Gondsroth
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Gondsroth
Municipality Hasselroth
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 15 ″ N , 9 ° 6 ′ 17 ″ E
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| Height : | 137 m above sea level NN |
| Residents : | 1177 (2001) |
| Incorporation : | 1st October 1971 |
| Postal code : | 63594 |
| Area code : | 06055 |
 Evangelical village church
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Gondsroth is one of the three districts of the municipality of Hasselroth in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse .
The place is on the edge of the Hessian Spessart in the Büdinger Meerholz hill country on the Hasselbach .
traffic
Landesstraße 3339 runs through the village. From 1904 to 1963 the village had a stop on the Freigerichter Kleinbahn .
Others
- For the young residents there is a day care center Spielträume and a primary school .
- There is also a football field and a playground.
history
The village was first mentioned in a document in 1151. In 1234 a chapel with a fortified tower was built in Gondsroth. From the 16th to the 19th century, linen weaving was practiced in the village . In 1870 a cigar factory was added as a source of income in the center of the village.
The place used to belong to the district of Gelnhausen and in 1939 had a total of 471 inhabitants.
On October 1, 1971, Gondsroth was merged with the neighboring community of Neuenhaßlau to form the new community of Hasselroth.
Place name
The village is a clearing settlement . The clearing was probably carried out by a settler named Gons . The place name changed several times:
- Gunsrode (around 1234)
- Gonsrode (1236)
- Gonsrade (1347)
Culture and sights
Web links
- The place on the website of the municipality of Hasselroth
- Pictures of the place on the website of the municipality of Hasslroth
- Private website about the history of the place
- "Gondsroth, Main-Kinzig-Kreis". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature on Gondsroth in the Hessian Bibliography
- Search for Gondsroth in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 362 .