Friemen

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Friemen
City of Waldkappel
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 25 ″  N , 9 ° 51 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 265  (257-272)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.48 km²
Residents : 87  (Feb 17, 2015)
Population density : 35 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st October 1971
Postal code : 37284
Area code : 05656

Friemen is a district of Waldkappel in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse .

Geographical location

Friemen is located just under 3 km south-southwest of the Waldkappel core town in the Stölzinger Mountains at the confluence of the Hetzebach and the Schemmerbach . 1.7 km south-southeast, the rises Ziegenküppel and about 2.5 km (depending crow ) northeast of Mäuseberg , on each of which is an observation tower. In the village where the Kanonenbahn used to run past, the state road  3227 (Friemen– Mäckelsdorf ) branches off from the L 3226 ( Burghofen –Friemen – Waldkappel).

history

The village was first mentioned in 1317 under the name Vriemannes . Friemen was once a manor district . At that time Gut Buttlar was dominant. On the outskirts there was a submerged moated castle , on the foundations of which a mansion was built in 1742 .

In 1939 the place had 178 inhabitants. In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , Friemen came to the city of Waldkappel on October 1, 1971.

church

The Protestant parish church

The Protestant parish church of Friemens is a small late Gothic building with a massive basement from 1498. The distinctive two-storey lattice tower was added in 1718 and the nave was changed at the same time . Behind the altar is the pulpit from the end of the 17th century on a stone foot from 1619. On the north wall is the epitaph of Hermann von Hundelshausen, who kneels with his wife in front of a crucifixion. Because of its artistic, structural and historical importance, the church is a protected cultural monument.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Friemen, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of February 8, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ District Friemen on the website of the city of Waldkappel, accessed in February 2016.
  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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 388 .
  4. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Hesse. Modifications made by Magnus Backes. Munich, Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1966. p. 256.
  5. ↑ Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany. - Cultural monuments in Hessen. Werra-Meißner district I, old district Eschwege. Peer Zietz in collaboration with Thomas Wiegand. Braunschweig, Wiesbaden: Vieweg. 1991. ISBN 3-528-06240-1 . P. 476 f.

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