. Marien Niedertiefenbach. There are also two protestant churches which are in Schupbach and Heckholzhausen.

[edit] Economy and Infrastructure

In the area of Schupbach the so called "Lahn marble" has been mined, but the deposits are exhausted and not anymore economical to mine respectively. Today, Beselich is manly a living municipality, whose residents work in the surrounding towns like Limburg or Wetzlar.

[edit] Transport

The "Bundesstraße 49" goes directly through Beselich. It is connected to neighbouring municipalities by county roads.

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Sons and Daughters of the municipality

1920, 7. October, Georg Leber (in the district Obertiefenbach), German politician (SPD), (member of the Bundestag), minister for transport, post and defence.