Mardorf (Homberg)

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Mardorf
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 57 ″  N , 9 ° 23 ′ 44 ″  E
Height : 196  (194–212)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.54 km²
Residents : 502
Population density : 111 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 34576
Area code : 05681
Mardorf from the air
Mardorf from the air

Mardorf is the oldest district of Homberg (Efze) in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder district .

The place has about 500 inhabitants and is located northwest of the core town Homberg at the foot of the Mosenberg . The Klingelbach , which rises on the eastern flank of the Mosenberg, flows through the middle of the village and finally flows into the Efze at Berge . The district area is approximately 460 hectares. The place is characterized by agricultural farms and a few businesses. In the center of the village is the Protestant church built in 1690 .

history

Remnants of a cable car pillar from the former Mardorf mine

Mardorf is one of the oldest villages in the Homberg area: it was first mentioned in a document in 782. Mardorf estates were mentioned as Hersfeld property around 800.

Mardorf iron mine

Already in 1567 there was an iron hammer near Mardorf , and in 1686 an ironworks was mentioned which, in addition to ores from the cellar forest, was served by the Mardorf iron mine. The iron foundry was relocated from Mardorf to Holzhausen in 1737 . In 1873 the Warsteiner Mine and Hüttenverein took over both the Marburg mine and the foundry in Holzhausen. The mining of ore at Mardorf was stopped in 1881, as the ore smelting in the charcoal- powered blast furnaces in Holzhausen had become uneconomical.

In 1937 the Mardorf mine was put back into operation by Warsteiner und Herzoglich Schleswig-Holsteinische Eisenwerke AG as part of the autarky efforts of the Nazi regime and the four-year plan of 1937, but the clayey raw ore only had about 34 percent iron content and only brought little income . The profitability was also reduced by the fact that floating sand often broke into the pit and washed up entire sections of the field. On October 1, 1942, Buderus AG took over the mine because the Mardorfer ore was suitable for the production of a particularly high-quality concentrate. In 1944, Buderus began to sink a new shaft north of the Mosenberg shaft and the collection pond that is still used for washing ore and which is still in existence today, and planned to build a processing plant to produce the concentrate. The sinking of the “Falkenberg Shaft”, however, was severely hampered by numerous floating sand ingress, and work on the company building designed by the Darmstadt dean of architecture Jan Hubert Pinand and begun in 1947 was abandoned in 1949 because of the uncertain future prospects and remained unfinished. Towards the end of 1949, the new processing plant could then be put into operation. However, since floating sand ingresses repeatedly occurred in the shaft despite all efforts, operations were finally stopped on September 30, 1954.

Today reminds u. a. Another eight meter high concrete block on the county road 47 between the B 254 and the village of Berge at this time. It is the remainder of a supporting pillar for the 1946/47 cable car from the pit to the rail loading station in Singlis . This is the remainder of one of the two concrete pillars of the cable car, all others were wood / steel structures. The unloading station in Singlis was demolished in 1973. Before the cable car went into operation, the ore was brought to the train station in Wabern by truck . In total, around 110,000 tons of raw ore were mined at the Mosenberg shaft and 55,000 tons of finished ore with an iron content of 46 percent were produced from it.

Mosenberg Youth Hostel

From 1959 to 2005, the right was defensive-looking, once built as workings of the mine Mardorf building on the slopes of Mount Mosen at 51 ° 4 '  N , 9 ° 24'  O as " Youth Mosenberg" used. It was not only popular with hikers and school classes, but also with glider pilots who indulged their passion at the nearby Mosenberg airfield .

Today the “Gruppenhaus am Mosenberg” is operated there, which is used for leisure time, school class stays, family celebrations, seminars, etc. a. m. can be rented. A total of 49 beds are available (9 multi-bed rooms @ 5 beds, 2 leader rooms @ 2 beds with private bathroom), plus two seminar rooms for 15 or 49 people, kitchen with catering equipment, large group and dining room, small lounge with TV. On the spacious area with a beautiful view there is a fireplace, beach volleyball, football field, trampoline, skate field with mini ramp, streetball and horse ranch.

Incorporation

At 31 December 1971 Marden was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse , now on a voluntary basis in the town of Homberg, Region of Kassel Homberg (Efze) , incorporated .

Titanic project

In the summer of 2008, the local land art artist Hans-Joachim Bauer carried out the monumental Titanic project in the Mardorf district. With the original dimensions of the sunken ocean liner, Bauer created a new form of the ship on land as a huge and widely visible shape by plowing the outline of the ship out of a cornfield. Farmers and residents of the place were actively involved in this art project - a " social sculpture " in the sense of Joseph Beuys .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mardorf (Großenmardorf), Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ Mardorf. In: website. City of Homberg (Efze), accessed May 2019 .
  3. ^ Homberger Hefte, contributions to local history and family history
  4. ^ The stock corporation Warsteiner Gruben- und Hüttenverein was founded in 1873 and renamed in 1885 to Aktiengesellschaft Warsteiner Gruben- und Hüttenwerke . In 1925 the Herzogliche Eisen- und Emaillierwerke AG in Primkenau near Glogau in Lower Silesia was taken over and, at the same time, the name was changed to Warsteiner and Herzoglich Schleswig-Holsteinische Eisenwerk AG. After the Silesian operations were lost as a result of World War II, the company was renamed Warsteiner Eisenwerke AG again in 1948 . Due to financial difficulties, the company had to cease operations in 1967 and apply for a settlement ; it was liquidated in 1969 .
  5. ^ Buderus: Information on the Mardorf mine
  6. ^ Buderus: Information on the pit
  7. ↑ Group house on Mosenberg. , accessed May 2019.
  8. ^ 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. 391-392 .

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