Kammerbach (Bad Sooden-Allendorf)

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Kammerbach
Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 30 ″  E
Height : 291 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.77 km²
Residents : 344  (Jun. 30, 2016)
Population density : 60 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 37242
Area code : 05652
View from the Roßkopfturm to Kammerbach
View from the Roßkopfturm to Kammerbach

Kammerbach is a district of Bad Sooden-Allendorf in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse .

geography

Kammerbach is located 4.3 km west of the core town of Bad Sooden-Allendorf in the geo-nature park Frau-Holle-Land (Werratal.Meißner.Kaufunger Wald) at about 300  m above sea level. NHN . To the west of the village lies the Hohlstein (Kammerbacher Höhle, Hilgershäuser Höhle) , the largest cave area in Hesse. The Roßkopf ( 482.4  m ) rises north-northeast .

In the district of Kammerbach, about two kilometers southwest of the village, on the left, western bank of the Ottersbach is the Burgstall Wasserburg Ottersbach , from which the remains of the moat can still be seen, as well as the deserted Ottersbach near the former castle .

history

Territorial reform

On 1 January 1974 Kammerbach was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse powerful state law in the town of Bad Sooden-Allendorf incorporated .

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1451: 18 courtyards, 4 construction sites, 5 new courtyards
• 1575/85: 57 house seats
• 1681: 57 house seats
• 1747: 61 teams with 77 fireplaces
• 1961: 362 Protestant (= 83.22%), 71 Catholic (= 16.32%) residents
Kammerbach: Population from 1781 to 1970
year     Residents
1781
  
395
1834
  
507
1840
  
492
1846
  
478
1852
  
466
1858
  
428
1864
  
445
1871
  
433
1875
  
393
1885
  
402
1895
  
421
1905
  
410
1910
  
417
1925
  
419
1939
  
393
1946
  
599
1950
  
583
1956
  
459
1961
  
435
1967
  
412
1970
  
409
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
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Culture and sights

Kammerbach has a small local museum.

Web links

Commons : Kammerbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Kammerbach, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. Budget 2017. (PDF; 7.71 MB) City of Bad Sooden-Allendorf, archived from the original ; accessed on June 21, 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 , § 7 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [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 .