Gehau (Breitenbach am Herzberg)

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Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 44 ″  N , 9 ° 28 ′ 37 ″  E
Height : 303 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.69 km²
Residents : 170
Population density : 46 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : August 1, 1972
Postal code : 36287
Area code : 06675
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View of the B62 through Gehau

Gehau is a district of Breitenbach am Herzberg in the eastern Hessian district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg .

The village with 182 inhabitants also includes the Forsthaus am Hain and Hof Huhnstadt, about two kilometers to the west.

geography

Gehau is located in Knüll on federal highway 62 , right on the border of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district with the Vogelsberg district . It is about three kilometers to Breitenbach in the east; the closest town to the west is Alsfeld-Lingelbach . The federal motorway 5 is about a kilometer away to the north.

history

Not far from the village in a south-westerly direction is Herzberg Castle , now a partially restored castle ruin. In 1434 Gehau belonged to the Breitenbach court.

On August 1, 1972, Gehau was incorporated into the municipality of Breitenbach am Herzberg together with the municipality of Machtlos as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

Attractions

Between the town of Gehau and the Forsthaus am Hain there is a whole milestone made of natural sandstone in good condition, which indicates the distance to Kassel and Hersfeld. This also means that Gehau is on an old trade route.

North-west of Gehau is the Wilder Stein natural monument , a boulder that is said to be a cold volcano.

In Gehau there are many half-timbered houses that are very well preserved and are listed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gehau, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 18, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Gehau district on the website of the municipality of Breitenbach am Herzberg, accessed in January 2016.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.breitenbach-am-herzberg.de
  3. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Hersfeld and Rotenburg (GVBl. II 330-13) 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. 217 , § 2 ( 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 362 .
  5. ↑ Milestone: Gehau of the “Research Group on Prussian, Mecklenburg and Anhalt Milestones e. V. " ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the web archive archive.today )

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