At the top of the Nidder

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At the top of the Nidder
Community Old city
Coat of arms of Höchst an der Nidder
Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 13 ″  N , 8 ° 55 ′ 39 ″  E
Height : 134 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.76 km²
Residents : 1229  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 327 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st October 1971
Postal code : 63674
Area code : 06047

Höchst an der Nidder is part of the Altenstadt community in the Wetterau district of Hesse .

Geographical location

Höchst is located in the south of the Wetteraukreis ( natural sub- unit Heldenbergener Wetterau ) near the border with the Main-Kinzig-Kreis . Located directly on the Nidder and on the federal highway 521 , Höchst is approx. 25 km from Frankfurt am Main .

history

Höchst was first mentioned in a document in May 1268 and was built around the former moated castle Hoesten. In the German Empire the village belonged to the Freigericht Kaichen . There was a Jewish community in the village , which had 30 members in 1830 and was dissolved in the 1930s. The former synagogue is in the alley . The half-timbered house was probably built at the beginning of the 19th century.

On October 1, 1971, Höchst ad Nidder was incorporated into the municipality of Altenstadt.

Attractions

Günderrode Castle .

The baroque castle of the Barons von Günderrode from the years 1718 to 1720 is in Höchst. The castle was used as a hotel in recent years, but is currently empty (2011).

Infrastructure

Public facilities

Höchst has a primary school , a kindergarten , a corner shop , a gym and two churches (belonging to the SELK and EKD ).

traffic

In Höchst there is a stop on the Niddertal Railway , which is served every half hour during rush hour and every hour outside of rush hour and on weekends. Three bus stops allow connections u. a. to Büdingen and Nidderau .

Volcano cycle path

The volcano cycle path begins in Höchst and continues via Altenstadt, Lindheim and Enzheim on the former railway line from Stockheim to Lauterbach (Hesse) . Today the Vulkanradweg is part of the BahnRadweg Hessen , which runs on former railway lines for approx. 250 km through the Vogelsberg and the Rhön.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Höchst ad Nidder, Wetteraukreis, Wetteraukreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of July 8, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Altenstadt municipal administration - residents by district , accessed in April 2016.
  3. ↑ Regest: Battenberg, Solmser Urk. 1, p. 6 No. 15.
  4. ^ Thea Altaras : Synagogues in Hessen - What happened since 1945? Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, Königstein im Taunus 1988, ISBN 978-3-7845-7790-6 , p. 188 .
  5. ^ 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. 352 .

Web links

Commons : Most of the Nidder  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files