Burgholzhausen in front of the height

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Burgholzhausen in front of the height
Coat of arms of Burgholzhausen in front of the height
Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 19 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 184 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.07 km²
Residents : 3612  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 595 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : August 1, 1972
Postal code : 61381
Area code : 06007
General view of Burgholzhausen
General view of Burgholzhausen

Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe is a district of the city of Friedrichsdorf in the Hochtaunuskreis in southern Hesse . The addition to the name in front of the height refers to the historical name of the Taunus as "the height".

Geographical location

Burgholzhausen is located in the Vordertaunus at an altitude of 190 m above sea ​​level, about 20 kilometers north of Frankfurt am Main , 5 km northeast of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe and 2.5 km east of the center of Friedrichsdorf. Burgholzhausen also includes a small piece of forest northwest of Friedrichsdorf, which is cut off as an exclave from the rest of the local area.

history

middle Ages

In the early and high Middle Ages the village belonged to the Niddagau . Its oldest surviving documentary mention as "castra Holzhusin" dates from 1222 and can be found in a letter of protection from Archbishop Siegfried II of Eppstein . From the Middle Ages to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , around two-thirds of what was then Holzhausen as an imperial village was owned by the empire and was otherwise subject to a large number of lords. Ecclesiastically, the village belonged to the parish of Obereschbach and half to the parish of Seulberg .

Early modern age

Old Town Hall
Old town center with the former town hall
Refurbished courtyard from 1630 (town center)

In the 16th century the lords of Eppstein united one third of the rule over the village in their hands. 1537 describes the eppsteiner Weistum (a listing of the Eppsteiner possessions) "Holtzhusen" as a village with 51 farmsteads and a fortification from a double moat with two gates. From the 16th century on, linen weaving became the economic basis of Burgholzhausen. In addition, the place lived from the processing of clay from its own pits to floor, stove and wall tiles. Fruit growing was added from the 17th century.

After the Eppsteiners died out, the Counts of Stolberg - Königstein inherited their share, but sold it to Count Philipp Ludwig I of Hanau-Münzenberg in 1578 . Before 1645, the emperor enfeoffed the Electorate of Mainz, Nikolaus Georg Reigersberg, with the two thirds of Burgholzhausen that he could dispose of. Nikolaus Georg Reigersberg bought the Hanau third in 1669 from Count Friedrich Casimir von Hanau. The descendants of Nikolaus Georg Reigersberg sold their rights to the barons of Ingelheim in 1702 at the latest .

In 1716 the Catholic baroque church , which today houses the parish of the Holy Cross, was built.

The county of Hanau-Münzenberg fell after the death of the last Count of Hanau , Johann Reinhard III. , 1736, on the basis of an inheritance contract with the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel . In 1741 Landgrave Wilhelm VIII occupied Holzhausen militarily, as he considered it part of his Hanau inheritance, and assigned it to the Hanau Office of Rodheim . There was now a legal dispute about Holzhausen before the Reich Chamber Court between the Landgrave and Baron Franz Adolf Dietrich von Ingelheim , himself a judge at the Reich Chamber Court. The landgrave based his claims on the acquisition of the village in 1578 by Hanau, the baron his claims on the imperial fief and the pledge from 1649. The imperial chamber court finally awarded baron Franz Adolph Dietrich von Ingelheim compensation in money in 1765 and the landgrave State rule over the village too. It took until 1803 in the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss for the emperor to give his consent to the settlement.

Modern times

From 1806 to 1810 Burgholzhausen was occupied by the French.
After that, the place was part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and belonged to the following administrative units:

The place name Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe was determined by the Reich Governor in Hesse in 1939 . Until then, the community was called Holzhausen .

After the Second World War , the place grew considerably due to the influx of refugees.

Territorial reform

In the course of administrative reform in Hesse , the community Burgholzhausen was before the height in the August 1, 1972 the district Friedberg powerful state law with other municipalities and the city of Friedrichsdorf in the Upper Taunus district in a town called Friedrichsdorf together . The last mayor of Burgholzhausen was Dietmar Gritzka.

Population development

  • 1939: 1038 inhabitants
  • 1961: 1853 inhabitants
  • 1970: 2139 inhabitants
  • 2005: 3579 inhabitants

religion

During the Reformation the church situation in Burgholzhausen was complicated. After the introduction of the principle Cuius regio, eius religio (whose country, whose religion) was introduced by the Peace of Augsburg, the large number of gentlemen led to a somewhat confused division according to denomination. Through the condominium from Catholic Mainz and the Protestant Munzenbergers, different denominations lived together. Franz Adolf Dietrich von Ingelheim's attempts to recatholize Holzhausen were unsuccessful. As a result, two churches were built at the same time.

From 1716 the Catholic baroque church , which today houses the parish of the Holy Cross, was built. The coat of arms of Franz Adolf Dietrich von Ingelheim can be seen above the door. The first holy mass was celebrated in autumn 1718. In the church there is an organ made by the Mainz organ builder Bernhard Dreymann , which was overhauled in 1992 by Förster & Nicolaus Orgelbau from Lich. The Protestant church was consecrated in the spring of 1719. Both houses of worship were designed by the same architect, the builder Johann Wilhelm Detler .

