Mönchehof (Espenau)

Mönchehof Espenau municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 14 ″ N , 9 ° 27 ′ 18 ″ E
Height :	242 (239-263) m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.52 km² [LAGIS]
Incorporation :	1st December 1970
Postal code :	34314
Area code :	05673

View of Mönchehof

Mönchehof with Schäferberg is a district of the municipality of Espenau in the northern Hessian district of Kassel .

geography

Mönchehof is located 8.5 km northwest of Kassel between the Habichtswald in the southwest and the Reinhardswald in the northeast. The Kassel – Warburg railway line , which was opened in 1848, runs to the east and Bundesstraße 83 to the west . Landesstrasse 3217 runs through Hohenkirchen .

history

Mönchehof was built on the site of the Hadebrachthausen , which had become deserted around 1200 and was built before 1100, and was first mentioned in a document in 1503. In 1216 the Hardehausen Monastery built a courtyard that was later renamed Mönchhof . At that time it was managed by two Cistercian monks . This also explains the place name , which was mentioned around 1503 with Monchhofe and then from 1767 with the current name. In 1906/07 the Protestant church was built in the village.

In 1943, the forced labor camp of the Henschel company was built in the west of the village, today located directly on the main road . After the end of the war, emigrants and displaced persons settled here , so that the Schäferberg settlement was created, which later merged with Mönchehof.

On December 1, 1970, the community Espenau was re-formed through the voluntary amalgamation of the previously independent communities Hohenkirchen and Mönchehof.

Infrastructure

There is a primary school in Mönchehof .

traffic

The station Espenau-Mönchehof is on the Kassel-Warburg railway .

For the listed cultural monuments of the place see the list of cultural monuments in Mönchehof .

literature

Klaus Mosch-Wicke: Schäferberg. A Henschel camp for foreign forced laborers. National Socialism in Northern Hesse. Writings on regional contemporary history. Issue 1. Verlag Gesamtthochschulbibliothek Kassel. 2nd corrected edition 1983 ( online )

Web links

Commons : Mönchehof - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Mönchehof district. In: Internet presence. Espenau municipality; accessed in August 2018
Mönchehof, Kassel district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 18, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Mönchehof in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

^ Information from the municipality, Central Services and Finances (FB 1) of April 29, 2016; incorrectly designated as a district on the municipality's website
↑ Merger of the communities Hohenkirchen in the district of Hofgeismar and Mönchehof in the district of Kassel to form the new community "Espenau" in the district of Kassel on November 12, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 48 , p. 2253 , item 2246 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5,6 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. 400 .

[1] Information from the municipality, Central Services and Finances (FB 1) of April 29, 2016; incorrectly designated as a district on the municipality's website

[2] Merger of the communities Hohenkirchen in the district of Hofgeismar and Mönchehof in the district of Kassel to form the new community "Espenau" in the district of Kassel on November 12, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 48 , p. 2253 , item 2246 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5,6 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. 400 .