Hachenbach
[today called Glanbrücken]
49N Latitude, 7E Longitude
E of Kusel, SW of Lauterecken,
NW of Kaiserslautern
in Rheinland-Pfalz (Kreis Kusel)
Postal zip code: 66887
Altitude: 237m / 777 feet
Today's population: 534
Glanbrücken online:
http://www.glanbruecken.de/
oldidx.htm
Meinestadt Glanbruecken:
http://meinestadt.msn.de/
glanbruecken/home
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Map at left is from
http://www.alterkeiler.de/wegbeschreibung.htm and is used with permission. Historical information below, translated by me, is from Glanbrücken online: The name of Hachenbach was first noted in written records in the year 1150, but the place probably existed at least 100 years before that. Hachenbach emerged, along with many other villages, from the clearing of the Winterhauch Forest (confirmed by documentation from the year 1192), an area north of the Glan River between Baumholder and Idar-Oberstein. Starting in the 16th or 17th century Hachenbach became known as an area of vineyards. In 1654 the plague raged through Hachenbach, and many victims fell to it. In 1802 the community numbered 119 inhabitants. In August of 1815 Russian troops were quartered in Hachenbach, as allies of the Prussians after driving the French from the area, and the enforced necessity for the locals to provide the soldiers with oats, hay, flour, and meat was a heavy burden. Until 1800 not much is known about the local educational system. Children were usually taught by the minister during the winter months. In 1831 master bricklayer Peter Mueller of Hachenbach built the first real school building in the community. The Glantalbahn (railway along the Glan River) was built in 1902-03, with a station serving Niedereisenbach and Hachenbach in place 1908-1910. Today the two towns have combined and are known as Glanbrücken. The presentation below summarizes information collected and combined by Friedrich F. Hüttenberger (German information) and Michelle Stone (U.S. information). As with all genealogy, it is never complete, and we welcome corrections and new information. The numbering system used here by Herr Hüttenberger begins with the first child [1.] of the original ancestor (Hans Nickel Guelcher) and shows each descending generation added to the right of the decimal, each number segment between decimals denoting the birth order of that person in his family of origin (for example, 1.4.6 would refer to the individual who is the sixth child of a parent who was the fourth child of Hans Nickel Guelcher's oldest child). To see if there is additional information available on any of these people, try entering the name in the search engine for this website, visit the Onondaga County Genweb Message Board to see if an obituary or other public document has been submitted, and don't forget to try a search on Google. --Michelle Stone |
