Gonzenheim

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Gonzenheim
Gonzenheim coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 9 ″  N , 8 ° 38 ′ 25 ″  E
Height : 141 m above sea level NN
Incorporation : April 1, 1937
Postcodes : 61348, 61352
Area code : 06172

Gonzenheim is a district of the city of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hesse on the northern city limits of Frankfurt am Main . The district lies within the district of Bad Homburg.

history

Old rectory from 1728

The place name Gonzenheim comes from the Franconian personal name "Gonzo" or "Gunzo" with the suffix -heim . Since its incorporation in 1937, Gonzenheim has been assigned to the core town of Bad Homburg, so the number of inhabitants in the district is not published separately. According to estimates, of the 38,921 inhabitants of the core city (as of December 31, 2008) around 7,000–8,000 inhabitants are likely to be in the district, which is essentially demarcated to the north by the Bad Homburg – Friedrichsdorf railway line.

Numerous archaeological finds show settlements in the area of ​​today's Gonzenheim already in prehistoric and early historical times. Neolithic remains such as those from the Bronze and Hallstatt Ages are represented, as are Roman traces in the form of villae rusticae . There are also finds of Alemannic and Franconian grave goods from excavations in the corridor “Am Schützbrett”, which are now stored in the archive of the Saalburg .

For the assumption that Gonzenheim was first mentioned in a document in 1270 in the "Eppsteinschen Lehensbuch", only the mention of Heinricus de Guncenheim in the "Lehensverzeichnis Gottfried III. from Eppstein No. 283 “. But it could just as well come from Gonsenheim near Mainz , where there was a family of ministers with that name. With regard to the “ Dinghof zu Guntzenheim” mentioned in other documents, it cannot be decided whether it was located in Gonsenheim near Mainz or in Gonzenheim near Bad Homburg. However, there is also the possibility that there was such a "Dinghof" in both settlements.

The first undisputed mention of Gonzenheim is in a document dated June 5, 1367 about an agreement between Heinrich Fryß von Homburg and his son Hermann with Wilhelm von Homburg and his wife. In this document, fields and meadows are named that were partly in the Ober-Eschbacher and partly in the Gonzenheim district and were used as a pledge: "previously mentioned undirpand sint located in the termenyen der dorffe ober Eschbach unde Guncinheym".

In the years 1525 to 1527 Gonzenheim , which had been Catholic until then, became Protestant . Like many other places in the Rhine-Main area , Gonzenheim became Prussian in 1866. In 1937 it was incorporated into Bad Homburg. Gonzenheim has been a district of Bad Homburg since then.

Due to the large number of refugees who came to Bad Homburg after the war, the Gonzenheim district received a Catholic church again in 1953.

Culture and sights

Churches

Protestant church

Evangelical Church Gonzenheim

The Protestant church in Gonzenheim goes back to an older church that had stood on the Kirchberg since the 15th century. The oldest piece of furniture in today's church is a gold-plated silver communion chalice from 1575. The chalice has been in the parish of the church since at least 1721.

The current church was built in the 19th century. The tower was built in the 1850s and the nave was consecrated on December 23, 1877. The architect was Louis Jacobi . During the last renovation in 2001, the color scheme from the 19th century was restored. The classical coffered ceiling consists of white beams adorned with stencil painting in the colors green, red and yellow. The inside of the cassettes is blue.

Opposite the church is the modern Protestant community center. The old rectory next to it dates back to 1728 and is used privately today.

Other churches

The Catholic Holy Cross Church in Gonzenheim is a branch church of the main Catholic church of Bad Homburg, St. Marien. The grant to the church from the Limburg diocese has been canceled. The existence of the church is therefore not secured in the medium term.

The Seventh-day Adventists have a chapel on Feldstrasse, the Advent Chapel.

Museum in the Kitzenhof

A local history museum has also existed in the clubhouse since May 2013. In the "Museum im Kitzenhof" exhibits from early history and the local history of Gonzenheim are shown.

Ellerhöhturm

On the Ellerhöhe, north-east of the Bad Homburg spa gardens, there is an approximately 10-meter-high observation tower built in 1889 by the Bad Homburg Beautification Association ( ⊙ ).

Pictures from Gonzenheim

  • Evangelical community center

  • Fountain opposite the club house

  • Club house and museum

  • Catholic Church

  • Advent chapel

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Gonzenheim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurth, Rüdiger: The Alemanni in Gonzenheim. For the interpretation of Alemannic finds. In: Yearbook Hochtaunuskreis 2007, Frankfurt 2006, pp. 189–192
  2. ^ Schäfer, Regina: The Lords of Eppstein. Wiesbaden 2000, p. 40, footnote 11
  3. ↑ Quoted from: Lotz, Friedrich: History of the City of Bad Homburg vd Höhe. Volume I, Frankfurt 1964, p. 284
  4. ↑ Church guide Hochtaunus ( Online p. 8/9 ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 4.8 MB, accessed on January 14, 2016)
  5. ^ Photo of the information board on the tower, on commons.wikimedia.org