Alsberg (Bad Soden-Salmünster)

Alsberg City of Bad Soden-Salmünster Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 6 ″ N , 9 ° 25 ′ 44 ″ E
Height :	415 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.89 km²
Residents :	416 (1970)
Population density :	144 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1970
Incorporated into:	Salmunster
Postal code :	63628
Area code :	06056
	View of Alsberg with the pilgrimage church Heilig Kreuz

Alsberg is a district of Bad Soden-Salmünster in the Main-Kinzig district in East Hesse .

Geographical location

Alsberg is located on a ridge of the Spessart . Most of the village is completely surrounded by a narrow strip of the Spessart estate and thus forms an exclave of the city of Bad Soden-Salmünster, only a smaller, uninhabited part in the east borders on Seidenroth .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1313 and belonged to the von Hutten family . In 1540 the place became Electoral Mainz, which it remained until 1803 when the place became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria . In 1867 the place finally fell to Hesse and there to the district of Gelnhausen .

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Alsberg was incorporated into the former town of Salmünster in the district of Schlüchtern on January 1, 1970 . The city Salmuenster was on 1 July 1974 with the town of Bad Sooden and the community Mernes powerful state law to the new town of Bad Orb together . A local district with a local advisory council and a local mayor was set up for Alsberg .

Population development

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1632:	10 households
• 1668:	05 hearths for 25 people
• 1812:	18 households with 131 residents

Alsberg: Population from 1812 to 1970
year		Residents
1812	131
1834	256
1840	255
1846	243
1852	232
1858	235
1864	230
1871	231
1875	218
1885	210
1895	197
1905	179
1910	185
1925	217
1939	223
1946	397
1950	379
1956	303
1961	294
1967	392
1970	416
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources:

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885:	18 Protestant (= 8.57%), 192 Catholic (= 91.43%) residents
• 1961:	22 Protestant (= 7.48%), 270 Catholic (= 91.84%) residents

politics

The mayor has been called Roland Huth since 2016

Attractions

Pilgrimage church Heilig Kreuz (Kapellenweg) with an organ by Fritz Clewing from 1893.

traffic

The state road 3179, there part of the Spessart-Höhenstraße , crosses the place and connects it to Seidenroth and the Spessart. From the direction of Salmünster the place can be reached via the county road 888.

literature

Betz, Florian: Alsberg im Hinterspessart, 1814 - 1867: micro-historical case study of a Bavarian mountain village , Büchner-Verlag, 2011
Paul, Josef: Die Salzschwärzer von Alsberg, novel from the Spessartwinkel , Orbensien Verlag, Bad Orb, 2012
Literature about Alsberg in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

District Alsberg on the website of the city of Bad Soden-Salmünster.
Alsberg, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Alsberg, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
^ Incorporation of the Alsberg community, Gelnhausen district into the city of Salmünster, Schlüchtern district on December 17, 1969 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 1 , p. 5 , point 6 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.0 MB ]).
↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Gelnhausen, Hanau and Schlüchtern and the city of Hanau as well as the recirculation of the cities of Fulda, Hanau and Marburg (Lahn) concerning questions (GVBl. 330-26) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 149 , § 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
^ 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. 376-377 .

[lagis-1] Alsberg, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Incorporation of the Alsberg community, Gelnhausen district into the city of Salmünster, Schlüchtern district on December 17, 1969 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 1 , p. 5 , point 6 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.0 MB ]).

[3] Law on the reorganization of the districts of Gelnhausen, Hanau and Schlüchtern and the city of Hanau as well as the recirculation of the cities of Fulda, Hanau and Marburg (Lahn) concerning questions (GVBl. 330-26) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 149 , § 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 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. 376-377 .