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Long black
Burghaun market town
Coat of arms of Langenschwarz
Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 4 "  N , 9 ° 37 ′ 50"  E
Height : 283 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.83 km²  [LAGIS]
Residents : 602  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 77 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st October 1971
Incorporated into: Lapwing bottom
Postal code : 36151
Area code : 06653
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Langenschwarz is a district of the market town of Burghaun in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

Geographical location

Langenschwarz belongs together with Großenmoor , Hechelmannskirchen and Schlotzau to the so-called Kiebitzgrund. As northwestern end of the market town Burghaun it also forms the boundary of the district Fulda to Vogelsbergkreis and Hersfeld-Rotenburg . The neighboring towns of Sandlofs and Unter-Schwarz are located in the Vogelsberg district and Wehrda in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. The Schwarzbach, a ten kilometer long tributary to the right of the Fulda, flows through the village, into which it flows in Unter-Schwarz.

history

The foundation and development of the settlement “Langenschwarz” is closely related to the deed of gift of Uualto from 801 and the “suuarzahafurt” mentioned therein. Several indications suggest that the area of ​​today's Kiebitzgund was cleared and settled around 800. Over the centuries there have been several spellings and similar sounding terms for the place name: around 800/900 it is from “Suarzaha”, around 1200 from “Schwarza”, around 1485 from “Swartz”, around 1494 from “Swartze” 1498 reported by "Altenschwarz" and then by "Schwarz". The current place name "Langenschwarz" is first found in 1617. The first dwellings and stables are believed to have been built directly on the banks of the Schwarzbach. As the valley floor was narrow, the settlement stretched out along the Schwarzbach, hence Langenschwarz .

On October 1, 1971, in the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse, the previously independent communities of Großenmoor , Hechelmannskirchen , Langenschwarz and Schlotzau were dissolved and merged into the new community of Kiebitzgrund.

Only ten months later, on August 1, 1972, the municipality of Kiebitzgrund, and thus also Langenschwarz, was incorporated into the municipality of Burghaun through the final regional reorganization law.

politics

The local elections in Hesse in 2016 resulted in the mayor of Alexander Kraft (Langenschwarz citizens' list).

Attractions

Catholic Church

Catholic Church and Old Castle

The Catholic Church is located in part of the former Langenschwarz Castle. In 1677 the Lords of Buchenau sold part of the castle to the Fulda Vice Chancellor Johannis. In 1844, citizens of Langenschwärzer bought the rest of the castle. This part was divided into apartments. The building used to be the seat of the Catholic school in Langenschwarz. The Catholic parish of St. John the Baptist has around 220 members from the parishes of Langenschwarz, Hechelmannskirchen, Großenmoor, Wehrda, Schletzenrod and Wetzlos.

At the time of the Reformation there was no Catholic community in Langenschwarz. Around 1680, the Fulda Chancellor Johann Ludwig Johannis bought the Langenschwarz manor. He was ennobled and renamed himself from then: von Langenschwarz. As a Catholic, he had a house chapel set up in the castle. A community of its own was formed around this house chapel by the staff of the castle and incoming Catholics. This was initially looked after by the Franciscans of the Frauenberg monastery in Fulda . Until 1724 the brothers came to Langenschwarz every Sunday to celebrate Holy Mass . But since the ways were very long and arduous, the Frauenberg monastery sent a priest to Langenschwarz as permanent castle chaplain in 1724 . From 1864, secular priests took over as parish curates .

After the rule of Langenschwarz died out, the castle was sold to private individuals by the tax authorities in 1824. The side wing of the old castle was assigned to the Catholic community. The school and church were set up on the ground floor and the parish curate's apartment on the floor above, who was also a teacher at the Catholic elementary school until the denominational school was closed in 1938. In 1946 an expansion of the church became necessary. The walls on the first floor were removed and the school hall added to the church. In 1961 a renovation took place. The cellar was filled in and the floor of the church was laid at ground level. This created a beautiful, slightly higher church interior. The Madonna is a replica. The valuable original (approx. 1500) is in the cathedral museum in Fulda.

Protestant church

Protestant church

In 1879 the old fortified church, which had become unusable, was torn down and construction of the new Evangelical Lutheran church in the neo-Gothic style began. This would never have been possible with its own resources, which is why the Gustav-Adolf-Werk provided 67,000 gold marks. The builder was Martin Scheich from Horas near Fulda. The residents continuously procured material for the construction from the nearby stone quarries in Rimbach and Rothenkirchen and performed henchman services. The inauguration of the church took place on Sunday, August 29, 1880. The church has a length of approx. 34.50 meters, a transept width of approx. 16.40 meters, a nave width of 8.20 meters and an interior height of approx. 10 meters. There is space for around 500 worshipers in the benches. Since 2005 three panes artistically designed by Gabi Weiss have adorned the choir windows.

Jewish Cemetery

A Jewish community existed in Langenschwarz from the second half of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century. The Jewish cemetery in Langenschwarz was laid out in 1832 and occupied until around 1900.

Sons and daughters of Langenschwarz

literature

  • Adrian Seib: Cultural monuments in Hessen. District Fulda II. Burghaun, Eiterfeld, Hünfeld, Nüsttal, Rasdorf. State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (editor and publisher), Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-8062-2607-2 , pp. 94-104.

Web links

Commons : Langenschwarz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.
  2. ↑ municipal area reform in Hesse; Mergers and incorporations of municipalities from September 22, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 41 , p. 1651 , point 1364 para. 2 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.1 MB ]).
  3. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Fulda and Hünfeld and the city of Fulda of July 11, 1972 (GVBl. I p. 220) see Section 16 of the law
  4. ↑ Head of the Burghaun market town , accessed on February 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ Your Dating back to 1838, Austria - Organ was to upper Wegfurth sold.
  6. ↑ GJP (Götz J. Pfeiffer): Gabi Weiss choir window, in: Mut zum Gestalten. Art funding in the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck , Kassel, 2013, pp. 44–45.