Kippelbach
Kippelbach was a place in the Rhön . With the establishment of the Wildflecken military training area by the Wehrmacht , the place disappeared in 1938.
location
The place was 700 meters above sea level on the steep northern slopes of Reesberg , Mittelberg and Rommerser Berg . The town of Gersfeld is nearby .
history
The first mention of Kippelbach was a village regulation from 1542. At that time it was called Kyppenbach . In Turks control register 1552 twelve names are mentioned. Because of the Thirty Years War there was great need in the village. The nearby Schwedenschanze brought hunger, murder and plague to the place.
The village lived from agriculture, forestry and peddling. A charcoal burner, a glassworks, a lime distillery and a brickworks were also operated. In 1910, 154 inhabitants were named in the municipality register of the town that was then part of the Gersfeld district .
In the winter of 1937/38 the 170 inhabitants were resettled. Soon after, the buildings began to decline. The municipality and the Kippelbach district were officially dissolved by a resolution of the Hessian state government on April 1, 1953.
swell
- Information on rhoenline.de , accessed on December 30, 2014.
- Unforgettable home around Dammersfeld. The isolated villages of the Wildflecken military training area. 7th, revised edition. Appel & Klinger, Schneckenlohe 2011, ISBN 3-89264-184-6 .
Web links
- Kippelbach, district of Fulda. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipal directory with population figures from December 1, 1910
- ↑ Resolution of the community Kippelbach in the district of Fulda, Kassel of 25 April 1953 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1953 No. 19 , p. 426 , item 483 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,4 MB ]).
Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 6.9 ″ N , 9 ° 54 ′ 39 ″ E