Hohenkirchen (Espenau)
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Hohenkirchen
Espenau municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 3 ″ N , 9 ° 28 ′ 21 ″ E
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| Height : | 272 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 9.57 km² (LAGIS) |
| Incorporation : | 1st December 1970 |
| Postal code : | 34314 |
| Area code : | 05673 |
Hohenkirchen is a district of the municipality Espenau in the north Hessian district of Kassel in Hesse and the seat of the municipal administration.
Geographical location
Hohenkirchen is located a little north of Vellmar between the Habichtswald in the southwest and the Reinhardswald in the northeast. The upper reaches of the aspen flows southwest past the village . On the northern edge of Hohenkirchen there is a pond with the origin of the Esse , which passes the village north in an east-west direction.
The state road 3386 (Vellmar – Hohenkirchen– Immenhausen ) leads through Hohenkirchen , from which the district road 34 (Hohenkirchen – Mönchehof –Schäferberg) leads to the B 83. To the west of the village run the Kassel – Warburg railway (with a stop in the neighboring Espenau district of Mönchehof) and the federal road 83 .
history
Hohenkirchen was first mentioned in a document in 1285. Settlement has certainly taken place earlier, because around 1150 a first chapel was built on the site where the Protestant church now stands . A tympanum on the current church bears witness to this .
On December 1, 1970, the community Espenau was re-formed through the voluntary amalgamation of the previously independent communities Hohenkirchen and Mönchehof.
Culture and sights
For the cultural monuments of the place which are under monument protection see the list of cultural monuments in Hohenkirchen .
Buildings
- in addition to the Protestant church , a fortified church from the 14th century, also a Catholic church (Maria Königin), which is a branch church of Immenhausen, and
- a memorial for displaced persons on the Bringelsberg ( 289.4 m above sea level ).
- The Protestant church of Hohenkirchen was built on the site of a chapel from the mid-12th century on the Kirchberg. Exactly how old the church in Hohenkirchen is is not known. Some evidence suggests that the church existed as early as 1150. Since then it has been structurally changed several times. In 1691 the north and south sides of the church were added. In 1825 the cemetery was closed to the church. An extension on the north side was built in 1967 on a previously disused cemetery. The east window of the church has been adorned with artistic glazing since 1887/88 with the depiction of "Christ in front of the door" by the glass painter's workshop KJ Schultz, which was then based in Marburg.
Skeleton find
In June 2014, numerous bones were discovered during construction work in the Evangelical Church. The skeletons of 40 to 45 people were found in an extension of the church. They rested in graves, over which an extension was built in the 1960s. Only eight skeletons lay facing east as if in a grave, all other skulls and body bones heaped in one place. Employees of a specialist company had pried open the concrete floor in the basement and found the bones.
Infrastructure
In Hohenkirchen there is
- a primary school , the Brothers Grimm School ,
- the kindergarten Sonnenhang ,
Honorary citizen
- 1895 Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Reich Chancellor
Web links
- Hohenkirchen district. In: Internet presence. Espenau municipality
- Hohenkirchen, district of Kassel. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of April 15, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Hohenkirchen in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Merger of the communities Hohenkirchen in the district of Hofgeismar and Mönchehof in the district of Kassel to form the new community "Espenau" in the district of Kassel on November 12, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 48 , p. 2253 , item 2246 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5,6 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. 400 .
- ↑ From HNA.de of June 25, 2014: Pastor comments on skeleton discovery in Espenau
- ↑ Götz J. Pfeiffer: "linked to the last offshoots of the old tradition". The Marburg glass painting workshop KJ Schultz since 1850 . In: Hessian homeland . 68th volume, issue 1, p. 10-16 .
- ↑ From HNA.de of June 25, 2014: 40 skeletons in Espenau Church - police not informed about the find