Hummetroth

Hummetroth Municipality of Höchst in the Odenwald Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 45 ″  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 15 ″  E
Height :	327  (312-355)  m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.48 km²
Residents :	436  (December 31, 2015)
Population density :	295 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	64739
Area code :	06163
View of Hummetroth from the south

Hummetroth is a district in the west of the municipality of Höchst in the Odenwald district in southern Hesse .

geography

Hummetroth is located about four kilometers southwest of the core community Höchst in the northern Odenwald in the headwaters of the Annelsbach , which the Sauerwiesengraben flows into in the center, just east of the watershed between Gersprenz and Mümling . The district is mainly used for agriculture. There is only forest in the east, in the area of ​​the stream valleys that slope steeply towards Annelsbach .

The closest villages are Hassenroth in the north, Annelsbach in the east, Forstel in the south-east, Ober-Kinzig and Gumpersberg in the south and Höllerbach in the west .

history

Roman villa Haselburg .

The earliest surviving documentary evidence proves the existence of the place Humbrechterode since 1314. In that year the brothers Heinrich and Arreus von Crumbach sold their bailiwick to the Höchst monastery . As a result, the place came under the rule of Breuberg and in 1806 with the Breubergian Zent Höchst to the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

Hummetroth joined the municipality of Höchst on the occasion of the regional reform in Hesse on December 31, 1971, together with other communities. For Hummetroth, as for other integrated places, a local district with a local advisory board and local councilor was formed.

Attractions

• Roman villa Haselburg , a villa rustica from the 2nd century AD, located in the southern tip of the district, not far from Ober-Kinzig.
• Wilder Mannstein , rock group below the village with which a Wilder Mann legend is associated.

traffic

The state road L 3318 runs through Hummetroth . It comes from Otzberg in the north and continues through the Kinzig valley to Bad König in the southeast. The L 3106 crosses south of Hummetroth and leads from Brensbach in the west to the core community of Höchst in the east.

Personalities

• Kurt Gärtner (* 1936) in Hummetroth, Medievalist

literature

• Hans Teubner and Sonja Bonin: Cultural monuments in Hesse. Odenwaldkreis. Published by the State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen , Vieweg, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1998 ( Monument Topography Federal Republic of Germany ), ISBN 3-528-06242-8 , p. 385f.
• Karl-Heinz Winter: Village Chronicle Hummetroth. Published by the local advisory board and the Hummetroth Transport and Improvement Association, Reinheim 1992.
• Karl-Heinz Winter: Hummetroth. In: Association for home history Höchst im Odenwald (Hrsg.): Contributions to the history of Höchst im Odenwald. Höchst im Odenwald 2006, pp. 349–352.
• Literature on Hummetroth in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

• Internet presence of the municipality of Höchst in the Odenwald
• Hummetroth, Odenwaldkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data - Figures - Facts. Municipality of Höchst in the Odenwald, accessed in July 2020 . 
2. ↑ Integrated municipal development concept. Municipality of Höchst in the Odenwald, accessed in July 2020 . 
3. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 358 .