Etzen buttocks

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Etzen buttocks
City of Bad Koenig
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 32 "  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 35"  E
Height : 169  (169–196)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 1.79 km²
Residents : 473  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 264 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : August 1, 1972
Postal code : 64732
Area code : 06063

Etzen-Gesäß is a district of Bad König in the Odenwaldkreis in southern Hesse .

Geographical location

The place is in the red sandstone area of the Odenwald at the confluence of the Kinzig in the Mümling , two kilometers north of the core town of Bad König. The federal road 45 , which is part of the German Alps-Baltic Sea holiday route , and the state road 3318 meet in the village . Etzen-Gesäß had a station on the Odenwaldbahn .

history

The village is first mentioned in a document in 1398. At that time the place name was Eczengeseß and the place belonged to the lordship of Breuberg . In 1806 he came to Hessen. In the Middle Ages there was an iron hammer and a forest smithy in Etzen-Gesäß .

On August 1, 1972, Etzen-Gesäß was incorporated into the municipality (from October 10, 1980 city) Bad König as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

Personalities

  • Walter Wiederhold (1885–1959), German entrepreneur and honorary citizen of the place

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Figures / data / facts. In: website. City of Bad König, archived from the original on December 2, 2018 ; accessed in November 2018 .
  2. Etzen-Gesäß, Odenwaldkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. Law on the reorganization of the district of Erbach (GVBl. II 330–16) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 224 , § 3 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  4. ^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 359 .