Espenschied (Lorch)

Espenschied City of Lorch
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 43 ″  N , 7 ° 54 ′ 15 ″  E
Height :	388 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	530  (2012)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1977
Postal code :	65391
Area code :	06775

Espenschied

Espenschied. Community building from 1948

Espenschied is a district of the town of Lorch in the Rheingau-Taunus district in southern Hesse with around 530 inhabitants. For the formerly independent municipality Espenschied there is a separate local district with a local advisory board .

geography

Espenschied lies above the Wispertal at an altitude of around 400  m in the western Hintertaunus . The only access road, the L 3031, leads from the Laukenmühle in the Wispertal from the south, on over the Hessian border to Welterod and Strüth in the Rhein-Lahn district .

history

The existence of the place can be traced back to the year 1187 as villa Espelscheid . In the 12th century, the Rheingrafen owned a farm here. From 1165 to 1183 it came to the Counts of Nassau in pledge. In the 13th century, the Lords of Eppstein temporarily owned Espenschied - probably as a Mainz fief. Espenschied had been part of the Lauksburg rule since the 14th century and was only connected to the ore monastery of Mainz via feudal ties . As a largely independent rule, it was in the hands of the von Greiffenklau lords until 1508 and then passed to the lords of Heuchelheim. After Sebastian von Heuchelheim's death in 1575, Espenschied was drafted as a settled fief and assigned to the Electoral Mainz Office of Lorch. Since then Espenschied has shared the history of the Rheingau .

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Espenschied was incorporated into the city of Lorch on January 1, 1977 at the same time as the municipalities of Ransel and Wollmigart .

Espenschied was officially recognized as a climatic health resort from 1974 to 2014 . Today the place is classified as a resort .

coat of arms

On September 2, 1965, the community was Espen eliminated from former Rheingaukreis , Region of Wiesbaden , a coat of arms with the following Blazon awarded: In Black a golden, covered with red and blue stones Inful , accompanied by three golden aspen leaves (2: 1).

Culture and sights

Buildings

St. Nicholas Espenschied

The St. Nikolauskirche is a branch of the parish Saint Elisabeth von Schönau in the Diocese of Limburg . The hall church from the years 1746–1748 is characterized by a striking roof turret . The high altar dates from the 1st quarter of the 18th century, while two side altars and the pulpit date from the construction period. Among the baroque wooden figures are several works that are ascribed to the workshop of Martin Biterich and his son Johann Georg Bitterich .

Further listed buildings are described in the list of cultural monuments in Lorch (Rhg) district Espenschied .

Espenschied family association

There has been a family association Espenschied since 1954, which derives its name from the place Espenschied and holds regular family get-togethers in Espenschied.

Circular hiking trail

Espenschied has been the starting point of the Wispertalsteig hiking trail since 2009 .

Transport and infrastructure

Espenschied is on Landesstrasse 3031.

There is no regular bus service to Espenschied. Two call taxis ensure connections to Lorch and Kemel (with a connection to Wiesbaden). The children from Espenschied visit schools in Rhineland-Palatinate and are brought to Nastätten by school bus .

Web links

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

• Espenschied district on the website of the city of Lorch.
• Climatic health resort Espenschied - sun terrace of the Wispertal. Local history, information. In: www.luftkurort-espenschied.de. Tourist and local history association Espenschied 
• Espenschied, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Literature about Espenschied in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Lorch am Rhein - Espenschied. Hessen Agency, archived from the original on February 6, 2013 ; accessed in September 2018 . 
2. ↑ Topographic map 1: 25,000
3. ^ 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. 376 .
4. ↑ Thorsten Stötzer: From a climatic spa to a resort: Espenschied wants to save costs . Wiesbaden Courier on May 17, 2018
5. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the community Espenschied, Rheingaukreis, administrative district Wiesbaden dated September 2, 1965 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1965 no. 38 , p. 1102 , point 911 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.9 MB ]).
6. ↑ http://www.hl-elisabeth.de/index.php?id=2
7. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Hessen II , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03117-3
8. ↑ Homepage of the Espenschied family association ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.