Hettenhain

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Hettenhain
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Hettenhain
Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 3 ″  N , 8 ° 5 ′ 17 ″  E
Height : 372 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 1045  (2014)
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 65307
Area code : 06124

Hettenhain is a district of the city of Bad Schwalbach in the Rheingau-Taunus district in Hesse . For the district, there is a local district with the town council . With over 1,000 inhabitants, it is the largest district next to the core city.

Geographical location

Hettenhain is located southeast of the core town of Bad Schwalbach at an altitude of 385 meters in a neighboring short side valley of the Aar in the western Aartaunus , a natural subdivision of the western Hintertaunus .

The Hettenhainer Bach rises in Hettenhain and joins the Aar after 800 meters from the left .

history

Hettenhain is first mentioned in a document in 1195 under the name Hidenhagen . This is a derivation of the first name Hido . The place belonged to the Überhöhischen villages of the Rheingau and later to the county Katzenelnbogen . During the Thirty Years War, Hettenhain was almost completely depopulated and only slowly settled again.

Since December 31, 1971, Hettenhain has been a district of Bad Schwalbach after a voluntary merger as part of the regional reform in Hesse . As for every district outside the core city, the main statute established a local district for Hettenhain with a local advisory board and local councilor .

Culture and sights

Village square

In 1952 the Catholic Church of St. Joseph was consecrated. With the support of the US military, the rocky ground was leveled for a football field. After two years of construction and rest, 1. FC-Hettenhain was able to start playing on a grass pitch in 1982. From 1994 to 1995 the village square with a fountain at the war memorial was expanded as the village center and festival area.

Economy and Infrastructure

tourism

Like the entire region, Hettenhain is part of the Rhein-Taunus Nature Park , which aims to enable people to relax in a natural environment.

traffic

Hettenhain is located on the K 663, the shortest but also the steepest connection between the federal highway 54 in the Aartal and the federal highway 260 known as Bäderstrasse . In this way, Hettenhain is easily accessible and yet quiet between the district town of Bad Schwalbach, Taunusstein and Wiesbaden .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the local advisory board of Hettenheim , accessed in August 2016.
  2. ↑ Kompass hiking and cycling map 1: 50,000 Westlicher Taunus, ISBN 3-85491-137-8 , edition 7-2005
  3. ↑ Westlicher Aartaunus, Zorner plateau, Katzenelnbogen plateau, Nastätter Mulde and Unterlahnhöhen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bfn.de  
  4. ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  5. ^ 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. 377 .
  6. ↑ main statute. (PDF; 85 kB) § 6. In: Website. City of Bad Schwalbach, accessed February 2019 .