Old sex

Old sex community Fuerth Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ′ 50 ″ N , 8 ° 49 ′ 16 ″ E
Height :	389 m above sea level NN
Residents :	22 (1929)
Postal code :	64658
Area code :	06253

Altlechtern is a hamlet in the Fürth district of the municipality of Fürth in the Odenwald in the Bergstrasse district in southern Hesse . Its existence has been documented since 1094. It is listed as a separate location in the old documents, but was always part of Fürth.

Geographical location

Altlechtern is located on a tributary of the Steinbach, a left, southern tributary of the Weschnitz in the Vorderen Odenwald east of the core community of Fürth near Hammelbach . The hamlet located in a valley cut is surrounded by an agricultural area, which in turn is surrounded by a forest belt.

The closest localities are the core municipality Fürth in the west, the district Kröckelbach in the northwest, the district Weschnitz in the northeast and the Grasellenbach district Hammelbach in the southeast.

history

Altlechtern originated in the area of the former "Mark Heppenheim", which designated an administrative district of the Franconian Empire . On January 20, 773, Charlemagne donated the present-day town of Heppenheim and its district, the extensive "Mark Heppenheim", to the imperial monastery of Lorsch . From here the reclamation and settlement of the area was carried out. The heyday of the Lorsch monastery, in whose area Altlechtern was located, was followed by its decline in the 11th and 12th centuries. In 1232 Lorsch was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mainz . In 1461, Kurmainz pledged these properties to the Electoral Palatinate . This changed to the Protestant faith in 1556 and closed the monastery in 1564.

The first written mention of Altlechtern is under the name Aldenlehter in the Lorsch Codex , a list of goods of the abbey from the year 1094. Here four Hubengüter are mentioned that belonged to the courtyard of the Lorsch Monastery in Fürth ( villicatio Fürth ). Another mention is from 1405, when Archbishop John of Mainzdev Schenk Eberhard of Erbach with 10 Schilling Hellergült of the old lights belehnte .

In 1267, a burgrave on the Starkenburg (via Heppenheim) is mentioned for the first time , who also administered the "Office Starkenburg" , which included old men. The Zent Fürth developed as a court and subordinate administrative unit , the oldest surviving description of which dates from 1613. The "Zent Fürth" was one of the few Zenten that were also allowed to exercise the high jurisdiction (including blood jurisdiction ). Altlechtern was subordinate to the parish in Fürth and belonged to the Bensheim (also Bergstrasse) regional chapter .

The rest of the story is shared by Altlechtern with Fürth, from where it was always administered. ( see the history of Fürth )

In the historical documents, Altlechtern is still often mentioned as a hamlet belonging to Fürth. For example in the historical-topographical-statistical description of the principality of Lorsch, or the church history of the Upper Rhinegau from 1812 as the location of the " Zent Fürth ":

"Altlechtern ( Altenechter ) a little while from 2 (before Alteis 4) Huben with 3 residential buildings and 23 Selenium."

After the transition to the Grand Duchy of Hesse , Altlechtern was named in 1821 when the Lindenfels district was founded as a place administered by the mayor's office in Fürth, and in 1829 the statistical, topographical and historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse reported :

»Altlechtern (L. Bez. Lindenfels) hamlet; is 1 3/4 St of Lindeufels and consists of 2 houses and 22 catholic. Residents. The place was Mainz and came to Hessen in 1802. «

After districts were formed in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, the most recent and most thorough alphabetical lexicon of all localities in the German federal states was written in 1845 :

»Old sex b. Fuerth. - Courtyards, belonging to the Catholic parish church in Fürth. - 2 H. 22 Catholic E. - Großherzogth. Hesse. - Starkenburg Province. - Heppenheim district. - Fürth district court. - Hofger. Darmstadt. - The place used to be Mainz and came to Hesse in 1802. "

Today there is a restaurant in the hamlet.

Transport and infrastructure

For inter-regional traffic, Altlechtern can be reached via the K 25 district road (Steinbacher Strasse), which branches off the Bundesstrasse 460, known as Siegfriedstrasse , towards the southeast at the church in Fürth . After just a few meters, the Erzbergstrasse community road branches off and leads to Altlechtern.

literature

Georg W. Wagner: Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Starkenburg. Volume 1, Darmstadt October 1829.
Philipp Alexander Ferdinand Walther: The Grand Duchy of Hesse by history, country, people, state and locality. Jonghans, Darmstadt 1854. (online at google books)
Otto Wagner: Heimatbuch Fürth i. Odw: with the districts of Fürth, Brombach, Ellenbach, Erlenbach, Fahrenbach, Kröckelbach, Krumbach, Linnenbach, Lörzenbach, Seidenbach, Steinbach, Weschnitz. Fürth i. Odw. 1994, ISBN 3-7657-1110-1 .

Web links

Website of the municipality of Fürth
Altlechtern, Bergstrasse district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

^ Altlechtern, Bergstrasse district. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of June 10, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on March 28, 2015 .
^ Wilhelm Müller: Hessian place names book: Starkenburg . Ed .: Historical Commission for the People's State of Hesse. tape 1 . Self-published, Darmstadt 1937, DNB 366995820 , OCLC 614375103 , p. 13 .
^ Johann Konrad Dahl: Historical-topographical-statistical description of the principality of Lorsch or church history of the Upper Rhinegau . Darmstadt 1812, OCLC 162251605 , p. 45 ( online at google books ).
^ Johann Konrad Dahl: Historical-topographical-statistical description of the principality of Lorsch or church history of the Upper Rhinegau . Darmstadt 1812, OCLC 162251605 , p. 242 ( online at google books ).
^ Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner : Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Starkenburg . tape 1 . Carl Wilhelm Leske, Darmstadt October 1829, OCLC 312528080 , p. 4 ( online at google books ).
^ Johann Friedrich Kratzsch : The newest and most thorough alphabetical lexicon of all localities in the German federal states . Part 2nd volume 1 . Zimmermann, Naumburg 1845, OCLC 162810696 , p. 33 ( online at google books ).

[lagis-1] Altlechtern, Bergstrasse district. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of June 10, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on March 28, 2015 .

[WM-2] Wilhelm Müller: Hessian place names book: Starkenburg . Ed .: Historical Commission for the People's State of Hesse. tape 1 . Self-published, Darmstadt 1937, DNB 366995820 , OCLC 614375103 , p. 13 .

[3] Johann Konrad Dahl: Historical-topographical-statistical description of the principality of Lorsch or church history of the Upper Rhinegau . Darmstadt 1812, OCLC 162251605 , p. 45 ( online at google books ).

[4] Johann Konrad Dahl: Historical-topographical-statistical description of the principality of Lorsch or church history of the Upper Rhinegau . Darmstadt 1812, OCLC 162251605 , p. 242 ( online at google books ).

[GW-5] Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner : Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Starkenburg . tape 1 . Carl Wilhelm Leske, Darmstadt October 1829, OCLC 312528080 , p. 4 ( online at google books ).

[6] Johann Friedrich Kratzsch : The newest and most thorough alphabetical lexicon of all localities in the German federal states . Part 2nd volume 1 . Zimmermann, Naumburg 1845, OCLC 162810696 , p. 33 ( online at google books ).