Lindenau (Sontra)

Lindenau City of Sontra Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 35 ″ N , 9 ° 58 ′ 6 ″ E
Height :	353 (358-385) m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.95 km²
Residents :	9 (Feb 3, 2020)
Population density :	3 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1971
Postal code :	36205
Area code :	05653

Lindenau is the smallest district of Sontra in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse .

geography

Lindenau is located southeast of the core town of Sontra, right on the edge of the forest.

history

The small hamlet was first mentioned in 1252 as villa Lindenauwe . It was owned by the Hersfeld Abbey and in the first half of the 14th century came to its daughter monastery Cornberg . From 1458 to 1471 the place was desolate . After the repopulation, Lindenau belonged to the parish of Breitau . Today, the church belongs to the parish of Sontra I. During the Thirty Years War , the few Croatian houses were completely destroyed.

The previously independent community Lindenau was 1 July 1971 at the course of municipal reform in Hesse on a voluntary basis as a district by Sontra incorporated .

Web links

Lindenau district In: Website of the city of Sontra.
Lindenau, Werra-Meissner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature about Lindenau in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Lindenau In: Website of the city of Sontra. Accessed July 2020.
^ 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. 28. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 5.0 MB ]).

[DF-1] Lindenau In: Website of the city of Sontra. Accessed July 2020.

[2] 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. 28. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 5.0 MB ]).