Blankenheim (Bebra)

Blankenheim City of Bebra Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 22 ″ N , 9 ° 46 ′ 32 ″ E
Height :	193 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.28 km²
Residents :	494 (1970)
Population density :	53 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	36179
Area code :	06622

The church

Church seen from the former cloister courtyard

Blankenheim is a district of the city of Bebra in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg in the northeast of Hesse .

The district of Blankenheim is located southwest of the core town of Bebra am Seulingswald on the Fulda . Federal road 27 passes to the west of the village . In the east lies the Bebra – Göttingen railway line .

history

Blankenheim was first mentioned in a document from 1200. In 1190, an Augustinian convent was built in Aua as a subsidiary of the Hersfeld Abbey and was relocated to Blankenheim in 1229. The church of the former Blankenheim monastery has been partially preserved.

Please refer

After the Reformation from 1627 until 1834, the place belonged to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Rotenburg.

The Protestant parish keeps a late medieval chalice, with which the Lord's Supper has been celebrated again since 2016 after a restoration.

In 1939 the village had 387 inhabitants. At that time it belonged to the Rotenburg district .

Reorganization

As part of the Hessian territorial and administrative reform , Blankenheim was incorporated into the city of Bebra on December 31, 1971 .

literature

Johannes Burkardt: Blankenheim . In: Friedhelm Jürgensmeier among others: The Benedictine monasteries and nunneries in Hessen (Germania Benedictina 7 Hessen), Eos, St. Ottilien 2004, pp. 66–72. ISBN 3-8306-7199-7 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c "Blankenheim, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of December 2, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ According to the "Chronik Blankenheim", published on the occasion of the 800th anniversary on 22. – 25. August 1975, the first documentary mention comes from the year 1155.
↑ Götz J. Pfeiffer, Alexander Schulgin: A precious window into the past. The late medieval chalice in Blankenheim, its restoration, history and symbolism . In: All about the Alheimer . tape 38 , 2017, p. 24-32 .
^ 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. 406 .

Web links

The districts on the website of the city of Bebra
"Blankenheim, District of Hersfeld-Rotenburg". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature about Blankenheim in the Hessian Bibliography

[lagis-1] "Blankenheim, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of December 2, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] According to the "Chronik Blankenheim", published on the occasion of the 800th anniversary on 22. – 25. August 1975, the first documentary mention comes from the year 1155.

[3] Götz J. Pfeiffer, Alexander Schulgin: A precious window into the past. The late medieval chalice in Blankenheim, its restoration, history and symbolism . In: All about the Alheimer . tape 38 , 2017, p. 24-32 .

[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. 406 .