Goldhausen (Korbach)

Goldhausen District town of Korbach Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 51 ″ N , 8 ° 49 ′ 4 ″ E
Height :	490 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.67 km²
Residents :	295 (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	63 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1970
Postal code :	34497
Area code :	05631

Goldhausen is a district of Korbach in the north Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg .

Geographical location

Goldhausen is located in the north-western part of North Hesse in the far south-east of the Diemelsee Nature Park . It is located about 4.3 km (as the crow flies ) southwest of the city center of Korbach on the west to south-west slope of the 562 m high Eisenberg . Neighboring towns are Lengefeld in the north-northeast, Nordenbeck and Ober-Ense in the southeast, and Eppe in the southwest.

history

The gold mine on and in the Eisenberg was first mentioned in 1248 by Bishop Albertus of Regensburg . The mining , which lasted about 500 years until about 1617, resulted in a 900 m long, up to 12 m wide and up to 9 m deep open pit mine. There is evidence that more than 48 tunnels and 45 shafts were driven into the mountain. At the beginning of the 15th century a miners ' settlement was established , which was first mentioned in 1541 as "Goldhusen" .

On July 1, 1970, until then independent municipality Goldhausen the course was municipal reform in Hesse on a voluntary basis in the county seat Korbach incorporated .

Eisenberg Castle

Eisenberg Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1345 . It fell into the possession of the Waldecker Counts in 1421. In 1520 Count Philipp III. with the expansion to a castle. In 1586 the building of a castle chapel is mentioned.

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Goldhausen was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

until 1712 Holy Roman Empire , County Waldeck , Office Eisenberg
from 1712: Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Waldeck , Eisenberg Office
from 1816: German Confederation , Principality of Waldeck, Oberamt des Eisenberg
from 1850: German Confederation, Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont (from 1848), Eisenberg district
from 1867: Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont, district of Eisenberg
from 1871: German Empire , Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Eisenberg district
from 1919: German Empire, Free State of Waldeck , District of Eisenberg
from 1929: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Kassel , District of Eisenberg
from 1942: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative District of Kassel, District of Waldeck
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Kurhessen , District of Waldeck
from 1945: American occupation zone , Greater Hesse , Kassel district, Waldeck district
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Kassel district, Waldeck district
on July 1, 1970 incorporated into the city of Korbach as a district.
from 1974: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Kassel district, Waldeck-Frankenberg district

population

Population development

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1620:	8 houses
• 1650:	5 houses
• 1738:	16 houses
• 1770:	16 houses, 185 inhabitants

Goldhausen: Population from 1770 to 2015
year		Residents
1770	185
1834	157
1840	174
1846	176
1852	164
1858	155
1864	167
1871	161
1875	145
1885	171
1895	190
1905	167
1910	158
1925	172
1939	166
1946	252
1950	258
1956	235
1961	227
1967	239
1971	294
1980	313
1990	303
1995	298
2000	319
2005	310
2010	293
2015	303
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources:

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1895:	190 Protestant (= 100.00%), no Catholic residents
• 1961:	219 Protestant (= 96.48%), 5 Catholic (= 2.20%) residents

Attractions

The Eisenberg Gold Trail takes you past interesting gold mining sites and explains the history of gold in the Eisenberg

The visitor mine on Eisenberg , for gold mining

The Georg-Viktor-Turm , named after Prince Georg-Viktor zu Waldeck and Pyrmont , as a 24 m high observation tower allows a view of the Eisenberg castle ruins at the base of the tower and a panoramic view of the Upland up to the Ederbergland .

literature

Hilmar Ge. Stoecker: Goldhausen . Arolsen: Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein 1978 (= Waldeckische Ortssippenbücher 17)
Literature about Goldhausen in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Goldhausen. In: Website of the city of Korbach.
Goldhausen. Local history, info. In: www.goldhausen.de. Private website; accessed on March 20, 2018
Goldhausen, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Goldhausen, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 25, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Data & Facts. In: Internet presence. City of Korbach, archived from the original ; accessed in June 2018 .
↑ Historical data , on goldhausen.de
↑ Incorporation of the municipalities of Alleringhausen, Eppe, Goldhausen, Helmscheid, Hillershausen, Lengefeld, Meineringhausen, Nieder-Schleidern, Rhena and Strothe into the city of Korbach, Waldeck district from June 19, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 27 , p. 1366 , item 1326 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.0 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. 407 .
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
↑ population development. In: Budget 2018. City of Korbach, p. Preliminary report VIII , archived from the original ; accessed on June 2, 2018 .
↑ Goldbergbau am Eisenberg , accessed on February 22, 2016, from goldspur-eisenberg.de

[lagis-1] Goldhausen, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 25, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Data & Facts. In: Internet presence. City of Korbach, archived from the original ; accessed in June 2018 .

[Geschi-3] Historical data , on goldhausen.de

[4] Incorporation of the municipalities of Alleringhausen, Eppe, Goldhausen, Helmscheid, Hillershausen, Lengefeld, Meineringhausen, Nieder-Schleidern, Rhena and Strothe into the city of Korbach, Waldeck district from June 19, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 27 , p. 1366 , item 1326 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.0 MB ]).

[Destatis-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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 407 .

[VwGeschi-6] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[EW-7] population development. In: Budget 2018. City of Korbach, p. Preliminary report VIII , archived from the original ; accessed on June 2, 2018 .

[GoldspurE-8] Goldbergbau am Eisenberg , accessed on February 22, 2016, from goldspur-eisenberg.de