  • Protestant church

  • Catholic Church

  • Catholic church, door with Ingelheim coat of arms

politics

Local advisory board

The mayor of Burgholzhausen is Heinz Reinhardt (FWG). The local advisory board is composed as follows:

Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 24.5 2 26.4 2 33.5 2 33.4 2
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 11.0 1 12.8 1 15.9 1 27.6 2
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens 13.4 1 11.9 1 9.6 1 9.3 1
FDP Free Democratic Party 7.2 0 5.9 0 5.8 0 7.3 1
FWG Free community of voters 43.8 3 43.2 3 35.2 3 4.6 0
UWG Independent voter community - - - - - - 17.8 1
total 100.0 7th 100.0 7th 100.0 7th 100.0 7th
Voter turnout in% 51.5 50.6 47.3 52.8

coat of arms

On July 30, 1971, the municipality of Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe in what was then the Friedberg district was awarded a coat of arms with the following blazon : In red, a golden tower covered by a red, the old town seal, each with two golden pieces of wood.

Culture and sights

The name Weinstrasse of an access road coming from the north is reminiscent of the historical trade route with the same name running from Frankfurt-Höchst to Northern Germany .

Regular events

With the Burgholzhausen Burgspielschar , the place has had an amateur theater association since 1948, which performs annually on the open-air theater "Alte Burg" (in summer) and in the community center in Köppern (in winter). The Burgholzhausen rural women from 1957 take care of, among other things, the maintenance of the site and design, for example, the Easter fountain and the Easter tree.

Sports

The largest local sports club is TV 1893 Burgholzhausen with its departments for aikido , soccer , athletics , table tennis , gymnastics and volleyball . The local tennis club TC Burgholzhausen 1977 was founded on March 30, 1977 . The shooting club 1954 Burgholzhausen is located in the immediate vicinity of the tennis club . There is also a bowling club with Holzfäller-Burgholzhausen and the riding club Western Riding Club City Slickers Burgholzhausen .

Economy and Infrastructure

education

Burgholzhausen has a two-class elementary school with around 160 students, 15 teachers, 2 special school teachers and a church commissioner. The primary school has several computer workstations for two school classes and a computer room. There is also a school choir and various working groups are offered. The school has extensive grounds designed close to nature.

traffic

With the Burgholzhausen stop, Burgholzhausen has a connection to the Friedberg – Friedrichsdorf railway line opened in 1901 . Today it is integrated into the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund .

Personalities

  • Martin Schneider (* 1964), also called Maddin , comedian who often mentions his hometown in his programs.

literature

  • WA Eckhardt: The imperial village of Holzhausen . In: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies 92 (1987), p. 155ff.
  • Gerhard Kleinfeldt, Hans Weirich: The medieval church organization in the Upper Hesse-Nassau area = writings of the institute for historical regional studies of Hesse and Nassau 16 (1937). ND 1984, pp. 72, 76.
  • Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands . 4th edition. Munich 1992, p. 295. ISBN 3-406-35865-9 , p. 273.
  • Marianne Peilstöcker: A decided village with two pforden… In: Yearbook of the Hochtaunuskreis 2009. ISBN 978-3-7973-1110-8 , pp. 220–223
  • Hans Georg Ruppel (edit.): Historical place directory for the area of ​​the former Grand Duchy and People's State of Hesse with evidence of district and court affiliation from 1820 until the changes in the course of the municipal territorial reform = Darmstädter Archivschriften 2. 1976, p. 68.

Web links

Commons : Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Burgholzhausen in front of the height, Hochtaunuskreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 22, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: population statistics with NW@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.friedrichsdorf.de
  3. ↑ Erhard Nietzschmann: The free in the country. Former German imperial villages and their coats of arms. Melchior, Wolfenbüttel 2013, ISBN 978-3-944289-16-8 , p. 45.
  4. ^ Margarete Hinterreicher: Georg Christian von Hessen-Homburg (1626–1677). Officer, diplomat and regent in the decades after the Thirty Years War. In: Sources and research on Hessian history. 58. Darmstadt 1985, p. 179.
  5. ↑ Köbler.
  6. ↑ Köbler.
  7. ^ Name change of the community Holzhausen, Kreis Friedberg from July 19, 1939 . In: Reichsstatthalter in Hessen (Hrsg.): Hessisches Regierungsblatt. 1939 no. 16 , p. 135 , No. 276 / E / 39 / III ( online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 10.9 MB ]).
  8. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Obertaunus district and the district of Usingen (GVBl. II 330-18) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 227 , § 9 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  9. ^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 374 .
  10. ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3/1 (A-L). 1988, pp. 204-208.
  11. ↑ Christel Wösner-Rafael: Gotteslob im highest Tönen Taunus-Zeitung of June 6, 2011, accessed on May 1, 2016
  12. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the municipality Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe, district Friedberg from July 31, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 33 , p. 1350 , item 1167 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).