Hüttenberger Land
The Hüttenberg is only a low ridge east of Niederkleen . Nevertheless, the Hüttenberger Land probably got its name from him.
The name Hüttenberg is first mentioned in 1246 in connection with a confirmation of the jurisdiction of the Counts of Merenberg ( Gleiberg ) over 20 villages by King Konrad . Even earlier, central courts , which often lasted days and weeks, are said to have been held on the Hüttenberg . As a result of inheritance divisions, the Hüttenberg shrank to 14 villages, which were administered jointly by the Landgraves of Hesse and the Counts of Nassau from 1396 to 1703 .
The Hüttenberger Land around the river landscape of the Kleebach between Wetzlar , Gießen and Butzbach , also called " the Hüttenberg " for short , can not be clearly delimited due to the traditional costume , dialect and construction of the Hüttenberger Höfe and especially the Hüttenberger Hoftore, because the distribution of the traditional costume or The typical high courtyard gates are different and only the core area belongs to the former Hüttenberg office.
The historical office of Hüttenberg ( e.g. on the Großenlindener Hügelland ) included the places Allendorf / Lahn , Annerod , Dornholzhausen , Dutenhofen , Ebersgöns , Großen-Linden , Hausen , Hochelheim , Hörnsheim , Kirch-Göns , Cleeberg , Lang-Göns , Leihgestern , Lützellinden , Niederkleen , Pohl-Göns , Rechtenbach , Vollnkirchen , Oberkleen , Volpertshausen and Weidenhausen , with Annerod and Hausen lying outside the closed area of the other villages.
The Hüttenberger costume can be found in all the villages of the former office and also in Münchholzhausen, but not in Hausen and Annerod. The Hüttenberger Hoftore can be found in the south to Langenhain-Ziegenberg and Ober- and Nieder-Mörlen , in the east to Obbornhofen , Langsdorf and Steinbach and in the north to Krofdorf-Gleiberg .
Since there was hardly anything in common among the villages, the terms “Hüttenberg” and “Hüttenberger Land” did not appear until 1900: they stood for the “good old days”. The “Hüttenberger Tracht” also developed relatively late as a common costume, namely from around the middle of the 19th century, with a nostalgic look back at earlier times.
literature
- Philipp Hofmann: The Hüttenberg , 1955