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Lichen red
municipality Birstein
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 12 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 27 ″  E
Height : 421  (410-440)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.67 km²
Residents : 342  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 39 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1971
Incorporated into: Oberland
Postal code : 63633
Area code : 06668
Lichenroth Church
Lichenroth Church

Lichenroth is a district of the municipality of Birstein in the Hessian Main-Kinzig district . Lichenroth has about 350 inhabitants and is located south of the Hoher Vogelsberg Nature Park on the upper reaches of the Salz at an altitude of 410 to 440  m above sea level. NN .

history

The Lichenrother Church in May 1945

In a document from 1375 Lichenroth is mentioned for the first time under the name Libichinrode . At that time it was pledged by the von Lißbergs to the von Rodensteiners . In the late Middle Ages, the place was the subject of pledges and sales several times until it finally passed into the possession of the Counts of Isenburg in 1489 . Lichenroth belonged to the court Reichenbach and the parish Reichenbach, whose seat was Unterreichenbach . In a list of Huben and Zinsgüter from 1499 seven goods are named, which were subject to interest in Isenburg. In 1514 Lichenroth consisted of 26 farms, in 1551 of 41 farms.

During the Thirty Years' War , Lichenroth suffered from billeting and looting. In 1624 the Fürstenberg Regiment took its winter quarters in the Reichenbach court, with 40 soldiers coming to Lichenroth. In 1653 Lichenroth had 132 inhabitants.

A Jewish local resident is mentioned for the first time in 1666. Until the time of National Socialism , Lichenroth had a Jewish community with more than sixty members (→ Jewish community Lichenroth ). With the beginning of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933, there were sometimes massive attacks on the Jewish residents of the village, who gradually left Lichenroth by the end of 1936.

In March 1813 about 300 French soldiers were billeted in Lichenroth. After the principality of Isenburg was dissolved by the Congress of Vienna , Lichenroth fell to the Electorate of Hesse in 1816 , which was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 . Administratively, Lichenroth belonged to the Salmünster district from 1821 , and then to the Gelnhausen district from 1830 . Large numbers of local residents emigrated in the 19th century, mainly to the United States .

In 1907 Lichenroth received a water pipe. In 1914 the village had 540 inhabitants. In 1923 a separate savings and loan association was founded, which also operated goods trading, after a similar association had existed for the Oberland with its seat in Kirchbracht since 1891 . In 1971 the cooperative merged with the one in Birstein to later become Raiffeisenbank Vogelsberg . From 1911 to 1987 there was a dairy cooperative that ran its own dairy on site.

In 1934, the Vogelsberger Südbahn was put into operation as an extension of the Wächtersbach-Birstein small railway, giving Lichenroth a connection to the railway network. The section from Wüstwillenroth to Hartmannshain was closed as early as 1958 . An industrial area was created on the former station area west of the village.

In the course of administrative reform in Hesse municipalities Lichenroth, mouse angle Wüst Will Roth, Wettges and Völzberg joined voluntarily as of 1 July 1971 on the new community Oberland together . As early as May 1972, the Hessian state government initiated a hearing process with the aim of merging the previous communities of Birstein (with districts), Katholisch-Willenroth and Oberland to form a new large community. The Oberland municipality was finally incorporated into the Birstein municipality by virtue of state law with effect from July 1, 1974. Local districts were set up for all formerly independent municipalities . In the linguistic usage of the older inhabitants of the four districts, the designation "Oberland" is still used, and the common telephone code 06668 comes from the time before the incorporation to Birstein.

Architectural monuments

Entrance of the Lichenrother Church with confirmation decorations
The former synagogue in Lichenroth (June 2008)

Evangelical branch church

A church in Lichenroth is mentioned as early as 1488, which at that time belonged to the Reichenbach parish. After a fire in 1675, the church was restored between 1677 and 1681. The current church was built in 1732 as a transverse church instead of its predecessor . It was the parish church of the Lichenroth parish established in the same year, but which only existed until 1744. Since then, it has been a branch church of the Kirchbracht parish.

The Isenburg patronage coat of arms is located above the entrance to the church. The pulpit dates from 1677 and was taken over from the previous church. In 2010 the church received a new altar by the Leipzig designers Markus Zink and Agnes Gensichen.

synagogue

→ Main article: Lichenroth synagogue

In 1733 the local Jewish community received permission to build a synagogue. The synagogue building, which is still preserved today, was built in 1837. During the gradual dissolution of the community as a result of the attacks in the Nazi era, the synagogue was sold in 1935 and later used as a hall for an inn. In 1997/98 it was converted into a residential building.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 1960, a furniture factory first set up shop on the site of the former train station, followed by a construction company in 1961 and a metal construction company in 1963. Today a display manufacturer and a logging company are located in the industrial area.

traffic

The federal road 276 runs through Lichenroth and connects the town to Hartmannshain in the north and Wächtersbach in the south . In the period between 1934 and 1958 Lichenroth had a train station on the Vogelsberger Südbahn. The Vogelsberger Südbahnradweg , which opened in 2004 and also leads through Lichenroth, was named after the railway line .

Regular events

societies

The following clubs and associations exist in Lichenroth (year of foundation in brackets):

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lichenroth, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Birstein community portrait: Figures, data & facts. Population HW , accessed on February 27, 2020
  3. ^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 28 , p. 1117 , item 988; Para. 10. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 5.0 MB ]).
  4. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Gelnhausen, Hanau and Schlüchtern and the city of Hanau as well as the recirculation of the cities of Fulda, Hanau and Marburg (Lahn) concerning questions (GVBl. 330-26) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 149 , § 7 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
  5. ^ 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. 362-363 .
  6. ↑ Kathrin Ellwardt: Church building between evangelical ideals and absolutist rule. The cross churches in the Hessian area from the Reformation century to the Seven Years War . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2004, ISBN 3-937251-34-0
  7. ↑ GJP (Götz J. Pfeiffer): Altar of St. Mark zinc and Agnes Gensichen in: the courage to figures. Art funding in the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck, Kassel, 2013, pp. 62–63.

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