Immighausen

Immighausen City of Lichtenfels (Hesse) Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 29 ″ N , 8 ° 51 ′ 6 ″ E
Height :	376 (373-398) m
Residents :	322 (Jan 15, 2016)
Incorporation :	1st October 1971
Postal code :	35104
Area code :	05636

Immighausen is a district of Lichtenfels (Hessen) in the Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg .

history

Romanesque church in Immighausen

Immighausen place around the year 850 for the first time attention than the Countess Ida her at Ymminchusen located goods to the monastery Corvey on appropriated. There are documents from the year 1028. In the course of history the spelling of the place name changed several times, depending on the understanding or taste of the respective writer. So he changed via Yraminchusen in 1028 to Imminghusen , Ymmichusen (around 1190), Immyngchusen (around 1200), Ymenchusen (1336), Imminchusen (around 1350), Immickhusen (1422), Imminckhausen (1537) and Immeckusen (1541). In the history of the year 1028 there is talk of a farm in Imminghusen, which the Abbot of Corvey gave to the son of the matron Alvered at the instigation of Conrad . In 1189 the place Corveysches fiefdom was owned by the Counts of Waldeck .

On October 1, 1971 Immighausen and seven other communities formed the new town of Lichtenfels.

church

The Romanesque church was built in 1180. It is located a little above the village and is dedicated to St. Vitus . In 1223 it appears for the first time as a place of worship in the registers of the Schaaken Monastery , to which it was incorporated in 1236. The church has a mighty, slightly tapering tower with a square floor plan and a single-nave, two-bay nave . The Renaissance pulpit by Jost Schilling in 1588 is remarkable .

Schaaken Monastery

Ruins of the Schaaken monastery church

500 meters after leaving the village in the direction of Goddelsheim are the remains of the former Schaaken monastery from the 13th century, which was destroyed several times.

General

Immighausen is characterized by agriculture. But there are also some commercial enterprises. The oldest club is the 110-year-old "MGV Liedertafel". There is also the women's choir, the rural women, the sports club with its sub-group "monks" and the volunteer fire brigade . The Lichtenfels district group of the Waldeck Historical Society is also based in Immighausen.

Sons and daughters of the place

Jost Schilling (mentioned in a document from 1584 to 1602), an important picture carver and tailor of the Renaissance
Josias Wolrat Brützel (* 1653 in Immighausen; † 1733 there), important picture carver and sculptor of the Baroque era

literature

Peter Knorr: Immighausen . Arolsen: Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein 1990 (= Waldeckische Ortssippenbücher 41); Processed period 1673–1982, 1343 families

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.stadt-lichtenfels.de/index.php?sp=0&mid=125
^ 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. 408 .

Web links

[1] ttp://www.stadt-lichtenfels.de/index.php?sp=0&mid=125

[2] 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. 408 .