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City of Eschwege
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '47 "  N , 9 ° 59' 54"  E
Height : 154 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.11 km²
Residents : 316  (Jan 2, 2018)
Population density : 62 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1972
Postal code : 37269
Area code : 05652
Location view in Albungen
Albungen and Fürstenstein Castle at the beginning of the 17th century

Albungen is a district of Eschwege in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse .

Geographical location

Albungen is about 6.5 km (as the crow flies ) northwest of Eschwege . It is located in the Werra valley , which flows past the village to the east and into which the Berka flows south of the village . Beyond the Werra, the extreme south-west foothills of the Gobert ridge rise . In the west, the Bebra – Göttingen railway line and federal road 27 pass Albungen. Neighboring towns on either side of the Werra are Motzenrode in the northeast, Jestädt in the southeast, Niederhone in the south-southeast, Weidenhausen in the south-south-west, Wellingerode in the south-west, Hitzerode in the north-west and Kleinvach in the north. Fürstenstein Castle sits enthroned south-southeast above Albungen on the other side of the Werra, the Schnepfenburg castle ruins only about 1.2 km west and the castle stables of Bilstein Castle about another 500 m west .

history

The place is mentioned in a document as Albungun in Gau Germarmark as early as 1075. In 1236 it was called Alfungen and as early as 1284 it was called Albungen . In the Middle Ages until the extinction in 1807 the Diede zum Fürstenstein exercised the manorial rule.

For Albungen there is the Protestant parish Albungen-Hitzelrode, with the Albungen Evangelical Church . Before the Second World War , tobacco was grown in the village. In 1939 the place had 331 inhabitants. Even then, Albungen belonged to the district court and tax office of Eschwege.

On April 1, 1972, the previously independent place was incorporated into the district town of Eschwege as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

sports clubs

The Edelweiß Albungen 1929 e. V. and TTC 1962 Albungen eV are the only two clubs in Albungen that are active in league play. The cycling club is a regional flagship in artificial cycling and cycling ball. In 2019 the club hosted a World Cup match day in cycling. David Stübner has been the club's chairman since 2016. Until then, Gerd Gries, now honorary chairman, had led the club for over 40 years.

The TTC, the local table tennis club, is the oldest independent table tennis club in the former Eschwege district. Since the club was founded in 1962 by 27 members, women and men have been playing equally in the club, and the Albungers are pioneers of women's table tennis in the Werra-Meißner district. In 2003 the first women's team was promoted to the Hessen League - the greatest success to date. In 2015, the first women's team was fifth at the German Cup Championships of the district upper division in Gütersloh. For men, promotion to the association league in 2017 and sixth place in this class in 2020 was the biggest triumph so far. The association's chairman is Nico Beck. Honorary President is Siegfried Furchert, who until 2016 had headed the association for a total of 53 years.

The TTC 1962 Albungen e. V. because of the relatively high number of spectators at home games of the 1st men's team. In the years 2016 to 2018 alone, the club played six times in front of over 100 spectators and in these years had an average attendance of up to 70 visitors per game.

Infrastructure

In Albungen there is a protestant church and a protestant community library, a sports hall and a playground.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Albungen, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of July 29, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on January 18, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Albungen. In: website. City of Eschwege, accessed on January 4, 2018 .
  3. ^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 389 .

Web links

Commons : Albungen  - collection of images