Mardorf (Amöneburg)

Mardorf City of Amöneburg Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 55 ″ N , 8 ° 55 ′ 1 ″ E
Height :	211 (210-236) m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.48 km²
Residents :	1587 (Jun 30, 2010)
Population density :	118 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	35287
Area code :	06429

Mardorf is the largest district of Amöneburg in the central Hessian district of Marburg-Biedenkopf .

geography

The place is in the Amöneburg Basin in the Vorderen Vogelsberg .

history

The place was first mentioned in the document book of the Fulda monastery under the name Marachdorf , which is ascribed to the year 750 or 779.

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1971, the place was incorporated into the municipality of Amöneburg as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

Historical forms of names

In documents that have survived, Mardorf was mentioned under the following place names (the year it was mentioned in brackets):

Marachdorf (750/779, based on a copy of the 12th century)
Marcdorf (802/817, based on a 12th century copy)
Marhdorf , in (1st half of the 9th century)
Mardorf (1215)
Martdorf (1227 and 1306)
Marchtorf (around 1248)
Marchtorph (around 1248)
Mardorf (1323)

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Mardorf was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

before 1803: Holy Roman Empire , Electorate Mainz , Amöneburg office
from 1803: Holy Roman Empire, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (through Reichsdeputationshauptschluss ), Principality of Fritzlar , Amöneburg office
from 1806: Electorate of Hesse , Principality of Fritzlar, Amöneburg office
1807–1813: Kingdom of Westphalia , department of Werra , district of Marburg , canton of Amöneburg
from 1815: German Confederation , Electorate of Hesse, Amöneburg Office
from 1821: German Confederation, Electorate of Hesse, Province of Upper Hesse , Kirchhain district
from 1848: German Confederation, Electorate of Hesse, Marburg district
from 1851: German Confederation, Electorate of Hesse, Province of Upper Hesse, Kirchhain district
from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Kassel , District of Kirchhain
from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative District of Kassel, District of Kirchhain
from 1932: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Kassel, District of Marburg
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Kurhessen , District of Marburg
from 1945: American occupation zone , Greater Hesse , Kassel administrative district, Marburg district
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Kassel district, Marburg district
On December 31, 1971, the city of Amöneburg and the municipalities of Erfurtshausen, Mardorf, Roßdorf and Rüdigheim were merged to form the newly formed municipality of Amöneburg. The seat of the municipal administration is Amöneburg.
1974: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Kassel district, Marburg-Biedenkopf district
from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen district, Marburg-Biedenkopf district

population

Population development

Source: Historical local dictionary

• around 1510:	008 defensive men
• 1537:	021 residents
• 1585:	024 residents
• 1747:	033 households
• 1838:	926 inhabitants. 71 residents who are entitled to use, 88 residents who are not entitled to use, 33 residents

Mardorf: Population from 1834 to 1967
year		Residents
1834	898
1840	934
1846	991
1852	1,019
1858	1,040
1864	1,028
1871	932
1875	962
1885	1.002
1895	940
1905	884
1910	903
1925	902
1939	1,018
1946	1,338
1950	1,353
1956	1,231
1961	1,223
1967	1,315
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources:

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1861:	991 Roman Catholic, 4 Evangelical Lutheran , 36 Jewish residents
• 1885:	009 Protestant (= 0.90%), 946 Catholic (= 94.41%) and 47 Jewish (= 4.69%) residents
• 1961:	047 Protestant (= 3.84%), 1172 Roman Catholic (= 95.83%) residents

Gainful employment

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1838:	Families: 60 agriculture, 50 trades, 49 day laborers
• 1961:	Labor force: 256 agriculture and forestry, 262 manufacturing, 20 trade and transport, 47 services and other.

Culture and sights

Fortified church with wall paintings

a Junkernhof mentioned in 1223

the church of St. Hubertus built around 1720 with the grotto built in 1908

The church
Local customs of Corpus Christi
So-called "honor gate"

Infrastructure

Public facilities

There are:

a primary school , the St. Martin School
a sports hall
the Catholic Kindergarten St. Hubertus

traffic

The public transport is the bus services of the RMV ensured. State road 3289 runs through the village .

Web links

Commons : Mardorf - Collection of Images

District Mardorf on the website of the city of Amöneburg.
Mardorf, Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature about Mardorf in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Mardorf, Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ The number comes from myheimat.de and is compatible with the value referenced at this point in time for the Erfurtshausen district from: Dorferneuerungsplan Erfurtshausen , August 2011 (PDF; 4.2 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 403 .
↑ Edmund Ernst Stengel u. a .: Document book of the Fulda Monastery 1 . The time of Abbots Sturmi and Baugulf. Ed .: Historical Commission for Hesse and Waldeck. No. 112 . Marburg 1958.
↑ Kopiar around 1160 Codex Eberhardi 1 , pp. 239–240, fol. 145 vb, no. 97 = Dronke, Traditiones, p. 39, Capitulum 6, no. 97.
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[lagis-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Mardorf, Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] The number comes from myheimat.de and is compatible with the value referenced at this point in time for the Erfurtshausen district from: Dorferneuerungsplan Erfurtshausen , August 2011 (PDF; 4.2 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 403 .

[UF-4] Edmund Ernst Stengel u. a .: Document book of the Fulda Monastery 1 . The time of Abbots Sturmi and Baugulf. Ed .: Historical Commission for Hesse and Waldeck. No. 112 . Marburg 1958.

[5] Kopiar around 1160 Codex Eberhardi 1 , pp. 239–240, fol. 145 vb, no. 97 = Dronke, Traditiones, p. 39, Capitulum 6, no. 97.

[6] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).