Schornbach (pursue)
Here some old views of Schornbach
The restaurant Lamm ("Lamb") and the town hall place at the beginning of the 1960s and today
The town hall, in former times also the school, at the beginning of the 1960s
The grocery, that my father bought (our house), at the beginning of the 1960s and today
Another view of this house
The Sommerrain-Basic-School in the 1970s
At the upper stream of the Schornbach, at the bridge at Diemweg, near the old gymnasium, there is this strange stone with "Auf Wiedersehn" ("Goodbye") on it. What could its meaning be? A memorial of a meeting? Or of a dead person or a beloved animal?
Map of Schornbach at1975, a short time after the forced incorporation, with the old street names. 1975 Schornbach had already 1400 inhabitants.
Here the development of the number of inhabitants from 1774 until today. In hundred years, from 1851 to 1950, it was almost constant, then there was a strong increase:
1774 421
1815 571
1851 735
1871 696
1880 662
1890 691
1900 615
1909 722
1925 721
1939 623
1950 877
1961 1062
1970 1415
1980 1700
1999 1901
2006 1863
Here the development graphical:
