Leisenwald

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Leisenwald
City of Wächtersbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 17 ″  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 49 ″  E
Height : 362  (344-366)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.01 km²
Residents : 392
Population density : 78 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1971
Postal code : 63607
Area code : 06053
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Location of Leisenwald in Wächtersbach

Leisenwald , along with Waldensberg and Wittgenborn, is one of the three districts of the town of Wächtersbach , in the Hessian Main-Kinzig district , which lie on the edge of the Spielberger Platte plateau . Then there are the valley communities of Aufenau , Hesseldorf , Neudorf and Weilers .

geography

The village is located on the southern edge of the Vogelsberg and on the northeastern edge of the Büdinger Forest , 11.2 km northwest of the center of Wächtersbach. State road 3194 runs through the village .

history

prehistory

Among the prehistoric testimonies of the region there is also a stone ax found in Leisenwald .

Place name

The place name is interpreted as the forest of a Lyso or Leiso (first name). Over the centuries it changed from the original Lysenwald in 1529, via Leysenwald (1557), to today's Leisenwald .

Middle Ages and Modern Times

As early as the 14th century there was probably a forestry hatch in Leisenwald .

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1470. From the Middle Ages to modern times it belonged to the Isenburg rulership .

In Leisenwald, the Waldensian refugees found temporary accommodation between 1698 and 1700 until they built their own houses in the newly founded village of Waldensberg. In 1939 the place belonged to the Gelnhausen district and had 410 inhabitants.

On March 1, 1971, Leisenwald was incorporated into the town of Wächtersbach.

politics

For Leisenwald there is a local district according to the Hessian municipal code . The local advisory board consists of five members. The current mayor is Thomas Lindt, his deputy is Timo Reusswig.

Culture and sights

regional customs

Every year at Whitsun in Leisenwald, the two-day “Leisenwald Marriage Market ” takes place from Sunday to Monday. After a file from 1680 was found in the Princely Ysenburg Archives, it was possible to prove that the market had existed for more than 300 years. After the former landlord Sperzel gave up the marriage market, Heinrich (Henry) Traber from Lahntal took over in 2015 and continued the popular tradition.

Economy and Infrastructure

Economic structure

The village is mainly by agricultural enterprises, agriculture and livestock affected.

Companies

The Eisenbach company is located in Leisenwald , which mainly deals with the manufacture of control cabinets and currently has around 80 employees, as well as a location for Schottener Soziale Dienst GmbH .

education

There was a one-class school in Leisenwald . The establishment of a large school in Schlierbach in 1961 and its expansion into a supra- local , central elementary school in the following years , provided space and a replacement for the one-class schools in the Wächtersbach districts on the Spielberger Platte: Leisenwald and Waldensberg. Wittgenborn was added later. A connection is guaranteed by buses.

The cooperative comprehensive school , the Friedrich August Genth School in the Wächtersbach city center school center, is the secondary school for all parts of the city. Like all other districts, Leisenwald is connected to the school center in the city center by bus.

Public facilities

Kindergarten and day care center

The smallest and oldest kindergarten in the city of Wächtersbach is located in Leisenwald . It is housed in the building of the former village community center. The Daisy Kindergarten was opened in 1954. Since 2015 there also in a nursery primary school students of grades 1-4, cared for up to 25 children aged three to ten years.

Village community center

The former school building has now taken on the function of a village community center . In addition to communal use, the facilities can also be booked for private events of all kinds, family celebrations, presentations, seminars and the like.

Volunteer firefighter

The Leisenwald volunteer fire brigade , which was officially founded in 1929, has had its own new fire station in the village since September 18, 2011 . The history of the fire service goes much further, namely back to the 17th century. In 1684 there was a fire disaster in Leisenwald. Then the Counts of Ysenburg Wächtersbach issued fire extinguishing regulations . This “obliged the guilds to provide emergency assistance in the event of a fire” .

In the anniversary year 2019, the Leisenwald volunteer fire brigade has 23 emergency services in its ranks. The average age of the emergency services is currently (2020) 33.3 years. The youth fire brigade currently has 9 members. Joint exercises with the fire brigades Wächtersbach, Aufenau, Wittgenborn and Waldensberg take place several times a year.

Cultural monuments

See: List of cultural monuments in Wächtersbach # Leisenwald

Personalities

Sons and daughters of Leisenwald

literature

  • Martin Schäfer, "Heimatbuch des Kreises Gelnhausen" , published by the district administration Gelnhausen, 1950

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leisenwald, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ Martin Schäfer, "Our place names" , home book of the district of Gelnhausen, publisher. District administration Gelnhausen, 1950, SS XVI
  3. ↑ Martin Schäfer, "Our place names" , home book of the district of Gelnhausen, publisher. District administration Gelnhausen, 1950, p. 260
  4. ↑ Martin Schäfer, "Our place names" , home book of the district of Gelnhausen, publisher. District administration Gelnhausen, 1950, p. 248
  5. ^ Manfred Steinberger: 500 years of Leisenwald-Neuenschmidten-Wittgenborn . Ed .: Brachttal community council, Wächtersbach city administration. 1500th edition. 1989, p. 75 .
  6. ↑ Collet, Jacques, "Châtillon, Wächtersbach et le protestantisme"
  7. ^ 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. 362 .
  8. ^ Local Advisory Board Hesseldorf. In: website. City of Wächtersbach, accessed August 2020 .
  9. ↑ Manfred Steinberger: "The Leisenwälder Heiratsmarkt" in: "500 Years Leisenwald-Neuenschmidten-Wittgenborn" . Ed .: Brachttal community council, Wächtersbach city administration. 1500th edition. 1989, p. 63-71 .
  10. ↑ Leisenwalder Marriage Market: New Festwirt Heinrich Traber has been baptized by fire - City of Wächtersbach. Retrieved November 7, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Trabers Festzelte - Home. Retrieved on November 7, 2018 (German).
  12. ↑ Leisenwalder Marriage Market May 19-22, 2018 - City of Wächtersbach. Retrieved November 7, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Eisenbach - About us. Retrieved on November 7, 2018 (German).
  14. ↑ Locations: Schottener Sozialedienste gGmbH. Retrieved November 7, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Gänseblümchen Kindergarten - City of Wächtersbach. Retrieved November 7, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Fire brigade club chronicle
  17. ^ Wittgenborn fire department