Bromskirchen
Bromskirchen is a village and a former municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the municipality of Allendorf (Eder).
Geography
Location
Bromskirchen lies at the edge of the Rothaargebirge in southwest Waldeck-Frankenberg, right on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia's district of Hochsauerlandkreis.More than 70% of the community's area is wooded.
Neighbouring communities
Bromskirchen borders in the north on the town of Hallenberg, in the east on the town of Frankenberg, in the south on the community of Allendorf and the town of Battenberg, and in the west on the town of Bad Berleburg.Constituent communities
- Bromskirchen
- Dachsloch
- Neuludwigsdorf
- Seibelsbach
- Somplar
History
For centuries, the village's livelihood was based on agriculture on scant land, and the forest.
Population development
Coat of arms
Bromskirchen's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per pale, dexter in sable a sword Or with hilt per cross pattée Or, sinister in argent a lattice per lozengy sable, thereover a fess Or.These arms were conferred on 12 November 1982. The sword stands for the local patron saint, Saint Martin of Tours, who is actually depicted in some Hessian civic coats of arms. The cross stands for the church, thereby making it a canting element for the —kirchen name ending. The other half of the arms comes from those borne by the Lords of Winter, the local rulers from the 15th to 18th century. The black and silver were the old County of Battenberg colours.
Partnerships
Bromskirchen maintains partnership links with:- Arrou, département of Eure-et-Loir, France, since 1978
Culture and sightseeing