Goddelsheim

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Goddelsheim
City of Lichtenfels
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 2 "  N , 8 ° 48 ′ 27"  E
Height : 390  (375-411)  m
Residents : 1326  (Jan 15, 2016)
Incorporation : 1st October 1971
Postal code : 35104
Area code : 05636

Goddelsheim is the largest district of Lichtenfels in the Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg . The place is the seat of the city ​​administration .

Geographical location

Goddelsheim is located in the Korbacher Land on the Goddelsheimer Feld about 9 km (as the crow flies ) south-southwest of the district town of Korbach . It is around 25 kilometers to the east to reach the barrier wall of the Edersee . The Heimbach flows through the village .

The hamlet of Schaaken to the southwest and the former monastery, today Gut Schaaken , to the east of the village belong to the village.

history

In a document from King Arnulf from 888, Goddelsheim is mentioned for the first time. The story probably goes back further. During excavations, graves were discovered that date back to well before the 9th century. In the years 1548 and 1627 the archbishops and electors of Cologne tried by force to introduce the Catholic denomination in the Protestant village. Due to the resistance of the nearby Schaaken monastery , which had the patronage rights over Goddelsheim, the Cologne intentions failed.

The last of the three former aristocratic estates in the village was divided up in 1904. Yet agriculture still plays a role. There are also shops, haulage and handicraft businesses as well as a bank and a savings bank. Many people from Goddelsheim don't work in the village, but commute to Korbach , Warburg or Frankenberg (Eder) . Eleven clubs offer numerous opportunities for recreational activities. Goddelsheim has a church kindergarten , a primary school and is the location of the central school .

On October 1, 1971, Goddelsheim and seven other communities formed the new city of Lichtenfels.

Moated castle

In the 12th century, the Waldeck bailiff Heinemann von Gaugreben (also Gogreve or Gaugrebe) had large estates in Goddelsheim, including a moated castle near the church. The date the castle was built is not known. The moated castle, as well as the defunct Eschenbeck castle, served to protect the county of Waldeck from the Archdiocese of Cologne . A vaulted cellar made of quarry stone and a Gothic gate arch were preserved.

Castle ring

The Burgring are the remains of a former hill fort between Goddelsheim and Medebach , the origin of which probably goes back to the Carolingian or Ottonian times. The facility is located west of Goddelsheim above the Aartal .

Eschenbeck Castle

The Outbound Castle Eschenbeck was west of Goddelsheim in a tributary of the Aar near the waldeckischen border to North Rhine-Westphalia . In 1270 it was owned by the Counts of Waldeck. By whom and when the castle was built is not known. It also served to protect the county from attacks by the Archdiocese of Cologne.

Jewish Cemetery

In the middle of the 19th century, a 4.31 acres cemetery was laid out. The inscriptions on the gravestones ( Mazewot ) , which were still legible in the 1970s, document a period from 1867–1916 / 1918.

church

Protestant church

The three-aisled Romanesque basilica was built as a fortified church in the second half of the 12th century . In a fire caused by a lightning strike in 1773, it was destroyed by flames. Only the masonry of the choir, central nave and tower remained. The reconstruction work took around ten years. The destroyed aisles were not rebuilt.

Current condition
The square east choir with hipped roof is joined by the higher nave with a gable roof and a half-timbered gable . The tower with a square floor plan is only slightly higher than the nave. Today it has a baroque hood. The beginnings of the arches to the former side aisles can still be seen. In 1782 a surrounding wooden gallery was built in. It was donated by the mining company, which mined copper and silver in Goddelsheim: The mine emblem, mallets and iron as well as their monogram are on the western part of the gallery. Little of the original Romanesque structure has been preserved in the interior.

Mining

Mining activity in the Principality of Waldeck was very active in the 16th and 17th centuries, and numerous mining sites are evidence of this. In the Goddelsheim were copper - and silver mining operated to about 1870th

Personalities

literature

  • Arnsberg Volume I, pp. 271-272.
  • Architectural and artistic monuments in the Eisenberg district , pp. 70–78.
  • Willi Görich: The “Burgring” between Goddelsheim and Medebach: a street festival for Charlemagne? In: Geschichtsblätter für Waldeck 44. 1952, pp. 1–21
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 118.
  • Eckhard Schmidt: Goddelsheim . Arolsen: Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein 1986 (= Waldeckische Ortssippenbücher 28); Covered period 1646–1940, 3282 families

Web links

Commons : Goddelsheim  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ stadt-lichtenfels.de
  2. ^ 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. 408 .
  3. ↑ Alemannia Judaica - Working group for research into the history of the Jews in the southern German and neighboring Rau: The Jewish cemeteries in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district (KB): Lichtenfels-Goddelsheim .
  4. ↑ Stefan Schorn: The historical iron ore deposits in the Adorf area and neighboring regions ; Article on mineralienatlas.de
  5. ^ Peter Wiegand (editor): The Prussian mining, smelter and saltworks administration 1763–1865: the holdings in the North Rhine-Westphalian State Archives ( Memento from December 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ); Part 1; Publications of the state archives of North Rhine-Westphalia: Series C, sources and research, 47, 1; North Rhine-Westphalian State Archives Münster, 2000; ISBN 3-932892-13-5 ; (PDF; 74 kB) p. 148