Friedrichsthal (Grebenstein)

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Friedrichsthal
City of Grebenstein
Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 42 "  N , 9 ° 21 ′ 58"  E
Height : 228 m above sea level NHN
Incorporation : 1972
Postal code : 34393
Area code : 05674
Friedrichsthal

Friedrichsthal is a settlement in the northern Hessian town of Grebenstein in the Kassel district , about 4 kilometers west of the city center. It has been part of the city of Grebenstein since 1895 and is now part of the Kernstadt district.

The place was created on the orders of Landgrave Friedrich II in the years 1776/77 about 1.5 kilometers west of the former village of Rixen , which was mentioned in a document at the beginning of the 12th century, but was given up before the middle of the 15th century and " desolate ” had become.

The Seven Years' War had caused severe economic damage to the Diemelland , and after the end of the war the Landgrave tried to improve the economic situation of this area by repopulating desert areas near the towns of Hofgeismar , Trendelburg and Grebenstein . On September 27, 1776, Friedrich ordered the construction of the Friedrichsthal colony , and the place then emerged in 1777 about three kilometers west of Grebenstein in the Nesselbachgrund.

The early years of the new settlement were difficult. The agricultural land was only small and the arable land, which consisted largely of huteland , was mostly stony and unproductive. In addition, some of the colonists had pretended to be farmers, but did not understand the slightest thing about agriculture and animal husbandry. The first houses were often poorly built and there were many complaints about unreliable craftsmen. The economic situation in Friedrichsthal remained bad for a long time, to which frequent bad harvests contributed, and only gradually improved in the 19th century.

In contrast to the villages of Friedrichsdorf (now part of Hofgeismar ) or Friedrichsfeld (now part of Trendelburg ) founded around the same time, Friedrichsthal was never an independent village. Even in 1835, after the Hessian municipal law was passed in 1834, the residents refused to elect their own municipal council; they referred to their affiliation to the city of Grebenstein, where the “citizens' money” was also paid.

literature

  • Will Vesper : The founding of Friedrichsthal . In: Heimatjahrbuch für die Kreis Hofgeismar , vol. 24 (1962), p. 77ff.
  • Friedrich Bleibaum u. a .: District Hofgeismar (Handbook of the Heimatbund for Kurhessen, Waldeck and Oberhessen, Vol. 3). Bernecker Verlag, Marburg / Lahn 1966, p. 89.

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