Ellershausen (Frankenau)

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Ellershausen
City of Frankenau
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 53 ′ 26 ″  E
Height : 367  (347–378)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.7 km²
Residents : 435  (Jul 5, 2016)
Population density : 76 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 35110
Area code : 06455

Ellershausen is a district of Frankenau in the northern Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg .

Geographical location

Ellershausen is located in the Kellerwald on the edge of the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park . Frankenau is northeast of the village.

history

Ellershausen was first mentioned in a document in 1016 as Adelheredeshuson when Bishop Burchard von Worms gave his goods in Ellershausen to the monastery Nonnenmünster near Worms .

Spelling of the place name

In the past 1000 years, when the place already exists, the place name has undergone some changes. The names appearing in the documents, especially in earlier times, cannot always be clearly assigned to the named place. This is also the case in a document from Haina Monastery. There in 1201 the place "Alartshusen" is called. This place is referred to in the historical local lexicon in 1926 by Heinrich Reimer, the author of this lexicon, both to Altershausen and Ellershausen. The historian Eckhart G. Franz, on the other hand, only refers this name to a piece of armor near Ellershausen, which cannot be found in the local lexicon from 1926, nor in the corresponding module of the State Historical Information System (LAGIS) of the Hessian State Office for Historical Regional Studies.

The place name Ellershausen was recorded and represented differently over time by different writers. The following list shows the names that have been found by experts and therefore relate to Ellershausen:

Name form year
Adelhereshuson 1016
Alartshusen 1201
Ellershusin 1220
Elershusen around 1250
Alardeshusen around 1250
Alershusen 1263
Alharshusen 1269
Eylharshusen 1270
Alhartshusen 1306
Alhartishusen 1314 & 1316
Eilhartshusin 1318
Elershausen 1318
Elhartshusen 1320
Ellartshusin 1354
Ellerzhusin 1378
Elhartizhusen 1382
Ellirßhusen 1460
Ellreßhusen 1483
Ellershusin 1484
Ellershausen 1488

Territorial reform

1 July 1972 Ellershausen was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse on a voluntary basis in the city Frankenau incorporated . For Ellershausen, as for the other parts of the city, a local district with a local advisory board and a local councilor was set up.

Moated castle

A moated castle is first mentioned in 1214. The builders were the lords of Ellershausen . From 1264 to 1571 it was owned by the Huhn family. After that, the Lords of Drach are mentioned as owners. In the 19th century it was abandoned and used as a "quarry". It was north of the place. A small remnant of the square ring wall is still preserved today.

religion

church

A chapel was probably built shortly after the town was founded . This was the burial place of the von Huhn gentlemen . In 1636 a new church was built in the town center. In 1898 today's church, a sandstone building , was built elsewhere. In the 1930s, the interior was redesigned. Since then, the Bible verse, Psalm 23, “The Lord is my Shepherd” has been located above the triumphal arch in the choir . In February 1962 the church received an organ with eight registers . In 1966/67 the church was given a new coat of paint. In 1989 the entire interior was completely overhauled, including the color scheme from the year it was built. After a lightning strike in the tower on May 17, 1988, the chimes and bells were damaged and had to be renovated. Further repair and renovation work was carried out at the end of the 1990s. On September 9, 2002, the tower was again badly damaged by a lightning strike. Today the tower is secured by a lightning rod.

Today's churches

  • Today there is still a Huguenot community in Ellershausen .
  • Ellershausen has an evangelical pastoral office, to which Allendorf and Louisendorf also belong.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b City profile on the website of the city of Frankenau , accessed in December 2016.
  2. ^ Ellershausen, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of April 4, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No. 28 , p. 1197 , item 851; 2. Para. 10. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 4.4 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 390 .
  5. ↑ main statute. (PDF; 175 kB) §; 5. In: Website. Frankenau community, accessed March 2019 .