Catholic Willenroth

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Catholic Willenroth
Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 28 ″  N , 9 ° 21 ′ 9 ″  E
Height : 305 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.97 km²
Residents : 243  (1970)
Population density : 35 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Incorporated into: Salmunster
Postal code : 63628
Area code : 06056
Catholic Willenroth
Catholic Willenroth

Katholisch-Willenroth is a district of Bad Soden-Salmünster in the Main-Kinzig district in East Hesse .

Geographical location

Katholisch-Willenroth is located at an altitude of 305 m above sea ​​level , 13.4 km southwest of Schlüchtern, on the southern Vogelsberg , which merges into the Kinzig valley . Neighboring towns are Obersotzbach , Sarrod , Kerbersdorf , Eckardroth , Wahlert , Udenhain and Untersotzbach in a clockwise direction .

history

The oldest surviving documentary mention as Wilnrode comes from the year 1339, when the abbot of Fulda , Heinrich VI. von Hohenberg , the village of Willenroth as a fief to the von Hutten gives. At first the village was parish to Soden or Salmünster, later a branch of the chaplain of Romsthal .

After the Lords of Hutten had sold the office of Hausen to the Electorate of Mainz in 1540 , they had to grant them sovereignty over the place in 1558 . In 1706 Mainz sold Willenroth, which had previously belonged to the Hausen district, to the Isenburg county , where it was assigned to the Birstein district . The inhabitants managed to maintain their Catholic faith even under the new Protestant rule. So "Catholic" was officially included in the place name. Since 1787 it belonged to the Principality of Isenburg-Birstein , where it was assigned to the Reichenbach court . After media coverage of Isenburg land it came to the Electorate of Hesse , where in 1821 an administrative reform took place, the Kurhessen in four provinces and one rushed 22 circles. Catholic Willenroth came to the Salmünster district , in 1830 to the Gelnhausen district , in 1848 to the Hanau district and in 1851 again to the Gelnhausen district. In 1866 the electorate was annexed by Prussia after the Austro-Prussian War , so Catholic Willenroth was Prussian.

In the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Katholisch-Willenroth, still the district of Gelnhausen , was incorporated into the town of Salmünster in the district of Schlüchtern on July 1, 1972 . 1 July 1974 at Bad Soden Salmünster force with the city state law to the new town of Bad Orb was merged and moved simultaneously in the newly formed Main-Kinzig-Kreis. For Catholic Willroth one was local district with the town council and mayor set up.

Historical forms of names

In documents that have been received, Katholisch-Willenroth was mentioned under the following names (the year of mention in brackets):

  • Wilnrode (1339)
  • Wilroda (1589)
  • Willerodt (1668)
  • Catholic Wullenroth (1770)
  • Katholischwüllenroth

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1668: 09 hearths with 52 people
• 1770: 18 households
Katholisch-Willenroth: Population from 1834 to 1970
year     Residents
1834
  
 226
1840
  
 203
1846
  
 231
1852
  
 204
1858
  
 233
1864
  
 218
1871
  
 239
1875
  
 254
1885
  
 225
1895
  
 227
1905
  
 228
1910
  
 233
1925
  
 227
1939
  
 224
1946
  
 306
1950
  
 312
1956
  
 250
1961
  
 226
1967
  
 237
1970
  
 243
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources:

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 30 Protestant (= 13.33%), 195 Catholic (= 86.67%) residents
• 1961: 28 Protestant (= 12.39%), 198 Catholic (= 87.61%) residents

Transport and infrastructure

Katholisch-Willenroth is connected to the surrounding towns via state and district roads. There is also a Roman Catholic church in the village .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Katholisch-Willenroth, Main-Kinzig-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ FAZ.net of December 16, 2007: Ms. Nauses' lentil dish with herring ( Memento of January 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) When municipalities have funny names
  3. ^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No. 28 , p. 1197 , item 851; 2. Para. 5. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 4.4 MB ]).
  4. ↑ Level map of the Electorate of Hesse 1840-1861.