Höchst (Gelnhausen)

Maximum City of Gelnhausen Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 21 ″ N , 9 ° 14 ′ 1 ″ E
Height :	141 m above sea level NN
Area :	6.3 km²
Residents :	2078 (Dec. 31, 2014)
Population density :	330 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1974
Postal code :	63571
Area code :	06051

Höchst has been the fifth district of the Barbarossa town of Gelnhausen in the Hessian Main-Kinzig district since 1974 and touches the northern edge of the Spessart.

Geographical location

Höchst is about three kilometers east of Gelnhausen an der Kinzig . Both the Fulda - Frankfurt federal railway line and the 66 federal motorway , whose Gelnhausen-Ost junction is near Höchst, run along the Kinzig valley .

history

Wendelinus Chapel - the oldest building in Höchst

On July 1, 1974, Höchst was incorporated into the city of Gelnhausen. In 976 it was mentioned for the first time under the name "Hosti" and in 1976 it celebrated its 1000th anniversary. In 1313 his name was "Hoechste" and in 1582 "Hoegste". There are no reliable data on the number of inhabitants at the time of the first mention. On the basis of the court book drawn up in 1582, 25 hearths with 123 souls were registered. After this time Höchst was pledged several times and with the handover of the documents to the Elector and the Archbishopric in Mainz, the last seizure in history ended on May 28, 1721.

In 1415 the inhabitants of the village built a chapel - probably out of gratitude because they were spared a serious cattle disease in the area - and dedicated it to Saint Wendelin. Completely destroyed by the Thirty Years' War , which, like everywhere else, left its mark, the chapel was rebuilt in 1702. At the same time, a cemetery was laid out around the chapel. In April 1811, the Spessart robber Georg Philipp Lang, alias Holzlips , tried to steal the bell from the chapel. After he failed, Holzlips threw the altarpieces on the floor and damaged a statue of St. Wendelinus.

But even in the last days of the Second World War in 1945, Höchst was hit by dire events: On Easter Sunday, the returning Höchst, who had initially sought protection in the forest, were presented with a sad picture: 8 completely burned out houses, 28 heavy and 40 light Damaged houses and eleven barns and stables were also destroyed after American tanks broke a final resistance by German soldiers in the Höchst Kinzigau. Reconstruction began in the years that followed.

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , Höchst became the fifth district of Gelnhausen by virtue of state law on July 1, 1974.

Cultural monuments

See the list of cultural monuments in Gelnhausen-Höchst .

societies

The sports club, founded in 1907, operates football, table tennis and volleyball. The choral society "Cäcilia" was founded in 1881 and is therefore the second oldest in Gelnhausen after the "Gesangverein 1845 Meerholz eV". The Musikverein Höchst makes brass music of all kinds.

Economy and Infrastructure

Due to its convenient location, the place expanded to around 2,100 inhabitants today. The infrastructure of the place is characterized by a primary school, the kindergarten, a village community center and a sports field.

education

The Hedgehog Primary School in Höchst has almost 250 students.

Personalities

Sigfrid Klöckner (1929–2017), born in Münster, Franciscan
Martin Worms (* 1954), born in Höchst, State Secretary for Finance

Web links

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

District Höchst on the website of the city of Gelnhausen.
Höchst, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature about Höchst in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ Höchst, Main-Kinzig-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Basic data of the city. In: Internet presence. City of Gelnhausen, archived from the original on January 19, 2016 ; accessed in October 2018 .
↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Gelnhausen, Hanau and Schlüchtern and the city of Hanau as well as the recirculation of the cities of Fulda, Hanau and Marburg (Lahn) concerning questions (GVBl. 330-26) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 149 , § 6 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
^ 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. 363 .

[lagis-1] Höchst, Main-Kinzig-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Basic data of the city. In: Internet presence. City of Gelnhausen, archived from the original on January 19, 2016 ; accessed in October 2018 .

[3] Law on the reorganization of the districts of Gelnhausen, Hanau and Schlüchtern and the city of Hanau as well as the recirculation of the cities of Fulda, Hanau and Marburg (Lahn) concerning questions (GVBl. 330-26) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 149 , § 6 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).

[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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 363 .