Elbenberg
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Elbenberg
City of Naumburg
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 52 ″ N , 9 ° 12 ′ 13 ″ E
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| Height : | 272 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 18.18 km² |
| Residents : | 1300 |
| Population density : | 72 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | December 31, 1971 |
| Postal code : | 34311 |
| Area code : | 05625 |
Elbenberg is a district of the small town of Naumburg in North Hesse in the Kassel district .
Geographical location
Elbenberg lies in the Ostwaldecker peripheral depressions in the Habichtswald Nature Park . It is located between the core city of Naumburg in the northwest and Altendorf in the south. The Eder tributary Elbe flows past to the west , into which the Hahnebach flows at the southern edge of the village . The Hardtkopf rises to the southeast . With a municipal area of 1818 ha , the forest area is far more than 1100 ha.
history
Elves
The village of Elben was first mentioned in a document in 1074 as "Aelvinu" or "Elvinu" and around 1100 as "Elvun" in the Hasungen monastery quality registers . The family of the Lords of Elves is mentioned for the first time in 1231 ; they administered the Elber Mark as governors of the St. Alban Abbey in front of Mainz . Elben was the capital of the Elben court , which was subordinate to the nobles of Naumburg until 1266 and then to the Archdiocese of Mainz . From 1361 the village belonged to the Lords of Elben. Around 1386 they took it as a fief from the St. Alban Abbey near Mainz . Around 1536 or 1537, Konrad (Kurt) von Elben, the male line of the von Elben family, died out. Thereupon in 1537 the knight and landgrave Hessian councilor Jakob von Taubenheim received the place as a fiefdom, then that of Boyneburg called von Hohenstein and that of Buttlar as ganerbe . In 1559 the Boyneburg-Hohenstein renounced their share, and Elben was then in the sole possession of the von Buttlar.
From the 13th to the 16th century, today's Elbenberg, together with Altendorf and today's deserted beltershausen , was part of the Elber Mark, a marque cooperative under the sovereignty of the St. Alban Abbey in Mainz, which the Lords of Elben appointed as bailiffs. With the introduction of the Reformation in Hesse in 1526 at the latest, they managed to turn their bailiwick into property. Elben belonged administratively to the Landgrave-Hessian office of Gudensberg .
During the First World War (1914–1918), prisoners of war Russian soldiers were used in Elben for road construction work. The road they started between Elben and Balhorn is still widely known today as the “Russenweg”.
During the Second World War (1939–1945), a prison camp called "Kommando 680" was set up in Elben in late summer 1940, when 28 French prisoners of war were brought from Stalag IX A in Ziegenhain to Elben to be employed as farm workers were accommodated in the hall of the community restaurant. In 1943, next to the “Felsenkeller”, the “Saphir” large tunnel system was driven into the Hardtkopf, in which the Todt Organization was to set up an underground production facility for Henschel aircraft engines. The main work was carried out by forced laborers , some of whom were Russian prisoners of war and forced laborers from Eastern Europe and some of whom were German-Jewish women from so-called “privileged mixed marriages”. These were housed in two separate camps, the Russian prisoners and Eastern European forced laborers in a barrack camp on the right bank of the Elbe, on the way to Altendorf, the women, including the painter Ilse Häfner-Mode , in the Elben women's camp in the so-called clay hole of the brickworks. The camps were liberated by American soldiers on Holy Saturday, March 31, 1945.
Elberberg
The place Elberberg was first mentioned in documents in 1386, when the Lords of Elben received the village, as well as the neighboring Elben, with its small castle complex from the St. Alban Abbey in front of Mainz.
The Elbersberg castle dates from the 19th century, in parts even from the 15th century; a previous Gothic castle was first mentioned in a document as early as 1235.
Of the original Romanesque church, which was probably built in the 13th century, only the tower has been preserved. Today's hall church, built in the style of Lower Hesse baroque architecture , using old masonry, was built in 1788 according to a design from 1754. Inside, to the right of the altar, there is a stone relief of St. Martin of Tours , to whom it is also consecrated. In the chancel, to the left of the lead-glazed window, you can see the patronage status of the von Buttlar family, who still hold the church patronage today .
Merger
On January 1, 1967, the two previously independent villages of Elben ( Unterdorf ) and Elberberg ( Oberdorf ) merged to form the short-lived municipality of Elbenberg. The two districts have now largely grown together. As part of the regional reform in Hesse , Elbenberg became a district of Naumburg on December 31, 1971.
economy
The place is now a residential community . Many people from Elbenberg commute to work every day, including to the Volkswagen plant in Baunatal, about 20 km away . The largest local employer is a retirement and nursing home with over 100 care places. Only a few residents are still active in agriculture and forestry.
Cultural monuments and sights
- The Elbersberg castle , a neoclassical mansion built in the 19th century (private property not open to the public).
- The Elberberger Türmchen , a 13 m high tower built by Rudolph von Buttlar in 1825 on the southeast edge of Elberberg. At first it served as accommodation for the guardian of the nearby cherry plantation. Hugo von Buttlar later housed part of his extensive weapons collection in the tower. Since 1987 the tower has been open to the public as a lookout tower .
- The stone cross of Elben , a sandstone cross from the 15th century at the junction of the road to Elbenberg from the road Naumburg- Fritzlar . According to legend, it marks the place where in 1453, during the feud of the federal rulers, there was a battle between Friedrich IV von Hertingshausen on the one hand and Werner von Elben , Heinrich von Grifte and Otto Hund on the other.
Club life
There are three sports clubs in town, TSV Elbenberg 05, Biathlonfreunde Elbenberg and a shooting club. There is also a volunteer fire brigade , a trombone choir, a country women’s association, a local Red Cross association, the fair boys and an association to promote village life.
Web links
- Elbenberg district on the website of the city of Naumburg (Hesse)
- "Elbenberg, District of Kassel". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- "Elben, District of Kassel". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- "Elberberg, District of Kassel". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Private website for the place
- Elbenberg , home painting by the local painter Burkhard Niebert, on heimatgemaelde.de
- Elbenberg and historical information boards around Elbenberg (private website)
- Elbenberg and the great fire of Elben on August 8, 1930 (private website)
literature
- Volker Knöppel (Ed.): … I was at home there - Synagogue Community Naumburg 1503–1938 , Naumburg, 1998.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The location on the website of the city of Naumburg (Hessen) , accessed in April 2016.
- ^ "Elben, District of Kassel". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ "Elberberg, District of Kassel". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ The Protestant St. Martin's Church Elbenberg , on ekkw.de
- ↑ Elberberg
- ^ 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. 411 .
