Heckershausen

Heckershausen community Ahnatal Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '59 " N , 9 ° 25' 26" E
Height :	215 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.42 km²
Residents :	2071 (1970)
Population density :	323 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	August 1, 1972
Postal code :	34292
Area code :	05609

Heckershausen is the eastern part of the municipality of Ahnatal in the northern Hessian district of Kassel .

geography

The village is located in the district of Kassel northeast of the Habichtswald , a few kilometers northwest of Kassel and directly east of Weimar . It is located a few hundred meters east of Rasenallee , the historic traffic route between Kassel and Wilhelmsthal Castle , which is about 3 km northwest of Heckershausen and belongs to the municipality of Calden .

The Ahne flows through Heckershausen and is framed by the Staufenberg ( 361 m above sea level ) in the north and the Firnskuppe ( 313.9 m ) in the south. To the north of the village rises the Stahlberg ( 348 m ), a southwestern extension of the Staufenberg, where a barbecue area with a hut has been built.

history

Choir tower v. SO (2003)

Church, slated bell storey of the eastern choir tower from the southeast (2003)

1106 is the first documentary mention of the place "Hekereshusun" in a list of goods Breviarium Sancti Lulli of the Hersfeld Abbey . A first pastor was named in 1357. In 1585 31 households are recorded. The church patronage belonged to the Kassel Martinsstift and had been a landgrave since the Reformation .

On August 1, 1972, the two were previously independent municipalities Heckershausen and Weimar, in the course of administrative reform in Hesse , powerful state law for greater community Ahnatal together .

In 2006, Heckershausen was 900 years old. This anniversary was celebrated from May 19 to June 6, 2006 as part of a festival week.

Historical place names

In documents that have survived, Heckershausen was mentioned under the following names (the year it was mentioned in brackets): Hekereshusun (1106); Heggereshusun (1107), (Hersfeld); Hekkereshusun (1146), (Hersfeld); Höckershausen (1505); Heckershausen

Attractions

The nave of the church in the middle of the village (left) was rebuilt in historicizing forms in the 19th century . The weather vane on the pommel of the dome's choir tower, which is probably medieval, is dated to 1886. The bell-shaped projectile, transformed into the oblong octagon, is slated.
The 3-arched railway bridge made of ashlar masonry , over which the railway line mentioned below leads, stands on the southern edge of the village.

traffic

Railway bridge made of ashlar masonry from the south (2003)

Heckershausen has two stops on the Volkmarsen – Vellmar-Obervellmar railway line . Since 2007 the RegioTram has been running on this route from Wolfhagen to the Kassel tram network with stops at both stops; a trip to Kassel takes about 15 minutes.
Heckershausen also has a bus connection which so far has served the towns of Weimar, Kammerberg, Heckershausen, Vellmar and Kassel. Two buses have been running in Ahnatal since December 2006: NVV line 49 connects the Ahnatal districts of Heckershausen and Weimar, and line 48 runs from Ahnatal through Vellmar and Fuldatal to Kassel.
In particular, the A 44 and the federal highways 7 , 83 and 251 , which cross the Kassel area, for example, can usually be reached in a short time.

literature

Carl Wilhelm Hermann Hochhuth: Statistics of the Protestant Church in the administrative district of Cassel , p. 53.
Heinrich Reimer: Historical local dictionary for Kurhessen , p. 214 f.
Literature about Heckershausen in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Heckershausen - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Website of the municipality of Ahnatal
Heckershausen in its history. In: www.geschichte-ahnatal.de. Heckershausen history working group for trace security, archived from the original on April 15, 2017 .; accessed in September 2018
Heckershausen, Kassel district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Heckershausen, Kassel district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 18, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Hofgeismar, Kassel and Wolfhagen (GVBl. II 330-17) 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. 225 , § 8 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 401 .

[lagis-1] Heckershausen, Kassel district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 18, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Law on the reorganization of the districts of Hofgeismar, Kassel and Wolfhagen (GVBl. II 330-17) 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. 225 , § 8 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).

[Destatis-3] 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. 401 .