Densberg

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Densberg
Jesberg parish
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 34 ″  N , 9 ° 5 ′ 36 ″  E
Height : 299 m above sea level NHN
Area : 18.33 km²
Residents : 426  (Dec. 31, 2014)
Population density : 23 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 34632
Area code : 06695
Densberg in the Gilsatal; in the background the desert garden with the cellar forest tower
Densberg in the Gilsatal; in the background the desert garden with the cellar forest tower

Densberg is a district of the community Jesberg in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder-Kreis .

geography

Densberg is located in the southern part of the Kellerwald-Edersee nature park at 290 to 360  m above sea level. NN . The village lies in the valley of the Schwalm tributary Gilsa , immediately south of the desert garden , which is 675  m above sea level. NN highest mountain in the Kellerwald , and north of the Hemberg ridge with the Hundskopf ( 471  m above sea level ). The village is surrounded by extensive forests. The village is crossed by the Kellerwaldsteig , a 156 km long circular hiking trail in the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park.

history

Densberg Church
Tower hill of the Densberg castle ruins

Densberg was first mentioned in a document from Archbishop Wezilo of Mainz in 1085 as "Denisburc". (The spelling of the place name changed several times over the centuries.) The name Denisburc suggests a fortified place. This document mentions that the Urff Church is the mother church of the Densberg Church. From this it can be concluded that a church with an associated parish in Densberg may have already existed in 1085.

From the following centuries there are traditions about Densberg Castle , which was a base of the Archbishopric Mainz until the 15th century . In 1483 the castle and village of Densberg were incorporated into the Hessian office of Schönstein , which was administered by the mayor of Treysa .

In the Kingdom of Westphalia , which existed from 1807 to 1813 , the place was assigned to the canton of Jesberg . In 1836, Densberg was finally removed from its centuries-old administrative affiliation to Treysa and incorporated into the Fritzlar district, which became part of the Fritzlar-Homberg district in 1932 .

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Densberg lost its independence by virtue of state law on January 1, 1974 and became part of the large municipality of Jesberg in the newly formed Schwalm-Eder district. A local district was set up for Densberg .

Densberg had a station on the Zimmerrode – Gemünden (Wohra) line , the "Kellerwaldbahn", which was put into operation on October 2, 1911 . On May 28, 1972, passenger traffic on the entire route and goods traffic on the section between Zimmerrode and Gilserberg were suspended.

Attractions

literature

  • Werner Ide: From Adorf to Zwesten: Local history paperback for the Fritzlar-Homberg district, Bernecker Verlag, Melsungen, 1972
  • Gerhard Bätzing: Village chronicle 900 years Densberg , 1985
  • Literature on Densberg in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Densberg, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of April 17, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on July 16, 2014 .
  2. ↑ "Population figures " on the website of the Jesberg community , accessed in January 2016.
  3. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen and Ziegenhain (GVBl. II 330-22) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 356 , §§ 9 and 27 ( online at the information system of the Hessian Landtag [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
  4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 393 .

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