Gethsemane (Philippsthal)

gethsemane Philippsthal market town (Werra) Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 21 ″ N , 9 ° 55 ′ 25 ″ E
Height :	342 (328–342) m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.79 km²
Residents :	219
Population density :	122 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	August 1, 1972
Postal code :	36269
Area code :	06674

Gethsemane is a district of the market town of Philippsthal (Werra) in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in East Hesse .

geography

The village is located northwest of Philippsthal between the last foothills of the Rhön and the Werra valley . Federal highway 62 runs north of Gethsemane .

history

The site was initially in 1699 by Heimboldshausen -down Huguenots with the permission of para-alloy Landgrave Philipp of Hessen-Philippsthal in its territory, the Bailiwick Kreuzberg founded (Philippsthal). The church and the cemetery of this community are first recorded in 1710. In the local dialect of the place name was in many variations verballhornisiert : Kätzmiß, Kätzmis, Gözeman, Getzmann, Götzmann and Getzemich.

On August 1, 1972, as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the previously independent municipality of Gethsemane was merged with five other locations to form the new municipality of Philippstal.

Infrastructure

In the place there is

literature

Gethsemane . (PDF; 245 kB) In: Hersfelder Zeitung , Beiblatt Mein Heimatland , pp. 47–48
Literature on Gethsemane in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Gethsemane district on the Philippsthal community website.
Gethsemane, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Gethsemane, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 20, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Gethsemane district on the Philippsthal community's website, accessed in August 2018.
↑ 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 , § 10 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 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. 397 .

[lagis-1] Gethsemane, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 20, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Gethsemane district on the Philippsthal community's website, accessed in August 2018.

[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 , § 10 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).

[Gemeindeverzeichnis1970bis1982-4] 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 397 .