Gammelsbach

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Gammelsbach (disambiguation) .

Gammelsbach City of Oberzent Coordinates: 49 ° 31 ′ 39 "  N , 8 ° 57 ′ 56"  E
Height :	277 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.9 km²
Residents :	923  (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	62 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st October 1971
Incorporated into:	Beerfelden
Postal code :	64760
Area code :	06068
Freienstein Castle above the village of Gammelsbach

The former hunting lodge Gammelsbach in Steinbachtal

Gammelsbach is a district of Oberzent in the Odenwald district in southern Hesse .

geography

Gammelsbach is located in the Odenwald south of Beerfelden in the Gammelsbachtal . The district extends between the ridge lines of the Hirschhorner Höhe in the west and the Sensbacher Höhe in the east. The federal highway 45 runs through the village .

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 772 with the place name Gaminesbache as a gift to the Lorsch monastery .

In the period around the Thirty Years' War there were two iron hammers for processing manganese and scrap iron . Later the population worked in stone quarries or as linen weavers .

In 1939 Gammelsbach had 628 inhabitants and belonged to the district of Erbach .

On October 1, 1971, Gammelsbach was incorporated into the city of Beerfelden , which in turn formed the city of Oberzent on January 1, 2018 with other communities.

Attractions

• Freienstein Castle , a ruin from the 12th century that stands high above the town
• Jagdschloss Gammelsbach (Jagdhaus Steingrund), preserved hunting lodge from the 18th century.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Gammelsbach

Web links

• Gammelsbach. In: website. City of Oberzent 
• Gammelsbach in the Odenwald. With clubs and local history. Private website 
• Gammelsbach, Odenwaldkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Literature on Gammelsbach in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gammelsbach, Odenwaldkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
2. ↑ Numbers and dates. In: website. City of Oberzent, accessed March 2019 . 
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. = 358 .