Büchenberg (Eichenzell)

Büchenberg Eichenzell municipality Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 6 ″ N , 9 ° 42 ′ 36 ″ E
Height :	393 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.9 km² [LAGIS]
Residents :	908 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density :	115 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	36124
Area code :	06656
	Büchenberg from above

The town center with the church from above

St. James Church

Büchenberg is a district of the municipality of Eichenzell in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

geography

Büchenberg is located in the western foothills of the Rhön, west of Döllbach . State road 3430 and district road 69 run through the village .

history

The village is mentioned for the first time in a document from King Heinrich II from 1012, in which the Fulda monastery was given the forest area of the Zunderhart. The hamlet of Zillbach was mentioned as early as 859.

In the Turkish tax register of the abbey of Fulda from 1605 the place is mentioned under the names Buhenbergk and Büchenbergk with 55 families.

The church, built in Zillbach in 1937, is the only half-timbered church in the Fulda district.

Territorial reform

In the course of administrative reform in Hesse , the community was on 1 April 1970 to voluntarily Zillbach in the then independent municipality Büchenberg incorporated . On December 31, 1971, the municipality of Büchenberg was incorporated into the municipality of Eichenzell. Büchenberg and Zillbach became districts of Eichenzell.

religion

In the village there is the Catholic day care center St. Jakobus. The Catholic Church of St. James was built and consecrated in 1909. Current pastor (2019) is John Roy Vechuvettickal.

Web links

Districts. In: website. Eichenzell municipality; accessed in June 2020
Büchenberg. With local history. In: www.buechenberg-eichenzell.de. Association of Büchenberg e. V; accessed on February 21, 2018
Büchenberg, Fulda district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of July 8, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Zillbach, Fulda district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of July 8, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Büchenberg in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.
↑ Thomas Heiler: The Turkish tax register of the prince abbey of Fulda from 1605, (Publication of the Fuldaer Geschichtsverein in the Fuldaer Geschichtsbl Blätter; No. 64), Fulda, Parzeller-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-7900-0362-X , place register on pages 37– 47, from there reference to the page with the number of taxpayers
^ Incorporation of the community of Zillbach into the community of Büchenberg, district of Fulda on March 16, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 13 , p. 660 , point 511 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 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. 394 .
↑ John Roy Vechuvettickal introduced as the new pastor in Büchenberg. In: www.eichenzell-aktuell.de. Accessed July 2019 .

[1] Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.

[2] Thomas Heiler: The Turkish tax register of the prince abbey of Fulda from 1605, (Publication of the Fuldaer Geschichtsverein in the Fuldaer Geschichtsbl Blätter; No. 64), Fulda, Parzeller-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-7900-0362-X , place register on pages 37– 47, from there reference to the page with the number of taxpayers

[3] Incorporation of the community of Zillbach into the community of Büchenberg, district of Fulda on March 16, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 13 , p. 660 , point 511 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 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. 394 .

[5] John Roy Vechuvettickal introduced as the new pastor in Büchenberg. In: www.eichenzell-aktuell.de. Accessed July 2019 .