Hilsenhain
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Hilsenhain
Community Heiligkreuzsteinach
Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 43 ″ N , 8 ° 46 ′ 18 ″ E
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| Height : | 470 m |
| Residents : | 276 (Jan. 1, 2014) |
| Postal code : | 69253 |
| Area code : | 06220 |
Hilsenhain is a district of the municipality Heiligkreuzsteinach in the Odenwald .
etymology
Hilsenhain is first mentioned in a document in 1401 as Hildeßhane. With this document, the Bishop of Worms grants Hennel Wißarß von Lindenfels the right to tithe for a number of Odenwald communities, including Hilsenhain. Han, Hain or Hag means something like protected area. The name Hilsenhain is likely to have its origin as Hildi's (or Hildis) grove. A grove is a protected site, a pasture or otherwise used land. Another interpretation refers to the holly (Ilex aquifolia) as the namesake. Even today you can see specimens of the holly in the village or in the woods. This tree was or is also called "Hilsen or Hülsenbaum". In earlier times the wood was used to build bows because it is very hard and resistant. Since the word grove also stands for "grove", the name Hilsenhain could also mean holly grove.
description
Hilsenhain is the highest part of Heiligkreuzsteinach. It is located around 3.5 km northwest of the eponymous central town at around 470 m above sea level. NN in the open field on a somewhat uneven plateau, on the western edge of which steep blades run to the Grundelbach , which in the so-called Gorxheimer Tal of the Hessian neighboring municipality Gorxheimertal runs west to the Weschnitz . To the east, the plateau drops more rapidly to the upper Steinach , which drains south. The place is distributed in non-contiguous development along the district road L 4123, which comes from the neighboring town of Bärsbach and then leads down into the Steinachtal in a steep valley trail that still begins in the local area . Except to the south, where the neighboring town of Bärsbach is located in a common clearing island, hillside forests set in everywhere on the valley edges.
On the northern edge of the clearing island, the state border with Hesse runs , on its western edge, the municipality border with Weinheim . The place belonged to the municipality of Lampenhain until December 31, 1974 , which was then united with Heiligkreuzsteinach; Today, with Lampenhain, Bärsbach , Vorderheubach and the small homestead Hinterheubach, it forms the district of Lampenhain of the community.
Around 300 people live in the village, including the well-known drummer Mani Neumeier , co-founder of the Krautrock group Guru Guru .
history
The place is located on an eastern depression of the Hohen Stasse, this strategically assumed connection between Neckar and Main at an altitude of between 400 and almost 500 m on weathered soils of the crystalline granite forest with loamy sands of medium yield. The settlement in the front Granitodenwald took place around the turn of the millennium or before. The historical development of Hilsenhain can be seen with that of Rippenweier. In 1454 Hilsenhain immediately became part of the Palatinate. In 1599 it belonged, like all places in the front Odenwald, to the Weinheim winery and was subject to taxes for Windeck Castle . Hilsenhain was divided into 5 hubs. Some were put together, torn or divided. They were divided into 3 courtyards, which nestled around the spring basin, where a well, which was intact until a few years ago, provided water. Ecclesiastically, Hilsenhain originally belonged to the parish of Leutershausen, along with Rippenweier, Oberflockenbach and Ursenbach, and thus to the Heiligkreuz branch church.
Hilsenhain was settled as part of the settlement advance (together with Bärsbach and Lampenhain) in the front Odenwald by a Bergstrasse noble family, presumably the Hirschberger, on the ecclesiastical order of Lorsch or Worms around the turn of the millennium. The Burgschell was built as a service man's seat and the Red Church was built as a church site. Hilsenhain's political affiliation with Rippenweier lasted until the 19th century. From 1826 Hilsenhain tried to get away from the poor community of Rippenweier and to unite with Wünschmichelbach. The lack of consent from the mother community and the lack of financial resources made this project fail. Three months later, another application for admission was made, at the same time the neighboring local court in Heiligkreuzsteinach was asked whether it was ready to include Hilsenhain in the judicial association. The Hilsenhainers were lucky: the Heiligkreuzsteinach citizens also wanted to accept the Hilsenhainers into their community, because the Hilsenhainers had around 250 acres of community forest and they were therefore to be considered wealthy. After almost 800 years, Hilsenhain has now separated from Rippenweier. Soon the Hilsenhainers felt neglected in association with the so-called Obergemeinde von Heiligkreuzsteinach - like von Rippenweier back then. One wanted to go together with the upper community as a separate community association. In 1840 - after 12 years together - the upper community with Hilsenhain, Bärsbach, Lampenhain and Heubach was separated from Heiligkreuzsteinach. That lasted until 1975, when it was reunited with Heiligkreuzsteinach as part of the general amalgamation of the municipalities.
Individual evidence
- ↑ General State Archive Karlsruhe, call number 43/3232
- ^ Gerhard Schmitt, Heimatbuch Rippenweier, Druckhaus Diesbach GMBH, Weinheim
- ↑ Rochus Gehron commemorative gun club Waidmannsheil Hilsenhain 2011
- ↑ Georrg Eiermann: Story from the upper Steinach valley . Ed .: Buchdruckerei - Das Steinachtal. Heiligkreuzsteinach 1930.
- ↑ Website of the Heiligkreuzsteinach community
