Huckelheim
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Huckelheim
Community Westerngrund
Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 39 ″ N , 9 ° 14 ′ 29 ″ E
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| Height : | 258 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 10.13 km² |
| Residents : | 834 (June 20, 2012) |
| Population density : | 82 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1972 |
Huckelheim is the northernmost part of the municipality Westerngrund in the Bavarian district of Aschaffenburg . The place has 834 inhabitants.
geography
Huckelheim is 258 m above sea level. NN in the Westerngrund through which the Westerbach flows, a side valley of the Kahlgrund , on the road between Oberwestern and Geiselbach . The state border with Hesse , with the district of Breitenborn / Lützel behind it , runs in the north. The Huckelheimer Wald , a former community-free forest area in the north and east of Huckelheim, is to serve as a location for several wind turbines . The district within this community-free area also bears the name Huckelheim. The topographically highest point of the village demarcation is to the northwest of the village, on the Hohe Berg at 361 m above sea level. NN (location) , the lowest is on the Westerbach at 243 m above sea level. NN (location) .
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etymology
The name Huckelheim goes back to the Old High German word houc , which means hill . The place is popularly called "Huggelem".
Earlier spellings
Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:
- 1282 Houkulla
- 1312 Hockulla
- 1486 Hochkuln
history
As a former mining town below Birkenhainer Straße, Huckelheim gained importance in the late Middle Ages and was the seat of a forest administration in Schönborn .
The municipality of Huckelheim belonged to the Alzenau district office , which was formed on July 1, 1862. On January 1, 1939, this became part of the Alzenau district in Lower Franconia .
On January 1, 1972, Huckelheim was incorporated into the municipality of Westerngrund. The former parish had an area of 1012.66 hectares . Besides the village of the same name , it had no other districts.
Individual evidence
- ↑ measured at the old town hall
- ↑ Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
- ↑ Our Kahlgrund 1980 . Homeland yearbook for the Alzenau district. Published by the working group for homeland research and homeland maintenance of the Alzenau district, district administrator. ISSN 0933-1328 .
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 418 .
- ^ Official register of places for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from d. 1961 population census, Munich, 1964, column 844
