Möttau is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of

Weilmünster Weilmünster is a municipality in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Weilmünster is among the most richly wooded places in Limburg-Weilburg. The forestry office looks after not only the State Forest but also twelve municipal ...

in the district of

Limburg-Weilburg Limburg-Weilburg is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Lahn-Dill, Hochtaunuskreis, Rheingau-Taunus, Rhein-Lahn, Westerwaldkreis. History *1867 the ''Oberlahnkreis'', capital Weilburg was created *1886 t ...

in central

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

. It has around 300 inhabitants (2021).

Geography

Möttau is located in the eastern Hintertaunus, northeast of the core town of Weilmünster and directly on the district border with the

Lahn-Dill Lahn-Dill is an electoral constituency (German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 171. It is located ...

district. The Möttbach rises in the village and flows on to Philippstein. In addition, the Iserbach, coming from Dietenhausen, flows into the Möttbach here. Together they form a valley that runs north–south and in which Möttau is located. The district also includes a very large forest area. The highest elevations near Möttau are the ''Hirschberg'' at 333 meters above sea level and the ''Buhlenberg'' at 363 meters above sea level. Neighboring towns are Weilmünster (southwest),

Altenkirchen Altenkirchen () is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the Altenkirchen (district), district of Altenkirchen. It is located approximately 40 km east of Bonn and 50 km north of Koblenz. Altenkirchen is the seat of the ' ...

(north), Kraftsolms (east), and

Dietenhausen Dietenhausen is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 400 inhabitants (2021). Geography The village is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus ...

(southeast).

History

The place is mentioned for the first time in a donation deed from the ''Codex Eberhardi'' in the

Fulda monastery The Abbey of Fulda (; ), from 1221 the Princely Abbey of Fulda () and from 1752 the Prince-Bishopric of Fulda (), was a Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine abbey and Hochstift, ecclesiastical principality centered on Fulda, in the present-day Ger ...

. The exact date is unknown, but the document must have been issued between 779 and 802. The document states that Frederick gave the Mitie estate (Möttau) to St. Boniface. In 912, King Conrad I pledged, among other things, his lands in Mitiu to the Fulda monastery. Since 1317, Isenmitte (1337) has belonged to the County of Weilnau. It was pledged to the provost of Gemünden on June 23, 1326, and fell to Count Gerlach of Nassau in November of the same year. He had Grebenhausen Castle, a moated castle, built near Möttau. It was intended to serve as a border castle to the county of Solms. In 1405 the village came to Philip I of Nassau-Saarbrücken through an inheritance purchase. At that time there was already a chapel in the village that belonged to the parish of Altenkirchen. In 1450 Möttau came to the Weilmünster manor and moved to the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

of the same name. During the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...

the place was partially devastated. The reason was the direct location on two trade routes, ''Hessenstrasse'' and ''Frankfurter Weg''. In the course of the territorial reform in Hesse, on 31 December 1970 the former market town of Weilmünster in the Oberlahn district merged voluntarily with the previously independent municipalities of

Aulenhausen Aulenhausen is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 240 inhabitants (2021). Geography The village is largely surrounded by forest in the eastern Hinter ...

Ernsthausen Ernsthausen is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 600 inhabitants (2021). Geography The village is located in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in cent ...

Laimbach Laimbach is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 230 inhabitants (2021). Geography The village is located in a side valley of the Weil river in the east ...

, Langenbach,

Laubuseschbach Laubuseschbach is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 1400 inhabitants (2021). Geography Laubuseschbach is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the ...

Lützendorf Lützendorf is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 200 inhabitants (2021). History In surviving documents, Lützendorf was mentioned under the following ...

, Möttau,

Rohnstadt Rohnstadt is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 260 inhabitants (2021). Geography Rohnstadt is located in the eastern Hintertaunus, about three kilomet ...

and

Wolfenhausen Wolfenhausen is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 1000 inhabitants (2021). Geography Wolfenhausen is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Tau ...

to form the new enlarged municipality of Weilmünster.

Essershausen Essershausen is a village ( ''Ortsteil'') of the municipality of Weilmünster in the district of Limburg-Weilburg in central Hesse. It has around 200 inhabitants (2021). History The village was first mentioned in a document in 1233 as the seat o ...

was added on 31 December 1971. Own districts were established for the former municipalities, and they are still represented politically with an own ''Ortsbeirat'' and ''Ortsvorsteher'' within the larger municipality.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, there were 372 residents living in Möttau on May 9, 2011. Of these, 3 (0.8%) were foreigners. In terms of age, 51 residents were under 18 years old, 108 were between 18 and 49, 81 were between 50 and 64 and 132 residents were older. The residents lived in 135 households.

Sights

* Former town hall * Old school building Möttau, Backhausweg 1.JPG, Former town hall Möttau, Alte Rathausschule.jpg, Old school building

References

{{Reflist Villages in Hesse