Gertenbach
Gertenbach
City of Witzenhausen
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 48 ″ N , 9 ° 48 ′ 16 ″ E
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Height : | 135 m above sea level NHN |
Area : | 3.27 km² |
Residents : | 898 (Dec. 2015) |
Population density : | 275 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 |
Postal code : | 37218 |
View from the southwest
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Gertenbach is a district in the northwest of the city of Witzenhausen in the Werra-Meißner district in North Hesse .
geography
Gertenbach lies above the east bank of the Werra and is the last town in Hesse on the right .
Geographical location
Gertenbach lies at an altitude of 135 m above sea level. NHN above the east bank of the Werra and is the last town in Hessen on the right . The built-up area extends to the western foothills of the sand forest up to a height of about 190 m above sea level. NHN . The Dieffenbach and the Hübenbach flow through Gertenbach and flow into the Werra right next to the village.
history
The first mention of the place can be found by Bishop Meinwerk and falls in the year 1032. At that time, Gardenebiki was given as the place name . Further variations of the name can be found as Gardelbic , when the place was one of the Northeimer allodial goods . Furthermore, a Conradus de Ghardenebeke is listed among the Münden councilors in 1323 and 1327 . In 1342 a Ludwig de Ghardenebeke appears , on the 1347 Conradus von Ghardenebeke jun. follows. In 1070 the place was the scene of a church meeting. A monastery is said to have stood on the site of today's church from ancient times. In 1836 a new rectory was built. Gertenbach owned 2 mills and 650 inhabitants in 1871 with Hübenthal and Berlepsch Castle ; today about 950 people live in the village. Gertenbach belonged to the Hessian office Ludwigstein / Witzenhausen until 1821 and then to the district of Witzenhausen . During the French occupation, the place belonged to the canton Friedland in the Kingdom of Westphalia (1807-1813).
On 1 January 1974 Gert Bach was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse powerful state law in the city Witzenhausen incorporated .
On September 23, 1987, Gertenbach was hit by a tornado that damaged 47 houses. There were 200 firefighters on duty. Despite the scale, only four people were injured.
Population development
Source: Historical local dictionary
• 1575: | 51 house seats |
• 1585: | 51 house seats |
• 1681: | 30 house seats |
• 1747: | 43 teams with 50 fireplaces |
Gertenbach: Population from 1745 to 2015 | ||||
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year | Residents | |||
1745 | 332 | |||
1834 | 605 | |||
1840 | 649 | |||
1846 | 675 | |||
1852 | 688 | |||
1858 | 627 | |||
1864 | 651 | |||
1871 | 646 | |||
1875 | 551 | |||
1885 | 529 | |||
1895 | 572 | |||
1905 | 546 | |||
1910 | 537 | |||
1925 | 592 | |||
1939 | 482 | |||
1946 | 814 | |||
1950 | 848 | |||
1956 | 801 | |||
1961 | 805 | |||
1967 | 850 | |||
1970 | 871 | |||
2015 | 898 | |||
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Further sources:; 2015; until 1928 including the residents of Berlepsch-Ellerode |
Religious affiliation
Source: Historical local dictionary
• 1885: | 657 Protestant (= 99.24%), 3 Catholic (= 0.45%), 2 Jewish (= 0.30%) residents |
• 1961: | 665 Protestant (= 82.61%), 128 Catholic (= 15.90%) residents |
religion
Gertenbach is the seat of a Protestant parish. It belongs to the Witzenhausen parish of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck . In 1944, the district of the Ellerode manor, which had previously belonged to the Hanoverian regional church, was assigned to the parish.
traffic
The place is on the B 80 and has a stop on the Halle – Hann railway line. Münden , which is served by the cantus transport company between Kassel and Göttingen . In Hedemünden there is a connection to the A 7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Gertenbach, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of February 27, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ a b Gertenbach district on the website of the city of Witzenhausen, accessed in October 2018.
- ↑ Online map at hessenviewer.hessen.de , accessed on March 12, 2014
- ^ Wilhelm Lotze: History of the city of Münden and the surrounding area . Self-published, Hann. Münden 1878, p. 303 .
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Eschwege and Witzenhausen (GVBl. II 330-21) 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. 353 , § 10 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
- ^ 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. 410 .
Web links
- Gertenbach district on the website of the city of Witzenhausen.
- Gertenbach, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Gertenbach in the Hessian Bibliography