Great taffeta

Great taffeta Market town of Eiterfeld Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 26 ″ N , 9 ° 51 ′ 37 ″ E
Height :	317 (314–336) m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.75 km²
Residents :	938 (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density :	80 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Postal code :	36132
Area code :	06672
	Großentaft with Kleinberg

Großentaft is a district of the market town of Eiterfeld in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

Geographical location

Großentaft is located southeast of the main town in the Rhön . State roads 3170 and 3173 meet in the village. Großentaft is located on the former Hünfeld – Wenigentaft-Mansbach railway , which is now the skittles cycle path .

history

On the Rasdorfer district belonging Kleinberg , one of the volcanic cone MOUNTAINS of Hessian Kegelspiel southeast of Großentaft are the remains of probably only about a kilometer Celtic small one-piece Iron Age Ringwallanlage Kleinberg . A similar facility is located on Stallberg, just a few kilometers to the west .

The first documentary mention dates back to the year 815. On February 1, 1971, the previously independent community Großentaft was incorporated into the community Eiterfeld.

Economy and Infrastructure

In the village there is the Großentaft primary school , a community library and a village community center . The Catholic Church and the kindergarten are dedicated to St. Joseph . There is also a bakery, two restaurants and a former sister house, which is used today by the Kolping family Großentaft. Associations in Großentaft are for example: Trachtenkapelle Großentaft, Kolping Family Großentaft with the associated carnival club, Mixed Choir Großentaft, SV Blau-Weiß Großentaft, the theater group Großentaft and the Kirmesgesellschaft Großentaft.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Memorial plaque for Eusebius Breiten at the entrance to the parish church of St. Joseph

Eusebius Breiten ( Hermann Josef Breiten ), * July 20, 1884 Großentaft; † October 18, 1969 Sapporo (Japan), Catholic, clergyman, missionary , pastor , professor , linguist

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. 184-195.
Literature about Großentaft in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Großentaft - collection of images, videos and audio files

Districts. In: Internet presence. Market town of Eiterfeld; accessed in September 2018
Großentaft, District of Fulda. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/rsrec/sn/bio/register/person/entry/berung,+eusebius data on Eusebius Berung in Lagis Hessen - Hessian biography

Individual evidence

↑ Großentaft, District of Fulda. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 15, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Population figures . In: website. Market town of Eiterfeld, accessed in September 2019 .
↑ R. Gensen: The Iron Age ring walls on the Stallberg and the Kleinberg. Leaflet on the fortifications at Hünfeld-Kirchhasel and at Rasdorf in the Fulda district (1985) , Archäologische Denkmäler in Hessen (issue 49), Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-89822-049-4 . 8 pages
^ 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 .

[lagis-1] Großentaft, District of Fulda. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 15, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Population figures . In: website. Market town of Eiterfeld, accessed in September 2019 .

[3] R. Gensen: The Iron Age ring walls on the Stallberg and the Kleinberg. Leaflet on the fortifications at Hünfeld-Kirchhasel and at Rasdorf in the Fulda district (1985) , Archäologische Denkmäler in Hessen (issue 49), Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-89822-049-4 . 8 pages

[4] 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 .