Huebenthal (Witzenhausen)
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Huebenthal
City of Witzenhausen
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 31 ″ N , 9 ° 49 ′ 26 ″ E
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| Height : | 200 m above sea level NN |
| Incorporation : | 1974 |
| Postal code : | 37218 |
| Area code : | 05542 |
Hübenthal is a group of farmsteads in the Berlepsch-Ellerode-Hübenthal district of Witzenhausen and is located directly on the border with Lower Saxony .
Geographical location
Hübenthal is located about four kilometers northwest of the core town of Witzenhausen near the border triangle Hesse - Thuringia - Lower Saxony . It is located in the valley of the Hübenbach , a branch on the right side of the Werra , below the Großer Hübenberg (approx. 300 m) in the western foothills of the sand forest . Berlepsch Castle rises northeast on a hilltop .
The small town is connected to the higher-level road network via the L 3238/565 state road via the federal highway 80 ( Hann. Münden - Heiligenstadt ), which passes by about 2 km away . There is a connection to the federal motorway 7 in Hedemünden , about 4 km away . The next train stations of the Halle-Kasseler Eisenbahn are in Witzenhausen-Gertenbach and Hedemünden.
history
The town of Hübenthal is one of the oldest settlements in the Werra Valley. It is mentioned for the first time in an imperial charter from 1032 as "Hufinadah" (Germanic: valley where the hooves were ).
In 1369, the von Berlepsch family was enfeoffed with Huebenthal by Landgrave Heinrich II of Hesse . Since that time, Hübenthal and Berlepsch Castle have been in the almost uninterrupted possession of those von Berlepsch who were employed by Hesse as border guards against Braunschweig-Göttingen.
In the 15th century the family split into two lines, that of Berlepsch and that of Hübenthal, and all properties were also divided. Accordingly, two courtyards were created in the 16th century, the "Oberhof", which belonged to Berlepsch, and the "Unterhof", which was owned by the Huebenthal line. On the Unterhof, the line to Hübenthal created its own castle-like mansion, of which massive walls, gates and vaulted cellars still exist today. Two mills on the Hübenbach were also built, so that the whole settlement resembled a village. The “permanent houses” served the inhabitants as a place of refuge in times of war.
In the Thirty Years' War Hübenthal burned down several times. The manor buildings were gradually rebuilt, but from now on there is no longer any talk of a village of Hübenthal.
In the 17th and 18th centuries it became common to lease property. In the 19th century the Hübenthaler line went out, and Karl von Berlepsch from the castle line also acquired the "Unterhof" in the fiefdom. In 1888 Adolf Funke became the tenant. When his lease expired in 1906, Count Hans von Berlepsch , the well-known ornithologist , signed a new lease with him for a further 18 years.
During this time, sugar beet cultivation began in Hübenthal . In 1916 Adolf Funke ceded his lease to Friedrich Selhausen, who leased the property until February 1934. Karl Graf von Berlepsch, the son of the ornithologist, took it over from him. His grandfather Karl von Berlepsch had founded a family fideikommiss in 1859 , to which Hübenthal was also incorporated. The Fideikommiss was dissolved in 1931 by the grandson of the same name, who instead founded the “Graf von Berlepsche Waldgut”. a. the Hübenthal manor was added as a component. He made his eldest son Hans-Sittich Freiherr von Berlepsch the land register owner of the forest.
After the Second World War , Berlepsch Castle was transformed into a hotel with a restaurant by Hubertus von Berlepsch. In 1980 both had to be closed because Hans-Sittich Graf von Berlepsch founded the Arvind sannyasis center for the followers of Bhagwan at the castle . The sannyasis center was closed in 1982. In the following years, the Bhagwan followers rented apartments in the Huebenthal manor, which belonged to the Berlepsch family, as a living community. The Bhagwan supporters took care of the conversion and restoration of the former stables and barns. They founded the Mandir Association, which in 2005 bought the twelve-sided marble-lined meditation room. 35 members of the Bhagwan supporters founded the Parimal Gut Hübenthal eG cooperative on October 31, 2007 , which bought the first floor of the Green House on June 17, 2008. In addition to the kitchen and dining room, the sangha common room and living room were created here . In 2014 the cooperative already had over 90 members. The remaining buildings are now used in a mixture of residential and commercial.
On January 1, 1974, the municipality of Berlepsch-Ellerode was incorporated into the city of Witzenhausen.
Web links
- "Hübenthal, Werra-Meißner district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Berlepsch-Ellerode-Hübenthal on the city of Witzenhausen's website
- Grave of the Hessian officer Adolph Freiherr von Berlepsch (1819-1851) zu Hübenthal on the main cemetery in Frankfurt am Main
Individual evidence
- ^ Archive of Berlepsch.
- ↑ The Parimal Gut Hübenthal eG
- ^ 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. 410 .
