Gilfershausen

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Gilfershausen
City of Bebra
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 22 ″  N , 9 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 231  (230-240)  m above sea level NN
Area : 5.41 km²
Residents : 434  (Nov 2016)
Population density : 80 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 36179
Area code : 06622
View of the town center with the war memorial, bell and millstone
View of the town center with the war memorial , bell and millstone

Gilfershausen is a district of Bebra in the eastern Hessian district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg .

geography

The Gilfershausen district is located approx. 4 km northeast of the core town of Bebra in the Solzbachtal , part of the Richelsdorf Mountains . The place is surrounded by the elevations Ziegenberg (333 m), Mühlberg (338 m) and the Schoßberg (365 m).

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Gilfershausen from Aufm Stein . View towards Bebra.
In front of it, hidden behind the stone . Left Simbach . In the upper part of Bühl . Gilfershausen Church on the right. Behind it, hidden in the dents .

history

Gilfershausen was first mentioned in a document in 1239 as Gilvershusen by the Hersfeld monastery :

"Heinrich, provost of St. Nikolaus, Reimfrid, pastor of St. Georg near Eisenach , Siegrid, pastor of St. Marien near Eisenach, Mainz diocese , delegated judge of the Mainz chair, decide that the chapel in Gilvershusen belongs to the parish of Iba , and deny the chapel mentioned to the knight Boto von Gilvershusen, since he had claimed that he had the chapel mentioned from Abbot Ludwig von Hersfeld as a fief, but the abbot was able to prove that the knight did not have the chapel as a fief. "

- Document from the Imperial Abbey of Hersfeld March 31, 1239

In the following years the place name changed constantly, so Gilvershusen and Gylfershusen were common until it became Gilwershausen according to the Rotenburger Salbuch, which corresponds best to the current spelling.

Gilfershausen farm in 1907

According to the first documentary mention, the place was a subdivision of the parish of Iba. From 1278 Gilfershausen was independent of the Iba parish . With the Reformation around 1569 , however, the local parish was again connected to its eastern neighbor. After 417 years of membership, Gilfershausen was integrated into the parish of Solz in 1986.

As part of the Hessian regional and administrative reform , Gilfershausen was incorporated into the city of Bebra on December 31, 1971 .

population

Population development

Gilfershausen: Population from 1538 to 2016
year     Residents
1538
  
 95
1627
  
 90
1639
  
 9
1747
  
 205
1834
  
 313
1840
  
 315
1846
  
 349
1852
  
 345
1858
  
 312
1864
  
 304
1871
  
 269
1875
  
 289
1885
  
 304
1895
  
 291
1905
  
 322
1910
  
 330
1925
  
 373
1939
  
 369
1946
  
 537
1950
  
 494
1956
  
 458
1961
  
 435
1967
  
 406
1970
  
 416
1989
  
 422
2005
  
 434
2009
  
 409
2012
  
 393
2016
  
 370
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources:

The very low population of 1639 can be explained by the Thirty Years War . Gilfershausen was not spared by the fighting either, so in 1639 only 6 men and 3 women lived in the village. After the Second World War , 95 displaced persons settled, most of whom left the place again in the following years.

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 291 Protestant (= 95.72%), 6 Catholic (= 1.97%), 7 other Christians (= 2.30%)
• 1961: 415 Protestant (= 95.40%), 20 Catholic (= 4.60%) residents

Culture and sights

church

The Gilfershausen Church

The Gilfershausen Church, with its massive tower and exposed location, forms the center of the village. The substructure of the tower and a large part of the nave are Romanesque . The tower superstructure was built around 1250. The nave was finally completed in the Gothic style . At the beginning of the 17th century, the church was extended by a wooden tower tower and the choir expanded. The interior of the church is decorated with artistically painted carvings. The galleries were painted with numerous pictures after 1721, which thematize the two Protestant sacraments and the Protestant doctrine of justification.

One of the two older church bells had to be given up as raw material for the war production of the First World War in 1917 and was melted down. After the end of the Second World War , the church had to be closed for several years because the rotten ceiling collapsed. The reopening in 1949 was preceded by extensive renovation work.

societies

The Gilfershausen club life is characterized by a large number of clubs in which around 630 members are organized. As oldest existing club of true glee club Liedertafel 1887. The Liedertafel's roof a variety of choirs . From mixed choirs, children's and youth choirs to acapella adult choirs .

The club with the largest number of members is FC Gilfershausen from 1964. The soccer club has played its games on the sports field in Gilfershausen since the mid-1960s and was organized in a syndicate with clubs from Asmushausen and Braunhausen from 1992 to 2011 . Since 2011, the FCG has been playing in a syndicate that has been expanded to include the 1st FV Bebra as FSG Bebra in the regional league.

In addition to soccer, there are two other sports clubs. The Bühler Boccia Club is located in the street "Am Bühl" and the lawn power sports club Bebra is adjacent to the sports field .

The fire station of the volunteer fire brigade is in the immediate vicinity of the village community center (DGH) . The shooting club of the Kyffhäuser Comradeship Gilfershausen from 1905 is also housed in the DGH .

With the exception of the lawn power sports club, the Gilfershausen clubs form the working group of the Gilfershausen clubs .

Dolles village 2004

Memorial plaque “Dolles Dorf 2004” at the entrance to the village

In 2004, Gilfershausen gained attention beyond regional borders by participating in and winning the Dolles Dorf competition organized by the Hessischer Rundfunk . Over a longer period of time, various Hessian villages were reported on both radio and television.

In several decision-making rounds, a daily winner was determined by telephone votes of the audience, who advanced to the next round. The participants were recruited from the villages that were drawn and documented as part of the Hessenschau under the motto “ Departure into everyday life” . In the final, which took place on the occasion of the Hessentag in Heppenheim , the winner was determined through sporting tasks and quiz questions. In addition, the opinion of the audience was incorporated into the final result by means of a telephone vote.

Web links

Commons : Gilfershausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Gilfershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ a b Population of the city of Bebra: Budget 2009 p. 3; Budget 2009 p. 3; Budget 2017 p. 3
  3. ^ Bebra, Chronicle of a City - 1989/90
  4. ↑ a b Festschrift for the 750th anniversary of Bebra-Gilfershausen, Albert Schmidt, 1990
  5. ^ 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. 406 .
  6. ↑ a b Götz J. Pfeiffer: From Noah's Ark to Salvator mundi. The baroque paintings in the Protestant church in Gilfershausen . In: All about the Alheimer . tape 41 , 2020, p. 36-43 .
  7. ↑ Gilfershausen. The working group. In: gilfershausen.de. Gilfershausen local council, accessed in August 2018 .