Gensings

Gensings City of Felsberg Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 48 ″ N , 9 ° 26 ′ 28 ″ E
Height :	177 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.98 km²
Residents :	2940 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	295 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	34587
Area code :	05662

Gensungen is the largest district of Felsberg with almost 3,000 inhabitants in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse . The place is southeast of the core town Felsberg on the opposite right bank of the Eder . The district of Gensungen covers an area of 9.98 square kilometers.

history

Gensungen with the Ederbrücke (far right), Felsberg (middle), Heiligenberg (right), Kartause Eppenberg (right back) - excerpt from the Topographia Hassiae by Matthäus Merian the Younger 1655

One of the first written mentions, in a document from the Breitenau monastery , is Geinsingen in 1253.

During the time of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia (1807-1813), Gensungen was the administrative seat of the canton of Gensungen .

Until the regional reform in Hesse , Gensungen was an independent municipality. On February 1, 1971, it merged with the communities of Hesserode and Heßlar to form the new community of Gensungen , which also included Beuern on December 31, 1971 and Melgershausen on April 1, 1972 . On January 1, 1974, the community was Gensungen powerful state law with the communities Brunslar , helmet Hausen , Hilgershausen and Rhünda and the City Felsberg to advanced city Felsberg together . Local districts were set up for all of the formerly independent communities that were incorporated into Felsberg .

Attractions

Kartause Eppenberg is a ruined monastery, in the former gatehouse of the monastery there is a worth seeing apiculture museum
Extensive ruins of Heiligenburg Castle
Estate of the Mittelhof domain
Memorial (basalt hill with a beautiful view) on the outskirts, below the Heiligenberg

politics

coat of arms

After a cabinet decision of October 1, 1947, the Hessian State Ministry granted the municipality the right to use a coat of arms.

flag

The flag of the now dissolved community of Gensungen was approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on April 3, 1969:

"The broad, red central line of the flag, framed by narrow golden side stripes, shows the coat of arms of the community of Gensungen in the upper third."

traffic

The Felsberg-Gensungen stop is on the Main-Weser Railway (Kassel-Frankfurt). The station building from 1849 was designed by Julius Eugen Ruhl .

Sons of the place

Walter B. Loewenstein (1926–2018), physicist, emigrated to the United States in 1938
Burkhart Prinz (1939–2014), handball player and coach
Joachim Smola (* 1961), Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr

literature

Literature on Gensungen in the Hessian Bibliography
Search for Gensungen in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library

Web links

Commons : Gensungen - collection of images, videos and audio files

Gensungen district. In: Internet presence of the city of Felsberg.
Gensungen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c data and facts. In: website. City of Felsberg, accessed May 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Gensungen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
^ 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. 405 .
↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen and Ziegenhain (GVBl. II 330-22) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 356 , § 18 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
↑ Granting of the rights to use a coat of arms to the community of Gensungen, district of Melsungen from November 1, 1947 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1947 no. 45 , p. 474 , point 390 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.0 MB ]).
↑ Approval of a coat of arms and a flag for the community of Bickenbach, Darmstadt district of April 3, 1969 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1969 No. 16 , p. 644 , item 539 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.8 MB ]).
^ Siegfried Lohr : Planning and buildings by the Kassel master builder Julius Eugen Ruhl 1796–1871. A contribution to the building history of Kassel and Kurhessen in the 19th century . Masch. Diss. Darmstadt [1982], p. 346.

[DF-1] data and facts. In: website. City of Felsberg, accessed May 2019 .

[lagis-2] Gensungen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[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. 405 .

[4] Law on the reorganization of the districts Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen and Ziegenhain (GVBl. II 330-22) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 356 , § 18 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).

[5] Granting of the rights to use a coat of arms to the community of Gensungen, district of Melsungen from November 1, 1947 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1947 no. 45 , p. 474 , point 390 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.0 MB ]).

[Staatsanzeiger-6] Approval of a coat of arms and a flag for the community of Bickenbach, Darmstadt district of April 3, 1969 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1969 No. 16 , p. 644 , item 539 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.8 MB ]).

[7] Siegfried Lohr : Planning and buildings by the Kassel master builder Julius Eugen Ruhl 1796–1871. A contribution to the building history of Kassel and Kurhessen in the 19th century . Masch. Diss. Darmstadt [1982], p. 346.