Kirchbracht

Kirchbracht municipality Birstein Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 13 ″ N , 9 ° 16 ′ 49 ″ E
Height :	345 m
Area :	5.59 km²
Residents :	251 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	45 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Postal code :	63633
Area code :	06054

Kirchbracht is a district of the municipality of Birstein in the Hessian Main-Kinzig district .

history

A document from the Fulda monastery with the mention of “Brahtaha” dates back to 750 and 802. This clearly means Kirchbracht and not Burgbracht , which also regards this as the date it was first mentioned, which is wrong.

Between 1852 and 1972 the community belonged to the Gelnhausen district .

On February 1, 1971, the previously independent communities of Birstein, Bößgesäß, Fischborn and Kirchbracht merged as part of the regional reform in Hesse to form the new community of Birstein.

Place name

The place was documented for the first time in the 9th century under the term "Brahtaha". This name is derived from the Bracht, a tributary of the Kinzig . Kirchbracht belonged to the Electorate of Hesse and became part of Prussia in 1866 .

Nikolauskirche near Kirchbracht

religion

Kirchbracht is the seat of the Protestant parish Kirchbracht- Lichenroth . In addition to Kirchbracht, the area of St. Nikolauskirche includes the places Illnhausen , Mauswinkel as well as Bösgesäß (formerly Prussian) and Böß-Gesäß (formerly Hessian). The latter circumstance points to the borderland location of the place on the left bank of the Bracht . Only a few minutes walk separate Kirchbracht from the "Hessian" Illnhausen.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

See: List of cultural monuments in Birstein-Kirchbracht

Regular events

The so-called "KirchMausHausen Fest" takes place every year. Since the three districts of Kirchbracht, Mauswinkel and Illnhausen border one another, they celebrate together and present local goods (such as honey or clothes made from their own sheep's wool) as well as their home.

literature

Literature about Kirchbracht in the Hessian Bibliography
Search for Kirchbracht in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library

Web links

Commons : Kirchbracht - collection of images, videos and audio files

Internet presence of the community of Birstein
Kirchbracht. Local history, historical pictures. In: martin-repp.de. Private website; accessed on July 24, 2018
Kirchbracht, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Kirchbracht, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Birstein community portrait: Figures, data & facts. Population HW , accessed on February 27, 2020
^ Edmund Ernst Stengel : Document book of the Fulda monastery. = Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse and Waldeck 10. S. 456, No. 397, on the place name cf. P. 595.
^ Wilhelm Wagner: The villages and towns of the 1972 dissolved district of Büdingen and the first mention of each individual place. In: Büdinger Geschichtsblätter Vol. XXII, 2011, p. 225 ff., P. 228.
^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , no. 328, para. 48 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).
^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 362 .

[lagis-1] Kirchbracht, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Birstein community portrait: Figures, data & facts. Population HW , accessed on February 27, 2020

[3] Edmund Ernst Stengel : Document book of the Fulda monastery. = Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse and Waldeck 10. S. 456, No. 397, on the place name cf. P. 595.

[4] Wilhelm Wagner: The villages and towns of the 1972 dissolved district of Büdingen and the first mention of each individual place. In: Büdinger Geschichtsblätter Vol. XXII, 2011, p. 225 ff., P. 228.

[5] Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , no. 328, para. 48 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).

[6] 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 362 .