Eppe

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Eppe
District town of Korbach
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 7 ″  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 17 ″  E
Height : 380 m above sea level NHN
Area : 10.83 km²
Residents : 619  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 57 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1970
Postal code : 34497
Area code : 05636

Eppe is a south-western and rurally structured district of Korbach in the north Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg .

geography

Eppe is located at around 360 m altitude around 2 km east of the Hessian border with North Rhine-Westphalia in the extreme (north) eastern foothills of the Rothaar Mountains around 8 km southwest of the core city of Korbach and around 6 km northeast of the Westphalian city of Medebach . Immediately to the east of the village runs the Wilde Aa ("Aar") in a north-south direction . The Medebacher Bay extends to the south , the Waldecker Land to the east and the Upland a few kilometers to the north .

history

Eppe was first mentioned in a document in 1220. Originally called Hepehe and Epehe , the place was the ancestral seat of the noble family of Eppe, first known with Reinhard von Eppe (1214-1254) . A Heinrich von Eppe (1240–1276) and his brother were Burgmannen in Warburg . In 1289 a Herbold von Eppehe was mayor of the city of Korbach. A Dietrich von Eppe (1332-1374) was bailiff to Fürstenberg , a current district of Lichtenfels .

On July 1, 1970, until then independent municipality under Eppe was municipal reform in Hesse on a voluntary basis in the county seat Korbach incorporated . The district of Eppe had an area of ​​10.83 km².

religion

Interior view of the St. Peter and Paul Church in Eppe

With the introduction of the Reformation in the county of Waldeck in 1526/1529, the village population became Protestant and Catholics did not return to the village until the 19th century. Until 1865 the place had a simultaneous church that was used jointly by both denominations. This had to be demolished because of dilapidation. The current Protestant church was built in 1876. The parish belongs to the parish Nieder-Ense.

In 1869 the church of St. Peter and Paul was built for the Catholic community and consecrated on October 4, 1870. This makes it the first new building of a Catholic church in the Waldecker Land after the Reformation. The villages of Nieder-Schleidern and Alleringhausen also belong to the Catholic parish of Eppe . It is assigned to the pastoral association Korbach in the dean's office Waldeck and, although located in northern Hesse, belongs to the Westphalian archbishopric of Paderborn like the entire area of ​​the former district of Waldeck.

Heidenstrasse

The Heidenstraße is a more than 1000 year old military and trade route through the Aartal. It led from Leipzig via Kassel , Korbach, Eppe and Medebach to Cologne and was about 500 km long. Over the centuries not only goods were transported here, it was also used by settlers and pilgrims; also the emperor Otto III. (1000) and Charles IV (1349) are said to have used them. It is also seen as a feeder to the “Jakobspfad”, another pilgrimage and trade route. Traces of this road can still be found today.

Since June 1, 2009 a memorial stone with a plaque commemorates Heidenstrasse. It is the first memorial stone for Heidenstrasse in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district and in Hesse.

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1541: 20 houses
• 1738: 36 houses
• 1770: 44 houses, 357 inhabitants
Eppe: Population from 1770 to 2015
year     Residents
1770
  
 357
1834
  
 391
1840
  
 414
1846
  
 407
1852
  
 410
1858
  
 420
1864
  
 430
1871
  
 378
1875
  
 392
1885
  
 383
1895
  
 363
1905
  
 357
1910
  
 398
1925
  
 426
1939
  
 417
1946
  
 508
1950
  
 503
1956
  
 521
1961
  
 473
1967
  
 546
1971
  
 561
1980
  
 639
1990
  
 676
1995
  
 735
2000
  
 704
2005
  
 681
2010
  
 646
2015
  
 612
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources:

Culture and infrastructure

  • In Eppe there is a youth home of the YMCA ( Wolfhagen ), in which many young people have experienced leisure time.
  • There is a kindergarten in the village.
  • Several clubs are active in the village.

Personalities

The tennis professional Rainer Schüttler (* 1976), who made his Abitur at the Korbach high school, the “old state school” , comes from Eppe.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Eppe, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Data & Facts. In: Internet presence. City of Korbach, archived from the original ; accessed in June 2018 .
  3. ^ Historical local dictionary: Simple search: LAGIS Hessen. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Incorporation of the municipalities of Alleringhausen, Eppe, Goldhausen, Helmscheid, Hillershausen, Lengefeld, Meineringhausen, Nieder-Schleidern, Rhena and Strothe into the city of Korbach, Waldeck district from June 19, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 27 , p. 1366 , item 1326 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.0 MB ]).
  5. ↑ Federal Statistical Office: Official register of municipalities for the Federal Republic of Germany with overviews of the administrative structure and information on the affiliation of the municipalities to local classes, postcode areas and some important administrative units. 1957 edition, p. 275
  6. ↑ The parish Nieder-Ense includes the parishes of Nieder-Ense (Nieder-Ense with church, Ober-Ense, Nordenbeck, Goldhausen), Immighausen (Immighausen with church) and Eppe (Eppe with church, Hillershausen, Nieder-Schleidern with church).
  7. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  8. ↑ population development. In: Budget 2018. City of Korbach, p. Preliminary report VIII , archived from the original ; accessed on June 2, 2018 .

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