Habel (Tann)

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Habel
City of Tann (Rhön)
Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 9 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 31 ″  E
Height : 478 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.3 km²
Residents : 305  (December 31, 2013)
Population density : 48 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : August 1, 1972
Postal code : 36142
Area code : 06682
Habel with Habelberg
Habel with Habelberg

Habel is a district of the small town of Tann (Rhön) in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

history

1059 to 1945

Habel was first mentioned in 1059 in a document from King Heinrich IV , in which he granted the abbot of Fulda hunting rights over the Bramforst around the Habelstein. At the beginning of the 14th century there was a chapel and a nunnery in Habel. Just like a castle that has been handed down from around 1350, these were destroyed by the knight of Henneberg along with the entire place around 1400. It took almost a century to begin rebuilding. The Thirty Years War followed with destruction and famine. During their retreat after the Battle of Leipzig , French soldiers largely destroyed the place. After the secularization of the ecclesiastical principalities under Napoleon in 1802/03 and after that several different nationalities, Habel and parts of the Hessian Rhön belonged to Bavaria from 1816. In 1866 after the German civil war it became a border town of Kurhessen and was therefore under Prussian rule. It became part of the Gersfeld district until it was incorporated into the Fulda district in 1932 . Forty citizens fell from Habel in the two world wars.

Since 1945

After 1945 Habel became a border town again. It was only two kilometers from the inner-German border . Nationwide reports were made about the escape of the GDR regimental commander Klaus-Dieter Rauschenbach , who reported on June 2, 1981 in Habel.

On August 1, 1972, as part of the regional reform in Hesse , Habel and its hamlets Esbachsgraben, Mollartshof, Habelgraben, Neustädtges and Schwarzenborn were incorporated into the state law of the city of Tann.

Culture and sights

church

Evangelical Church, built between 1781 and 1782. A special feature of the church is that an angel inside the church bears the face of Marilyn Monroe and one of Jane Russell .

Habelstein

The Habelstein nature reserve (681 m). The Habelstein is a rock fall and landslide area on the Habelberg .

The legend of Ritter von Habel

At the Kettenborn, above the village of Habel near Tann in the Rhön, a castle is said to have once stood. During a long siege, the knight of Habel and his men could no longer hold the castle. In order not to fall into the hands of the enemy, he resorted to a trick: he put a large copper kettle over his upper body, and thus camouflaged, he escaped from the castle unnoticed during the night. But he had abandoned the roommates of the castle, so as a punishment his poor soul has to haunt around there every night with the kettle over his head until someone has the courage to take this kettle away from him. But so far nobody has dared to do it.

religion

Habel has been Protestant since the introduction of the Reformation in 1535 by Imperial Knight Eberhard von der Tann . Eberhard von der Tann was in command of the Wartburg when Martin Luther translated the New Testament into German there.

Economy and Infrastructure

Due to its location in the former "zone border area", Habel is somewhat away from the industrial areas. In Habel, many residents run a small farm . The largest employer is the local Ziegler joinery. New service companies such as the company Rhön-Radtouren, the Internet agency Dietrich Projekt and the mail order company ModeSzene.de have settled in Habel.

The Hochrhöner hiking trail leads through Habel on the Kuppenrhön route .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistical figures on the website of the city of Tann (Rhön) , accessed in February 2016.
  2. ↑ Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.
  3. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Fulda and Hünfeld and the city of Fulda (GVBl. II 330-14) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 220 , § 5 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 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. 395 .
  5. ↑ Information on the Habler Church

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