Krauthausen (Sontra)

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Krauthausen
City of Sontra
Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 17 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 39 ″  E
Height : 221  (218-254)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.33 km²
Residents : 128  (Feb 3, 2020)
Population density : 30 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 36205
Area code : 05653

Krauthausen is a district of Sontra in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse .

Geographical location

View of the NSG and FFH area Boyneburg and Schickeberg near Breitau

Krauthausen lies between the Ringgau in the east and the Richelsdorf mountains in the south, around 3.5 km (as the crow flies ) northeast of Sontra . It is traversed by the Ulfe , a south-southeast tributary of the Sontra . The federal highway 400 runs through the village . Near the place was Eckhardshausen that already in the Middle Ages to the deserted village was.

To the east of the village in the direction of Schickenberg along the boundary to the Ringgau lies the two-part nature conservation and FFH area “ Boyneburg and Schickeberg bei Breitau ”.

history

The place is first mentioned in 1141 as Crutthusun . Like many surrounding towns, Krauthausen was also sacked during the Thirty Years' War .

In 1960 Krauthausen was the district winner in the competition Our village should be more beautiful .

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , Krauthausen was incorporated into Sontra on December 31, 1971.

religion

The church was built in the 12th century. A church may have already existed at the time of the Carolingians . The vaulted arch of the apse rests on the right and left on a capital , the right of which is provided with a Romanesque checkerboard pattern.

Infrastructure

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Krauthausen In: 0 Website of the city of Sontra. Accessed in July 2020.