Hopfelde

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Hopfelde
Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 48 ″  N , 9 ° 45 ′ 54 ″  E
Height : 355  (352-363)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.3 km²
Residents : 319  (Nov. 15, 2011)
Population density : 60 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 37235
Area code : 05602

Hopfelde is a district of Hessisch Lichtenau in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse .

history

Hopfelde is first identified as Hubfelde in the Reichenbach Office's bills from 1383 .

In 1409 the lords of Hundelshausen were enfeoffed by Landgrave Hermann II and in 1516 by Landgrave Ludwig II. With goods from Hopfelde. In 1562 Hermann von Hundelshausen handed over his property in Hopfelde to Landgrave Philipp . In 1569, Landgrave Wilhelm IV enfeoffed Johann von Ratzenberg with Hufen zu Hopfelde, as did Messrs. Kanne von Lügde in 1581. In 1575/85 a number of Huben zu Hopfelde were Hessian fiefs of the Kanne. In 1593, Landgrave Moritz enfeoffed von Meisenbug with goods from Hopfelde.

In 1579 the village had 18 men and fireplaces, six in 1639 and only four in 1650 (effects of the Thirty Years' War ). In 1679 there were 17 fireplaces again. The population rose to 80 in 1750. According to the 1970 census, there were 334, and today there are 326 inhabitants.

Hopfelde used to be mainly a farming village with day laborers . Agriculture was difficult, so that grazing and livestock farming were predominantly carried out. Flax cultivation was also important. The flax was processed by linen weavers - that was the farmers - (1724 44 linen weavers) in the village. Hopfelder Leinen was known in Lower Saxony and in the Ringgau . Later, the residents of Lichtenau found work in the heavy weaving mill Frölich and Wolff (1907) and in the Glimmerode lignite mine , which was opened in 1912, but which ceased production in 1966/1968. During this time, a large chipboard factory settled at the gates of the village. However, this ceased operations in the mid-1980s.

On January 1, 1974, was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse until then the district Witzenhausen belonging municipality powerful state law in the city of Hessisch Lichtenau in the newly formed Werra-Meissner incorporated .

The municipal area covers 525 ha. The usable area is 40 ha due to open-cast lignite mining and 200 ha due to the Blücher barracks (Hessisch Lichtenau) . The structural change meant that new building sites had to be developed. The new building area "Blaues Wunder" was created, in which the multi-purpose hall, inaugurated in 1975, is a place for cultural, sporting and social events.

Population development

year Ew.
1961 287
1970 334
2011 319

Attractions

The construction of the small village church, which is well worth seeing, began in 1510, but it was built on it for almost 82 years, so that it could not be inaugurated until 1592. The citizens of Hopfeld were intensively supported by the landgraves ( Philip I (Hesse) and Wilhelm IV (Hesse-Kassel) ) with the financing . It has always been part of the Reichenbach parish .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hopfelde, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of February 26, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on January 26, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Facts & Figures. In: Internet presence. City of Hessisch Lichtenau, archived from the original on April 12, 2013 ; accessed in October 2018 .
  3. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Eschwege and Witzenhausen (GVBl. II 330-21) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 353 , §§ 8 and 13 ( online at the information system of the Hessian Landtag [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
  4. ^ 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. 410 .

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