Kirchberg (Niedenstein)

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Kirchberg
City of Niedenstein
Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 43 "  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 48"  E
Height : 188 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.93 km² (LAGIS)
Residents : 841  (June 30, 2013)
Population density : 94 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 34305
Area code : 05603

Kirchberg is a district of Niedenstein in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse .

Geographical location

The Wartberg

Kirchberg is located around 4 km south-southwest of the core town of Niedenstein on the southern edge of the Habichtswald Nature Park . It is located directly to the west and north of the Wartberg , the main site of the Wartberg culture . In the village, the Matzoff, coming from the east-northeast, and the Sombach, coming from the west, flow into the Ems .

The district of the village covers 893 hectares , of which 140 hectares are forest .

The district roads K79 from Wichdorf in the north to Wehren in the south, K82 from Riede in the north-west, K 83 from Gleichen in the east-south-east and K84 from Metze in the north-east meet in the village.

history

There was obviously a settlement near today's village long before it was first mentioned in writing. Under the oldest church building on the eastern edge of the village, an early medieval burial ground was found, probably from around 700, with some very rich grave furnishings. Settlement ceramics from the Carolingian period were found about 1 km to the northwest on the left bank of the Ems . And around 0.5 km north-west of Kirchberg, pottery finds were found that range from the Roman Empire to the Carolingian era.

In 1019 the place was first mentioned as a “villa” with a “capella” in a yearbook of the Corvey monastery , when the itinerant preacher Heimerad was chased away by the farmers from Kirchberg after suspicion of a church robbery. The place was owned by the Hersfeld Abbey . In 1064 King Heinrich IV transferred Kirchberg to the Lower Hessian Count Werner III. von Maden (von Grüningen), which the Hersfeld Abbey saw as an alienation of their property. After Werner was slain in 1065, the place and the entire county came to his son Werner IV , who returned the village to the monastery in 1066. In the period that followed, the Petristift in Fritzlar (1209, 1275, 1310), the Teutonic Order (1290) and the Breitenau Monastery founded by Werner IV (1339, 1368) had income or property in the village. In 1313 the knight Otto Hund received the place as a fief from the Hersfeld monastery. In addition to the dog, there were other aristocratic landowners in the village, their close relatives, those of Holzhausen , but also those of Heyne (1428 occupied) and those of Falkenberg (1477–1554 occupied). In 1354 and 1402 von Holzhausen sold the income from the village. After disputes in 1430 between the families dog Dalwigk and Holzhausen the dog were to 1618 from the pin Hersfeld with the village invested . From 1497 they also had high and low jurisdiction in the place. In 1522 Kirchberg Eigendorf became the Hund family.

With the introduction of the Reformation in the Landgraviate of Hesse in 1526, Kirchberg also became Protestant. By no later than 1569, the Landgraf received from the village smoke chicken and Hofschilling. In 1575 the high jurisdiction changed to the Landgrave's office of Gudensberg , and in 1585 the lower jurisdiction of the dog went back to the Landgrave. After the dog died out in 1660 with Caspar Hund, Landgrave Wilhelm V enfeoffed his son-in-law Carl von Buttlar zu Elberberg (1623–1688), who had married Clara Anna Hund in 1646, with the Hersfeld fiefdoms in Kirchberg; these lendings were renewed until 1822. In 1631 troops of the imperial general Tilly , defeated from the battle of Breitenfeld , moved through Kirchberg and almost completely destroyed it. In 1682, the Lords of Buttlar received lower jurisdiction in the village. In 1832 the tithe was finally replaced. In 1826, the Buttlar established a family entourage over the allodial estates of Elben, Elberberg with Waldhof, Kirchberg and Riede . In 1852 their former fiefdoms at Elberberg, Kirchberg and Ziegenhagen were assigned to the family entourage, which was replaced by a family foundation in 1926. After the foundation was dissolved in 1955, the agricultural and forestry holdings at Elberberg, Waldhof, Riede and Ziegenhagen glassworks were actually divided among those entitled to benefit; the estate in Kirchberg had already been sold to the city of Kassel in 1941 .

  • The old manor of the Hund family, east side

  • The old mansion, west side

  • The new mansion (opposite the old mansion), west side

  • Mountain gate and local history museum

  • The Kischenborn

From 1814 the place belonged to the Fritzlar district , from 1932 to the Fritzlar-Homberg district , from 1939 to the Fritzlar-Homberg district and from 1974 to today's Schwalm-Eder district . On December 31, 1971, Kirchberg lost its independence as part of the regional reform in Hesse and became a district of Niedenstein.

church

The Protestant Church

Already in 1019 one is Chapel mentions a 1326 Vizepleban and 1339 Pleban .

Today's church, next to the old manor house on a steep hill above the village, dates back to around 1344 when reports were made of a church and a fortified churchyard. The oldest part is the choir , which is clearly separated from the nave from the 15th century. The nave and choir are covered by a stuccoed wooden beam ceiling on which, among other things, the coats of arms of the von Buttlar and von Riedesel families are located. The renaissance sculptor Andreas Herber designed grave slabs for the church.

During excavations in 1979, remnants of the wall of an early medieval predecessor building were found inside the church, which can possibly be dated to the 8th century. This previous building seems to have been built on an early medieval burial ground.

Local museum

The Kirchberg History and Local History Association has a small local history museum in the mountain gate of the former estate. There are numerous exhibits from the house and workshop, stable and barn, field and garden, as well as written and pictorial documents, including documents from the excavations from 1979/1980. Valuable early medieval rings, ceramic shards and coins from the church are on display in the Hessian State Museum in Kassel .

societies

The local associations and interest groups shape cultural life:

  • History and local history association Kirchberg e. V.
  • Volunteer Fire Brigade Kirchberg 1934 e. V.
  • Fishing friends Ems Kirchberg e. V.
  • Angelsportverein Kirchberg e. V.
  • FC Rot-Weiß 1902 Kirchberg e. V.
  • Leisure and sport with horses e. V.
  • Falkensteiner Bund eV - Friends of historical representation of the 14th century
  • Youth club "Treffpunkt Kirchberg" 1975 e. V.
  • Kirchberg musicians
  • Rural women's association Kirchberg
  • Senior Circle

Natural monuments

Personalities

  • Max Barta (1900–1990), painter and graphic artist

literature

  • Markwart Lindenthal (Ed.): 975 years Kirchberg. Living history of our village on the Wartberg. Bilstein Verlag Uta Guth, Kirchberg, 1996, ISBN 3-931398-02-1 , p. 5

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Territory, population" on the website of the city of Niedenstein  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 2015.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.niedenstein.de  
  2. ↑ Likewise with the former Hundschen estates in Wichdorf , Naumburg , Wallenstein , Wehrda and Neuenstein .
  3. ↑ "Kirchberg, Schwalm-Eder District". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 392 .
  5. ↑ https://dekanat-fritzlar-homberg.de/start/kirchberg-und/3974-kirchberg
  6. ↑ Holger Göldner & Klaus Sippel: Kirchberg, Niedenstein community, Schwalm-Ederkreis - grave finds from the 8th to 17th centuries; First results of a church excavation in North Hesse 1979/80. Published by the Department for Prehistory and Early History in the State Office for Monument Preservation in Hesse, "Archaeological Monuments in Hesse"; Issue 12, Wiesbaden 1980, ISBN 3-89822-012-5
  7. ↑ https://www.kirchberg-nordhessen.de/
  8. ↑ https://www.kirchberg-nordhessen.de/

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