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The district of Hungen was a district in the province of Upper Hesse in the Grand Duchy of Hesse with its seat in Hungen . It existed from 1841 to 1848. The former district area today belongs to the district of Gießen in Hesse or the Wetterau district and three communities to the Vogelsberg district .
history
The district of Hungen emerged in 1841 from the district of Hungen . When the Grand Duchy of Hesse was divided into administrative districts in 1848, the Hungen district was dissolved and incorporated into the Friedberg district. In the course of a new administrative reform in 1852, the administrative districts were dissolved again. Hungen County was not rebuilt; his former communities were assigned to the districts of Nidda , Gießen and Friedberg .
In total, the district of Hungen consisted of 41 municipalities, five of which had city rights :
- Hunger
- Laubach
- Lich
- Munzenberg (today part of the Wetterau district)
- Grüningen (now part of Pohlheim , Gießen district)
and 36 rural communities:
- Bellersheim , Nonnenroth , Obbornhofen , Trais-Horloff , Utphe , Villingen (today part of the city of Hungen, district of Gießen)
- Münster , Röthges , Freienseen , Gonterskirchen , Ruppertsburg , Wetterfeld (today part of the city of Laubach, Gießen district)
- Arnsburg Monastery , Bettenhausen , Birklar , Eberstadt , Langsdorf , Muschenheim , Nieder-Bessingen , Ober-Bessingen (now part of the city of Lich, Gießen district)
- Lardenbach (now part of the city of Grünberg , Gießen district)
- Güll village , Holzheim (today part of Pohlheim , Gießen district)
- Ettingshausen , Hattenrod (today in Reiskirchen , district of Gießen)
- Gambach , Ober-Hörgern , Trais-Münzenberg (now part of the city of Münzenberg, Wetteraukreis)
- Griedel (now part of the city of Butzbach , Wetteraukreis)
- Weckesheim (now part of Reichelsheim , Wetteraukreis)
- Wölfersheim (today Wetteraukreis)
- Wohnbach (today to Wölfersheim see above)
- Einartshausen with brickworks (today part of the city of Schotten , Vogelsbergkreis)
- Ilsdorf (today to Mücke , Vogelsbergkreis)
Hungen, Laubach and Lich were the seats of regional courts , with 20 municipalities belonging to the Hungen regional court, 13 to the Laubach regional court and 8 municipalities to the Lich regional court . Ludwig Follenius was the district councilor of the Hungen district .
In 1848 the Association for German Statistics recorded 26,615 inhabitants for the district of Hungen, of whom 13,579 were Lutherans , 11,891 Reformed , 1,005 Jews , 129 Catholics and 11 other or non-denominational. Three people were over 90 years old, 22 deaf and dumb , 21 insane and 16 blind . Buildings were counted: 35 churches and chapels, 7 synagogues , 38 school buildings, 114 other public buildings and 4,541 residential buildings. There were 5.8 residents per residential building.
The following animals were recorded: 1,003 horses, 10,198 cattle, 62 donkeys, 16,249 sheep, 1,367 goats and 7,960 pigs.
Individual evidence
- ^ Journal of the Association for German Statistics. Published on behalf of Dr. Baron von Reeden von G. Hergenroth, appraisal of the Supreme Court in Berlin. 2nd year, 7th issue. July 1848. Berlin, Schneider and Comp. 1848.
literature
- Jürgen Dauernheim: Brief history of Upper Hesse. Gießen: Messages of the Upper Hessian History Association Gießen, Volume 89/2004; ISSN 0342-1198
- Addendum to the Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Hesse for the year 1842; Contains the changes and other corrections that occurred between January 31, 1841 and May 15, 1842. Darmstadt, Verlag der Invaliden-Anstalt 1842, pp. 56/57.
- Journal of the Association for German Statistics. Published on behalf of Dr. Baron von Reeden von G. Hergenroth, appraisal of the Supreme Court in Berlin. 2nd year, 7th issue. July 1848. Berlin, Schneider and Comp. 1848.
Web links
- District of Giessen. Historical local dictionary. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).