Faulbach had always been an independent
community. Basically it derived from the large farm belonging to the medieval
ruler and leased out by him. Faulbach originally belonged to the parish
of Dietkirchen, but in the registers of Hadamar parish, beginning in 1575,the
inhabitants are registered as belonging to the parish of Hadamar, and
are to be buried there, too. (although old tales tell of there once being
a cemetery on the left on the edge of the settlement in the direction
of Niederweyer (at "Schusters' in the garden). We needn't assume
that Faulbach had belonged to the parish of Oberweyer founded in 1566;
one of the Hadamar church officials was always from Faulbach. Faulbach
had had its own chapel since the 15th century, at least, as parts of the
church of Faulbach were mentioned in 1465/67 and the chapel always had
its own funds. The patrons were the occupiers in fief of the large Faulbach
farm, e.g. the knights Mulich and Schultheiss, those from Hoenberg, from
Langenbach and from Stepprodt, the latter even claiming "their Faulbach
residence had long belonged to Friedberg Castle as freiadliges Gut".
That was an exaggeration, of course, but nevertheless the farm received
for its protection a charter from General Tilly. There were other large
farms in the small village street. In 1620 Faulbach came, together with
the Dehrner Cent, to Nassau-Hadamar, and politically was one with the
neighbouring town of Hadamar. The big farm has, with changes in size,
survived until the present time( today the Himmelreich Farm). Educationally
Faulbach was always a part of Hadamar. Typical surnames from the beginnings
of the parish registers are: Bell, Egenolf, Jüngling, Martin, Meurer,
Sehr and Tuchscherer . Until the middle of the 19th century Faulbach and
Niederweyer shared one Community Head. In 1847 they applied for a mayor
of their own, and this was granted to each village. www.Hadamar-Faulbach.de