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Hofe Hählgans
City of Bad Hersfeld
Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 24 ″ N , 9 ° 38 ′ 8 ″ E
District Allmershausen |
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| Height : | 242 m above sea level NN |
| Incorporation : | 1972 |
| Postal code : | 36251 |
| Area code : | 06621 |
Hählgans is part of the Bad Hersfeld district of Allmershausen in the northern Hessian district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg .
geography
The Hählgans farm is located at 242 m above sea level. NN in the southern part of the Geisbachtal , south of Gittersdorf and west of the Stellerskuppe in the Kirchheimer Bergland .
history
Hählgans was first mentioned in 1366 as the village of Algans. Other historically documented names were Ailgans (1392), Maylgans (1395), Malgans (1485) and Hehlgans (1673) before the name Hählgans was first mentioned in 1895 as a farm in the municipality of Allmershausen.
At the end of the Thirty Years' War there was only one farm in Hählgans, and in 1895 there were 19 inhabitants.
The village belonged to the von Hattenbach family as a fief, but they pledged it in 1395. In 1485, the Michaelskapelle on the Frauenberg near Hersfeld inherited the former desert .
literature
- Hochhuth, Carl Wilhelm Hermann; Statistics of the Protestant Church in the administrative district of Cassel, Province of Hessen-Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia; Page 489
- Reimer, Heinrich; Historical local dictionary for Kurhessen; Page 194
Web links
- Hählgans, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).