Hausen (Hessisch Lichtenau)

Hausen City of Hessisch Lichtenau Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 20 ″ N , 9 ° 49 ′ 39 ″ E
Height :	495 (476-551) m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.4 km²
Residents :	278 (Nov. 15, 2011)
Population density :	33 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	37235
Area code :	05602

Hausen ( listen ^?^/^I ) is a district of Hessisch Lichtenau in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse .

geography

Hausen is located about 8 kilometers northeast of Hessisch Lichtenau on the edge of the Hohe Meißner in the Meißner-Kaufunger Wald nature reserve. It is called the highest place in Kurhessen. State road 3249 runs through the village .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1300 under the place name Husin . The church was built in the 14th century . The evangelical parish belonged to the parish of Velmeden and after the dissolution of this parish in May 2008, together with the parish of Velmeden, it was officially connected to the parish of Walburg. The place belonged to the Hessian office Lichtenau until 1821 and then to the district of Witzenhausen . During the French occupation, the place belonged to the canton of Lichtenau in the Kingdom of Westphalia (1807-1813).

On January 1, 1974, was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse until then the district Witzenhausen belonging municipality powerful state law in the city of Hessisch Lichtenau in the newly formed Werra-Meissner incorporated .

Population development

year	Ew.
1939	313
1961	393
1970	329
2011	278

Natural spaces

The Kitzkammer , a natural monument, is worth seeing .

The Kitzkammer
Meissner transmission towers
View of the Meißner mountain inn
View of the Meißner Friends of Nature House

Web links

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

District Hausen on the website of the city of Hessisch Lichtenau.
Hausen, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature about Hausen in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Hausen, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of February 26, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Facts & Figures. (No longer available online.) In: Internet presence. City of Hessisch Lichtenau, archived from the original on April 12, 2013 ; accessed in October 2018 .
↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Eschwege and Witzenhausen (GVBl. II 330-21) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 353 , §§ 8 and 13 ( online at the information system of the Hessian Landtag [PDF; 2,3 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 410 .

[lagis-1] Hausen, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of February 26, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[DF-2] Facts & Figures. (No longer available online.) In: Internet presence. City of Hessisch Lichtenau, archived from the original on April 12, 2013 ; accessed in October 2018 .

[3] Law on the reorganization of the districts of Eschwege and Witzenhausen (GVBl. II 330-21) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 353 , §§ 8 and 13 ( online at the information system of the Hessian Landtag [PDF; 2,3 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 410 .