Loshausen

Loshausen Municipality Willingshausen Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 10 ″ N , 9 ° 15 ′ 4 ″ E
Height :	216 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.91 km²
Residents :	923 (Jan. 1, 2015)
Population density :	134 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	34628
Area code :	06691

Loshausen Castle

Old bridge in Loshausen Palace Park

The village church

Loshausen is a district of the Willingshausen community in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse .

geography

Loshausen is located in the southern part of the Schwalm landscape, northeast of the main town, directly west of the confluence of the Grenff in the Eder tributary Schwalm , where the Treysa-Ziegenhain flood retention basin was created directly below Loshausen . In the village, the Wälzebach flows into the Alte Schwalm . District road 104 and state road 3263 meet in the village. Federal road 254 and district road 108 run to the east .

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1106. Loshausen was mentioned in documents that have survived under the following names (the year it was mentioned in brackets): Lazhusun (1106), Låzhusen (1240), Laishusen (1357), Loshusen (1365), Loshausen (1569).

During the Thirty Years' War , the village was completely burned down by the imperial troops of General Hans Rudolf von Breda on November 14, 1640, the day before the battle on Riebelsdorfer Berg , as was Niederlimitebach , Steina , Leimbach , Ransbach , Zella and Salmshausen .

In 1891 the renaissance castle built in 1669 was demolished and replaced by the current castle . The castle park is located near the castle on both sides of the Schwalm river . In its eastern part, cultural events such as the World Music Festival and Rock im Park take place at regular intervals .

On 1 January 1974 in the wake of Loshausen was municipal reform in Hesse powerful state law with other municipalities and the community formed at 31 December 1971 Antrefftal to a new Village with the name Willingshausen together . Local districts were established for all former municipalities .

Cultural monuments

See the list of cultural monuments in Loshausen .

Infrastructure

In Loshausen there is

a primary school
the children's group Storchennest
a village community center

Personalities

The doctor, theologian and painter Kurt Reuber (1906–1944) worked in Loshausen during his vicariate.

literature

Literature about Loshausen in the Hessian Bibliography
Search for Loshausen in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Search for Loshausen in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library

Web links

Commons : Loshausen - Collection of Images

Loshausen district. In: Internet presence. Willingshausen community; accessed in September 2018
Loshausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Loshausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of December 11, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on August 2, 2015 .
↑ Economy and Transport. In: website. Willingshausen community, archived from the original on April 27, 2017 ; accessed in September 2018 .
↑ Wikisource: Topographia Hassiae: Treysa
↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen and Ziegenhain (GVBl. II 330-22) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 356 , § 2 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
^ 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. 412 .

[lagis-1] Loshausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of December 11, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on August 2, 2015 .

[2] Economy and Transport. In: website. Willingshausen community, archived from the original on April 27, 2017 ; accessed in September 2018 .

[3] Wikisource: Topographia Hassiae: Treysa

[4] Law on the reorganization of the districts Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen and Ziegenhain (GVBl. II 330-22) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 356 , § 2 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 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. 412 .