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City of Baunatal
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 6 ″ N , 9 ° 24 ′ 30 ″ E
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| Height : | 207–220 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 13.2 km² |
| Residents : | 7889 (Nov. 30, 2019) |
| Population density : | 598 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1966 |
| Postal code : | 34225 |
| Area code : | 05601 |
Großenritte is the second largest district of Baunatal in the district of Kassel in North Hesse (Germany) with 7,889 inhabitants (2019) spread over an area of 13.2 km².
Geographical location
Großenritte is located in the west of the Baunatal on the southeast edge of the Habichtswald Nature Park . The Leisel , a western tributary of the Bauna, flows through it . Landesstraße 3219 runs north of the district, L 3218 to the west and Kreisstraße 22 to the east .
history
The place was first mentioned in a document in 775. In 1330, Landgrave Heinrich enfeoffed the knight Johann Riedesel with goods for "Grosin-Ritte" (large rides) and in "Wenigen Ritte" (old rides).
An unmistakable testimony to the pre-Christian settlement is the Hünstein in Großenritte, a 2.50 meter high menhir made of quartzite , the oldest cultural monument in the Baunatal. It can be compared to the menhir standing near Hertingshausen . Standing upright in a field until 1911, it was sunk by the owner of the field because of his shy horses, dug up again in 1932 by Wilhelm Jordan and set up again not far from the site. In the immediate vicinity, Iron Age shards, an amber pearl and a fragment of a stone ax were discovered during the excavations .
Personalities
- Carl Grebe (1816–1890), German forester
Others
- A community center has been available for club life since 1987 .
- The little ones can attend three local day care centers .
- On May 27, 1995, a new line of the Kassel tram to Großenritte was inaugurated.
- The great knights are called Schmandhasen by the residents of the area .
- The Protestant Kreuzkirche is a single-nave sandstone church . It dates from the early 16th century.
Web links
- Great rides on the homepage of the town of Baunatal
- Big rides in the Regio-Wiki
- Großenritte.de
- "Großenritte, District of Kassel". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures November 30, 2019
- ↑ baunatal.de
- ↑ Irene Kappel: The menhir of Großenritte . Ed .: Northwest German and West and South German Association for Antiquity Research (= Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany . Volume 7 ). Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0368-7 , pp. 219 .
