Lampoldshausen

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Lampoldshausen
Municipality Hardthausen am Kocher
Lampoldshausen coat of arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ 50 ″  N , 9 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 231 m
Area : 15.86 km²
Residents : 986  (2009)
Population density : 62 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Center of Lampoldshausen

Lampoldshausen is a district of Hardthausen am Kocher in the east of the Heilbronn district in northern Baden-Württemberg .

location

Lampoldshausen is located on the southern edge of the Harthäuser Forest in the hollow of the Steinbach , which flows south from there to Kocher , and which flows into Kochersteinsfeld less than three kilometers further down the valley . The houses are between almost 220 and a little over 270  m above sea level. NN . The settlement area extends along the Steinbachmulde and onto the southern slope above the Krebsbach, which flows from the left in the southern district . On this ridge running to the southwest, the K 2070 enters the village from the direction of Jagsthausen , in the middle of which it joins the K 2130, which comes from the Harthäuser Wald in the valley to Hardthausen.

history

In the late 11th century, the Comburg monastery owned the site. Later the place shares the history of Möckmühl and finally came to Württemberg in 1504 from the Counts of Dürn via the Lords of Hohenlohe and the Electoral Palatinate . Hohenloh fiefdoms named themselves temporarily after the place and bequeathed property and rights to the Gnadental monastery , so that there was also a Gnadental office building in Lampoldshausen. The Gnadental share also came to Württemberg in 1563.

Lampoldshausen came to the municipality Hardthausen am Kocher on January 1, 1975 through the municipal reform law, which was formed on January 1, 1974 through the merger of Gochsen and Kochersteinsfeld . The Lampoldshausen community appealed against the law, but lost on October 23, 1975 at the Baden-Württemberg State Court.

Religions

Lampoldshausen was originally connected to Kochersteinsfeld in church before its own parish was established in 1485. By belonging to Württemberg, the place was reformed in the 16th century . Lampoldshausen has its own Protestant parish. There are congregations in Neuenstadt am Kocher for Catholics, New Apostolic Christians and Jehovah's Witnesses.

coat of arms

Lampoldshausen's coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms of Hardthausen am Kocher reads: In silver on green ground a jumping red deer.

Attractions

  • The local church in the former cemetery has Romanesque architectural features on the tower and old wall paintings in the tower base. It was renovated in 1749. The rectory next to the church was built in 1758.
  • The old town hall was built in 1849 and also served as a school house and teacher's apartment.

European center for space propulsion

North of Lampoldshausen, in the Harthäuser Forest, there has been a large DLR test facility area since 1963 for static burn tests of rocket engines, especially for the Ariane rockets. In addition, the ArianeGroup's competence center for orbital space propulsion is located on the site , which develops, builds and tests propulsion systems for satellites and orbital systems at this location.

Personalities

  • Adolf Alter (born October 5, 1876 in Lampoldshausen, † January 6, 1933 in Heilbronn), mayor of Böckingen 1903–1933

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 465 .
  2. ^ Orbital Propulsion Center, Lampoldshausen, Germany .

literature

  • Dörthe Jakobs, Ekkehard Fritz: The wall paintings in the choir of the Nikolauskirche of Lampoldshausen. Program, history of restoration and conservation. In: Preservation of monuments in Baden-Württemberg , 32nd year 2003, issue 4, pp. 303–315 ( PDF )

Web links

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