Lentil dish (Hessen)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′  N , 9 ° 12 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	Darmstadt
County :	Main-Kinzig district
Height :	195 m above sea level NHN
Area :	29.82 km 2
Residents:	9882 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	331 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	63589
Area code :	06051
License plate :	MKK, GN, HU , SLÜ
Community key :	06 4 35 018
Address of the municipal administration:	Amtshofstrasse 1 63589 Linsengericht
Website :	www.linsengericht.de
Mayor :	Albert Ungermann ( SPD )
Location of the community of Linsengericht in the Main-Kinzig district

Municipal area with districts of Linsengericht

Linsengericht is a Hessian community in the Main-Kinzig district between Schöllkrippen and Gelnhausen .

geography

location

The topographically highest point of the municipality is 481  m above sea level. NN at the summit of the Franzosenkopf .

Neighboring communities

Linsengericht borders in the north on the city of Gelnhausen, in the east on the community Biebergemünd , in the south on the communities Geiselbach and Westerngrund in the district of Aschaffenburg ( Bavaria ) and in the west on the communities Freigericht and Hasselroth .

Community structure

Linsengericht consists of the districts Altenhaßlau , Eidengesäß , Geislitz (with Hof Eich and Eichermühle), Großenhausen (with Waldrode ) and Lützelhausen . The municipal administration is located in the Altenhaßlau district.

History and origin of the place name

Old half-timbered house in Altenhaßlau

The municipality of Linsengericht was founded on September 1, 1970 as part of the regional reform in Hesse through the voluntary amalgamation of the four previously independent municipalities Altenhaßlau, Eidengesäß, Geislitz and Großenhausen. On December 31, 1971, Kirchberg, Metze and Wichdorf were added by incorporation . On December 31, 1971, Lützelhausen also joined the new community.

Birkenhain was initially discussed as a possible name for the larger community . The Hessian state authorities found that the name Linsengericht was historically more appropriate. The parish does not refer to a meal with lentils, but to the location of a dish .

The above-mentioned five municipalities of the Altenhaßlau court are closely linked by their location and history. The court, which is also known under the name Linsengericht, is first mentioned in a document dated September 20, 1240. Various explanations are known for the origin of the name Linsengericht: The name could represent a change from "Lindengericht" (place of jurisdiction under a linden tree ). With regard to this so-called “free court” there is also another interpretation: It is reported that the case law of this free court has not deviated from the law by any amount. According to another interpretation, the name is said to have originated from the fact that in earlier times a lot of lentils were grown in the districts of the judicial community. Field names still existing today (Linsenacker, Linsenrain, Linsengraben) indicate the correctness of this assumption.

Originally the “Hasela” dish was a free imperial property and was only subject to the emperor. In the 13th century the area belonged to the dominion of the diocese of Würzburg . By the then bishop who received the Knights of Trimberg the court to fief . So gradually the rights and freedoms of the court residents, apart from the court forest, were lost to the Lords of Trimberg, then to those of Eppstein and von Hanau . The lower jurisdiction exercised the freely elected tithe count on the court in Altenhaßlau.

The Thirty Years' War brought great misery for the villages of the Altenhaßlau court. According to a directory from 1632, i.e. before the worst years of the war, there were 43 houses in Eidengesäß, 32 in Geislitz with Hof Eich and Eichermühle, 30 in Altenhaßlau, 22 in Großenhausen and 14 in Lützelhausen. The population is given with a total of 141 married couples. The villages suffered the greatest losses in 1634/35, so that after the end of the war in 1648 only 14 families lived here.

The demarcation of the individual villages has gradually peeled out of the old judicial district " Zent- Hasela" over the centuries . Initially, the village marks were separated from the fields, corridors, meadows, pastures and forests by protective fences. The area outside the village brands was common land , as is the case with the court forest to this day. The extent of the parish Altenhaßlau still matches that of the old judicial district and the Märkergenossenschaft "Haselau".

Population development

The information relates to today's municipal area.

year	Residents
1939	3393
1950	5090
1961	5983
1970	7078
1975	7801
1980	8098
1985	8273
1990	8702
1995	9208
2000	9646
2005	9763
2010	9847
2014	9914
2015	9897

The highest number of inhabitants so far was reached in 2009 with 9945 inhabitants.

politics

Community representation

The local elections on March 6, 2016 resulted in the following results compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016      A total of 27 seats SPD : 12 Greens : 2 CDU : 6 FWG : 7	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	44.5	12	42.3	12	34.0	9	31.5	10
	BGL-FWG	Citizens' list / FWG Linsengericht	27.2	7th	26.9	7th	35.4	10	34.2	10
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	20.6	6th	17.8	5	19.9	5	20.0	6th
	GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	7.7	2	12.6	3	6.9	2	5.9	2
	FDP	Free Democratic Party	-	-	0.3	0	0.3	0	-	-
	HOW SO	HOW SO! -List future-	-	-	-	-	3.5	1	8.4	3
	total		100.0	27	100.0	27	100.0	27	100.0	31
	Voter turnout in%		57.0		51.2		49.1		54.6

town hall

mayor

As mayors of the municipality of Linsengericht, the following succeeded each other in office:

• Hubert Breidenbach, from 1970 to 1987
• Theodor Ratzka (BGL), from 1987 to 2002
• Albert Ungermann (SPD), since 2002

The incumbent was re-elected for a fourth six-year term on March 8, 2020 with 79.6% of the vote. The first direct mayor election took place in 1993.

badges and flags

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In a golden shield a Gothic red A." The coat of arms of the municipality of Linsengericht was approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on November 6, 1974 . The coat of arms was taken over from the former municipality of Altenhaßlau. It shows the first letter of the place in the colors of the county of Hanau .

flag

The flag of the municipality was approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on August 27, 1976 and is described as follows:

"Between narrow yellow side stripes a wide red central strip, in the upper third covered with the municipal coat of arms."

Partner communities

• Altenhasslau: Saint-Étienne-du-Bois (Ain) , France (since 1965)
• Lützelhausen: Geboltskirchen , Upper Austria (since 1986)

Culture and sights

See also : List of cultural monuments in Linsengericht (Hessen)

Web links

Commons : Linsengericht (Hessen)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the community of Linsengericht
• Lentil dish on the side of the history club lentil dish
• “Linsengericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis”. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Literature on lentil dish in the Hessian Bibliography
• Literature on Linsengericht in the catalog of the German National Library
• Link catalog on the subject of lentil dishes at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ↑ Merger of the communities Altenhaßlau, Eidengesäß, Geislitz and Großenhausen in the district of Gelsnhausen to form the new community "Linsengericht" on August 28, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 37 , p. 1785 , point 1673 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3,9 MB ]).
3. ^ 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. 391 and 392 .
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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 362 .
5. ↑ Population statistics of the community of Linsengericht
6. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
7. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
8. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
9. ^ Community of Linsengericht: Mayor
10. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Direct elections in Linsengericht
11. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the municipality of Linsengericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis dated November 6, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1974 No. 47 , p. 2130 , point 1549 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.1 MB ]).
12. ↑ Description of the coat of arms at www.linsengericht.de
13. ↑ Approval of a flag of the municipality of Linsengericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis from August 27, 1976 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No. 37 , p. 1602 , item 1173 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 9.1 MB ]).