Leckringhausen

Leckringhausen City of Wolfhagen Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 13 ″ N , 9 ° 8 ′ 46 ″ E
Height :	313 m above sea level NN
Area :	1.05 km²
Residents :	47 (December 16, 2014)
Population density :	45 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Postal code :	34466
Area code :	05692
	Panorama Leckringhausen

Leckringhausen is a district of Wolfhagen in the northern Hessian district of Kassel . It is located about five kilometers south of the core town of Wolfhagen on the K 105 district road and on the Ofensteinwasser. The Zabenhausen and Alveringhausen desert areas are located west of the village in the Wolfhager Stadtwald.

history

Leckringhausen was originally a Meierhof of the Aroldessen Monastery and was first mentioned in a document in 1264 as "Lekerinchusen". In 1354 the city of Wolfhagen leased the farm in "Lyekerinchusen" from the Aroldessen monastery and then bought it in 1415. In 1475, the question of ownership between the Aroldessen and Höhnscheid monasteries was awarded to the latter by an arbitration award. The sale to Wolfhagen was not affected by this, the town remained in the possession of the farm.

After the Thirty Years War the place is not mentioned for the time being and seems to have become a desert . It was not until 1699 that a Huguenot village was founded at the same location by Landgrave Carl von Hessen-Kassel . The Huguenots, persecuted in France for their faith, found a new home here. The first church building was completed in 1706. The service was held in French until 1824. The Protestant parish today belongs to the Wolfhagen parish .

In the 18th century, hosiery was an important trade in Leckringhausen. The weather vane of the Evangelical Church in Leckringhausen shows a stocking knitter next to the Hessian lion.

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , Leckringhausen became a district of Wolfhagen on February 1, 1971.

Huguenot Church

Huguenot Church in Leckringhausen

On June 17, 1699 religious refugees - 14 French families with their pastor - came to Leckringhausen and found a new home here. After building a house and setting up a business, the small hall church was built from 1768 to 1774. The interior of the church is kept simple. The Huguenots did not have an altar, but a communion table. The service was celebrated in French until around 1824. The focus was on the word of God and its interpretation. There was only one-part singing without instrumental accompaniment. A harmonium was not purchased until the 19th century and an organ in the 20th century. A hanging chandelier with the names of the four people who died in the First World War was created by the master locksmith Konrad Opfermann in Wolfhagen based on a design by Alfred Vocke . A church renovation with an organ extension was completed in 2009.

literature

Heinrich Reimer (Hrsg.): Historical local lexicon for Kurhessen (publications of the historical commission for Hessen). Elwert, Marburg, 1974, p. 296.
Literature about Leckringhausen in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

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

Leckringhausen on the website of the city of Wolfhagen.
Leckringhausen, District of Kassel. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Leckringhausen, District of Kassel. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of July 29, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Population figures in the 2015 budget of the city of Wolfhagen , accessed in February 2016.
^ Franz-Anton Kadell : The Huguenots in Hessen-Kassel . Ed .: Historical Commission for the Grand Duchy of Hesse, Hessian Historical Commission Darmstadt (= sources and research on Hessian history . Volumes 40-41). Darmstadt / Marburg 1980, ISBN 3-88443-127-7 , p. 506 ( limited preview in the Google book search - Zugl .: Münster (Westphalia), Univ., Philos. Fac., Diss., 1980).
^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 411 .
^ 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 , para. 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).

[lagis-1] Leckringhausen, District of Kassel. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of July 29, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Population figures in the 2015 budget of the city of Wolfhagen , accessed in February 2016.

[3] Franz-Anton Kadell : The Huguenots in Hessen-Kassel . Ed .: Historical Commission for the Grand Duchy of Hesse, Hessian Historical Commission Darmstadt (= sources and research on Hessian history . Volumes 40-41). Darmstadt / Marburg 1980, ISBN 3-88443-127-7 , p. 506 ( limited preview in the Google book search - Zugl .: Münster (Westphalia), Univ., Philos. Fac., Diss., 1980).

[4] 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 411 .

[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 , para. 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).