Eichhof (Bad Hersfeld)

Eichhof City of Bad Hersfeld Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 59 "  N , 9 ° 40 ′ 29"  E
Height :	264  (209-295)  m
Residents :	1065  (Jan. 1, 2004)
Postal code :	36251
Area code :	06621
View of the Eichhof

Level crossing and Eichhof roundabout below the district.

The Eichhof is a district of Bad Hersfeld , located in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg , in Hesse . The actual name of the district is Eichhofsiedlung.

geography

The district is located about 3 km southwest of Bad Hersfeld. It is located on the southern slopes of the first hills (Dilgesrod, Bilsing) that rise to the Lax mountain (408.4 m above sea level ) in the Knüll Mountains . The built-up area is 209  m above sea level. NN on the A4 and rises to 295  m above sea level. NN on the slopes of the Lax mountain.

The Eichhof can be reached via the Am Schloß Eichhof street , which branches off from Bundesstraße 62 between Bad Hersfeld and the Asbach district at the Eichhof roundabout . The Bad Hersfeld – Treysa railway line runs below the district .

The Becherbach flows below the town and flows into the Fulda between the Fulda bridges of the B 62 and the A 4 . The A4 also runs below the village, to which there is a makeshift driveway in a westerly direction for the police and fire brigade.

history

The current district of Eichhof was created in 1950 as a settlement for refugees . The developer at that time was the Hessische Heimstätte . The Eichhof settlement community was later founded by the refugees . By mid-1953, 167 apartments had been built for around 680 people, and 40 more apartments were under construction. At that time a Protestant and a Catholic church were built. The settlement also created jobs. A farm, a gardening shop, a carpenter's shop, a hairdresser's shop, various retail outlets and agricultural sideline jobs were created. In addition to a bakery, there was also a small post office and a craft business.

In 1962 a sports club of its own , SSV Eichhof 1962 e. V., founded. The club colors are black and white.

Today most of the shops and businesses have disappeared from the overall picture of the district.

Since December 12, 2012 there has been a “shop for everything” for local supplies and as a district meeting place. This shop was operated in cooperation with Tegut and the association die Brücke (association for psychosocial help in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district), which has now been closed again.

The Internet department store Amazon built its first logistics center in Bad Hersfeld west of the settlement in 1999 ; RS Components joined the company a year later. A small solar park was founded at the end of 2008. The Hessian Biogas Research Center (HBFZ) was opened on August 19, 2011 .

Population development

year	1994	2004
Residents	1,121	1,066

tourism

There are several hiking trails around the Eichhof. You can hike in the city forest to the dance floor or even into the Lange Heide . If you follow the course of the Becherbach for about 600 m, you come to the Fiebighütte . An educational forest trail begins here, and at its highest point there is a charcoal burner hut .

The Eichhof Palace , the Hessian State Estate Eichhof and the Eichmühle are located below the district . From there, cycle paths lead to Bad Hersfeld or further along the Fulda in the direction of Niederaula and Schlitz .

Web links

• Eichhof settlement, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kai A. Struthoff: Welcome Amazon ( memento from April 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Hersfelder Zeitung (HZ) from November 4, 2008, reproduction by Wirtschaftsförderung Hersfeld-Rotenburg
2. ↑ Hessian Biogas Research Center bundles the Hessian biogas activities  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hessen.de