Mengeringhausen

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Mengeringhausen
City of Bad Arolsen
Mengeringhausen coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 24 ″  E
Height : 292  (270–355)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 20.05 km²
Residents : 3282  (December 16, 2015)
Population density : 164 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 34454
Area code : 05691
Former Mengeringhausen Castle
Former Mengeringhausen Castle

Mengeringhausen is a district of the small town Bad Arolsen in the north Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg . In terms of population, it is the second largest district of Bad Arolsen after the core city and the largest in terms of area.

Geographical location

View of Mengeringhausen

Mengeringhausen is located in the Waldecker Land, southwest of the Bad Arolser core town; the two centers are about 2.5 km apart. It flows through the 270 to 355  m above sea level. NHN , this former city of the Aar , in which a little east of the village the Mengeringhausen north passing Thiele flows. To the east pass the federal highway 252 running to Bad Arolsen and in the section Bad Arolsen – Korbach the railway line Warburg – Sarnau ; to the north is the Mengeringhausen glider airfield .

history

Mengeringhausen - Extract from the "Topographia Hassiae" by Matthäus Merian 1655

The place was first mentioned in a document as "City Mengeringhausen" in 1234 and probably already had city ​​rights . Mengeringhausen Castle was owned by the Counts of Waldeck . In 1502, Rabe von Canstein looted and plundered the place and castle for the carnival . The background was an old feud with the Counts of Waldeck over border disputes. As a result, the city wall was reinforced and the St. Sebastianus Rifle Society was apparently brought into being. From 1689 to 1728 Mengeringhausen was the seat of the first Waldecker Land Chancellery. From 1925 to 1937 there was a district training school in Mengeringhausen.

On January 1, 1974, the town of Mengeringhausen became a district of Arolsen by means of state law as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

Mengeringhausen Castle

The former castle in 2018

The beginnings of the castle Mengeringhausen lie in the 13th century; It was first mentioned in a document in 1382. At first glance, very little can be seen of the former fortification of the medieval moated castle by the Counts of Waldeck. From 1696 to 1728 the castle was the seat of the Waldeck government, after which the authorities moved to the newly created Arolsen residence. After several fires, including in 1929 and 1960, the building is now renovated; it was used as a hotel and restaurant until mid-2018. The castle was sold in 2019.

St. George Church

The St. George's Church is a Gothic hall church typical of the late Middle Ages , which was completed in 1423 after the previous building was destroyed in 1347 by a fire that also destroyed the town hall and many other houses. There are no more traces of this previous building. With the pointed, leaning, twisted tower from the time it was built, it is considered a symbol of Mengeringhausen. The baroque high altar was probably created around 1680 and is attributed to the Mengeringhausen carpenter Berthold Jost Tamm . It is three meters wide and seven meters high. The oil paintings show the Last Supper and the Garden of Gethsemane . The rich carvings show putti , fruit hangings, garlands and seven artfully carved sculptures are attributed to the sculptor Heinrich Papen , who also created the high altar in the Fritzlar Cathedral . The ceiling paintings and the pictures on the north and south walls of the choir were created by Friedrich Thorwart around 1572 . Today's organ dates from 1843 and was built by the Korbach organ builder Jacob Vogt . The oldest work of art is a wall tabernacle from the mid-14th century.

Bismarck Observatory

The Bismarck Observatory

On June 4, 1882 about 850 meters north-northeast from the top of the south-western of Mengeringhausen Matze altitude (about  385  m ) in place of the collapsed amount Ring houses waiting the waiting inaugurated. In the course of Bismarck's enthusiasm, a Bismarck medallion was attached in 1902 and the 10 m high tower was renamed the Bismarckwarte . This observation tower is the last of three historical observation towers in the former town of Mengeringhausen.

Regular events

The free shooting is a big folk festival and is celebrated every seven years (the next in 2021) with various groups in late medieval and early modern costumes in several large parades and the participation of the entire population. It commemorates the first mention of the Mengeringhauser Schützengesellschaft St. Sebastiani in 1502. The play “Treue um Treue”, written especially for free shooting, is performed, which recalls the attack of the knight Rabe von Canstein on the city.

Personalities, born in Mengeringhausen

literature

  • Architectural and artistic monuments in the Twiste district , pp. 171–192.
  • "The city and its citizens around 1700". City history (s) Mengeringhausen, Ed. Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein e. V., Korbach 2001
  • "Mengeringhausen in the Middle Ages". City history (s) Mengeringhausen, vol. 2, publisher Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein e. V., Korbach 2002
  • Martin Kipp: The district advanced training school Mengeringhausen (1925-1937) ; In: Faßhauer, Münk, Paul-Kohlhoff (Ed.): Vocational educational research in social responsibility. Festschrift for Josef Rützel on the occasion of his 65th birthday, Franz Steiner Verlag 2008
  • Armin Weber, Dieter Wolf : Historical city views. In: Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein e. V. Bad Arolsen; Armin Weber (edit.): The city and its citizens around 1700. A historical tour through the old town of Mengeringhausen. (= City history (s) Mengeringhausen , Volume 1). Bad Arolsen 2001, ISBN 3-87077-103-8 , pp. 27-45.
  • Christian Meuser and Herbert Voigt: Mengeringhausen. Arolsen: Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein 2014 (= Waldeckische Ortssippenbücher 89)
  • Literature about Mengeringhausen in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Wikisource: Mengeringhausen in Merian's Topographia Hassiae  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Bad Arolsen. The versatile spa at Twistesee introduces itself. (PDF; 308 kB) In: Press kit. Stadt Bad Arolsen, p. 11 , archived from the original on October 19, 2016 ; accessed in October 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  3. ↑ First documented mention of the town of Mengeringhausen… in Die Stadt , on mengeringhausen.de
  4. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Frankenberg and Waldeck (GVBl. II 330-23) of October 4, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 359 , § 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
  5. ^ 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.  409 .
  6. ↑ Article of the series Churches in the Waldecker Land in the HNA  - Waldeckische Allgemeine, March 14, 2007
  7. ↑ Bismarckwarte Mengeringhausen , on bismarcktuerme.de