Gettenau

Gettenau municipality Echzell Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 56 ″ N , 8 ° 52 ′ 49 ″ E
Height :	129 m above sea level NN
Area :	6.11 km² [LAGIS]
Residents :	1045 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	171 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1971
Postal code :	61209
Area code :	06008

Gettenau is a district of the municipality Echzell in the Wetteraukreis in Hesse .

Gettenau is located south of Echzell in the Wetterau . The places Echzell and Gettenau merge. In the hit state roads 3188 and 3412. In local proximity is a fishing lake.

history

Evangelical Church Gettenau

Gettenau is first mentioned in a document from 1280 as Gettenowe . The keystone in the door arch of the Protestant church bears the inscription "Cum deo 1485". So it was built in 1485.

On July 1, 1971, the previously independent Gettenau concluded in the course of administrative reform in Hesse voluntarily with the community Echzell for greater community Echzell together .

Cultural monuments

For the cultural monuments of the place see the list of cultural monuments in Gettenau .

Sons and daughters of the place

Friedrich Karl Simon (1798–1881), German theologian and politician

Individual evidence

↑ Eigenbrodt, documents, p. 117 ff. No. 32.
^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 28 , p. 1117 , item 988; Paragraph 1. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 5.0 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. 352 .

Web links

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

The place on the website of the community of Echzell
Gettenau, Wetterau district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 7, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Gettenau in the Hessian Bibliography
Pictures from Gettenau

[1] Eigenbrodt, documents, p. 117 ff. No. 32.

[2] Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 28 , p. 1117 , item 988; Paragraph 1. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 5.0 MB ]).

[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. 352 .