Wickstadt

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Wickstadt is a village belonging to the Assenheim district or a group of farmsteads in the area of ​​the city of Niddatal in the Wetteraukreis in Hesse .

Former cloister courtyard, today domain of the Counts of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
Manor house of the Hofgut, garden side
Catholic parish church of St. Nicholas
Gate tower, historical tower warehouse
Wickstadt cemetery

location

The place lies on the western bank of the Nidda between Assenheim and Nieder-Florstadt and thus in the natural area 234.31 Nidda-Aue between the Heldenbergener and Friedberger Wetterau at an altitude of 125 m above sea ​​level .

history

Wickstadt was first mentioned in 1231 when Heinrich von Wickstadt, called Goldsteyn, and his wife Kunigunde gave their property to the Arnsburg monastery. Another document from the same year reports the transfer of a common meadow to the monastery by the parishioners of Wickstadt and Sternbach .

Wickstadt remained in the possession of the monastery for centuries and, after the Reformation, formed a Catholic enclave in the Wetterau . The church was originally a branch church of the neighboring Sternbacher church. With the end of the Old Kingdom, Wickstadt came to the Grand Duchy of Hesse , Province of Upper Hesse in 1806 . The former monastery courtyard came into the possession of the Counts of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim , who still manage it today as a domain.

On April 1, 1957, Wickstadt was incorporated into the city of Assenheim with 160 inhabitants at that time, with which it came to the city of Niddatal in 1970.

Cultural monuments

The protected overall Wickstadt facility is grouped north of the former cloister courtyard around the church of St. Nicholas and the gate tower. The courtyards and servants' houses were formerly surrounded by a ditch that was derived from the Nidda and has now disappeared. Other formerly associated parts consisted of a water mill on the Nidda and a baroque, three-arch quarry stone bridge over the river, which fell victim to the demolition.

Wickstadt estate

The former cloister courtyard forms a closed unit at the southern end of the village. The two-storey mansion from 1792 with a mansard roof is located on the southern narrow side . The rounded corner pavilions emphasize the H-shaped floor plan. The other farm buildings from the 18th century form a courtyard that is axially in front of the manor house. To the southwest, there is a larger garden, where the area is surrounded by a quarry stone wall.

Catholic parish church of St. Nicholas

Originally a branch church of the neighboring Sternbach, today's church is a baroque hall with a three-sided choir. An inscription on the west portal dates the construction to the year 1707. Above the portal there is a statue of the church patron St. Nicholas . Notable parts of the interior are the high altar, two side altars from the first half of the 18th century and the organ from 1759.

So-called gate tower - tower warehouse

The tower warehouse from the 15th century is located on the western edge of the settlement. The well-fortified storage building has two massive base floors and above that two remarkably designed half-timbered upper floors.

graveyard

The cemetery west of the settlement probably replaced the Wickstädter Kirchhof as a burial place in the 19th century. The graves that exist today all date from the 20th century. An erected crucifix has the year 1725 as an inscription. As a whole, the cemetery is also a cultural monument.

literature

  • Heinz Wionski: Cultural monuments in Hessen. Wetteraukreis II, part 2: Friedberg to Wöllstadt. Braunschweig and Wiesbaden 1999 (=  monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ), pp. 838–844.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Valentin Ferdinand Gudenus: Codex diplomaticus sive anecdotorum, res Moguntinas, Francicas, Trevirenses, Colonienses, finitimarumque regionum, nec non ius Germanicum et SRI historiam vel maxime illustrantium ... Frankfurt 1751, p. 1100 No. 646.
  2. ↑ Ludwig Falck: Mainzer Regesten 1200–1250: on the history of the city, its spiritual and secular institutions and residents. Mainz 2007 (=  contributions to the history of the city of Mainz  35.1), p. 359 No. 669.
  3. ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Hesse (ed.): Niddatal-Wickstadt (Assenheim), complete system Wickstadt In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse

Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′  N , 8 ° 50 ′  E