Elmshagen

Elmshagen Community Schauenburg Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 40 ″ N , 9 ° 18 ′ 53 ″ E
Height :	410 (392–437) m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.94 km²
Residents :	360 (December 31, 2013)
Population density :	122 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Incorporated into:	Hoof
Postal code :	34270
Area code :	05601
	View of Elmshagen from the south

Elmshagen is the smallest district of the community of Schauenburg in the northern Hessian district of Kassel .

Geographical location

Elmshagen is located in the Habichtswald Nature Park about 14 km southwest of Kassel . It is located a few kilometers southwest of Hoof , the main town of Schauenburg, south of Breitenbach and north of Niedenstein ( Schwalm-Eder district ). Like Elmshagen, the latter is located on the Wiehoff tributary of the Ems , which rises near the village and forms the junction of the Langenberge in the east with the Hinterhabichtswälder peaks in the west.

history

The village was first mentioned in 1334 as villa Elwineshagin in a document from the Merxhausen monastery . Other forms of the name were Elbinshain (1348), Elmershain (1447) and Melmeshagen (1459).

In the years before 1344 the village and court of Elmshagen were the Mainz fiefdom of the Wackermaul . When these men died out with Konrad Wackermaul in 1344, the von Dalwigk were enfeoffed with it. In 1850 the Wiegrebe acquired the manor.

Since August 1st 1972 Elmshagen has been part of the (large) community of Schauenburg. From December 31, 1971 to July 31, 1972, Elmshagen with Breitenbach and Martinhagen still belonged to the municipality of Hoof, which then became part of the municipality of Schauenburg.

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Elmshagen was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

until 1803: Landgraviate Hessen-Kassel, Niederhessen , Bauna office
from 1804: Landgraviate Hessen-Kassel, Niederhessen , Amt Wilhelmshöhe
from 1807: Kingdom of Westphalia , Department of Fulda , District of Kassel , Canton of Zwehren
from 1815: Electorate of Hesse , Province of Niederhessen , Office Wilhelmshöhe
from 1821: Electorate of Hesse, Province of Niederhessen, District of Kassel
from 1848: Electorate of Hesse, Kassel district
from 1851: Electorate of Hesse, Province of Niederhessen, District of Kassel
from 1867: Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hesse-Nassau , District of Kassel , District of Kassel
from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, District of Kassel, District of Kassel
from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative District of Kassel, District of Kassel
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Kurhessen , District of Kassel
from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Kassel district, Kassel district
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Kassel district, Kassel district
from December 31, 1971 to July 31, 1972 Elmshagen was incorporated as a district of the municipality of Hoof,
on August 1, 1972: Hoof and Elmshagen are incorporated as districts into the new community of Schauenburg.

population

Population development

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1585: 026 households

• 1747: 034 households (city and village register of the Upper and Lower Duchy of Hesse)

Elmshagen: Population from 1834 to 1970
year		Residents
1834	273
1840	304
1846	283
1852	338
1858	266
1864	247
1871	253
1875	265
1885	256
1895	242
1905	235
1910	228
1925	231
1939	205
1946	303
1950	297
1956	235
1961	241
1967	209
1970	229
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources:

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885:	252 Protestant, one Catholic and 3 Jewish residents
• 1961:	225 Protestant, 14 Roman Catholic residents

religion

After the Reformation, Elmshagen belonged to the church of Hoof (1585), from 1747 it was a branch , and in 1872 it was a permanent vicariate of Hoof.

Culture and sights

pillory

A landmark of Elmshagen is the Schandpfahl , which today stands on the main street and is probably a replica. The pillory was mentioned again and again, but there is no information about age and origin. According to a book from 1905, it dates from the Middle Ages and stood in the center of the village under an old ash tree . The last man chained to a stake and publicly exposed to shame is said to have been a goose thief around 1814.

church

The Protestant church in Elmshagen is of Romanesque origin from the 13th century and belonged to the Protestant parish of Hoof-Elmshagen. In the late Gothic period it was increased and a new choir room was added to the east . A half-timbered storey was added later.

Economy and Infrastructure

Public facilities

There is a village community center in the village .

traffic

Since the place is in a dead end, there are no classified roads through the place.

The North Hessian Transport Association (NVV) ensures local public transport with bus route 58 .

The Warmetal cycle path begins at the northern exit of Elmshagen, it leads through the valley of the warm to Liebenau .

Web links

Commons : Elmshagen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Elmshagen district on the website of the municipality of Schauenburg.
Elmshagen, district of Kassel. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Elmshagen in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Elmshagen, Kassel district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Geodata Center: Elmshagen , accessed in June 2016.
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[lagis-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Elmshagen, Kassel district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Geodata Center: Elmshagen , accessed in June 2016.

[3] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).