Grossenbach (Hünfeld)

Grossenbach City of Hünfeld Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 6 ″ N , 9 ° 48 ′ 23 ″ E
Height :	286 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.51 km² [LAGIS]
Residents :	882 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density :	104 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	36088
Area code :	06652
	The Catholic Church of St. Antonius the Hermit in Großenbach from 1840

Großenbach is a district of Hünfeld in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

Geographical location

Großenbach is located in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve and the Hessian Rhön Nature Park . The place is located 2.8 km north-east of the Hünstelfeld core city on the Haune- tributary Hasel ; the district town of Fulda is 17 km south-southwest. The Rößberg rises south of the village .

history

The village in the year 1000 when it was first documented Gruzebach in Urbar the monastery of Fulda .

In 1232 it was called Grozenbach. The basic rule held the monastery of Fulda.
In 1436 a sacrament house was mentioned.
In 1594, Großenbach belonged to the parish of Hünfeld .
In 1656 a patronage of St. Anthony was called a hermit .

In 1787 it was assigned to the abbey of Fulda , Oberamt Mackenzell.

In the course of the secularization of the abbey of Fulda in 1803, the sovereignty changed to the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda , Principality of Fulda, Office of Hünfeld.

In 1812 there was a parish church.

The current church was built between 1838 and 1840. The Romanesque church tower dates from the 11th century.

Reorganization

On December 31, 1971, the previously independent community was incorporated into the city of Hünfeld.

traffic

North-west past Grossenbach beyond the Hasel runs the federal road 84 coming from Rasdorf and leading to Hünfeld , with which the place is connected by the district road 31; On this side of the Hasel, the K 122 runs parallel to the B 84 to Hünfeld. The local public transport company Fulda ensures local public transport with bus routes 76 and 87.

literature

Adrian Seib: Cultural monuments in Hessen. District Fulda II. Burghaun, Eiterfeld, Hünfeld, Nüsttal, Rasdorf. State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (editor and publisher), Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-8062-2607-2 , pp. 291-308.
Literature about Großenbach in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Großenbach - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Internet presence of the city of Hünfeld
Großenbach, District of Fulda. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 15, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.
^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 399 .

[1] Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.

[2] 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 399 .