Massenheim (Bad Vilbel)
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Massenheim
City of Bad Vilbel
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| Height : | 121 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 2.84 km² |
| Residents : | 2853 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
| Population density : | 1,003 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | June 1, 1972 |
| Postal code : | 61118 |
| Area code : | 06101 |
Massenheim is a district of Bad Vilbel in the Wetteraukreis in Hesse with around 2700 inhabitants.
Geographical location
Massenheim is located at an altitude of 120 m above sea level , two kilometers northwest of Bad Vilbel.
history
middle Ages
The oldest surviving mention of Massenheim can be found in a first deed of donation for the Lorsch monastery from February 28, 775. Four more private donations from Massenheim to the monastery followed by 816. Even then, the spelling of the place name that is common today was used, which has not changed since then. Massenheim was assigned to the Niddagau in the High Middle Ages and to the Bornheimerberg court in the late Middle Ages . In 1320, King Ludwig IV pledged the Bornheimerberg to Ulrich II von Hanau , so that Massenheim was now part of the Hanau rulership and later the Hanau-Münzenberg county . A church was first mentioned in a document in 1298.
Modern times
In the first half of the 16th century, the county of Hanau-Münzenberg, and with it the village of Massenheim, carried out the Reformation, initially following the Lutheran model. In 1597 Count Philip Ludwig II implemented a second Reformation in favor of the Reformed Confession .
As in the rest of the county of Hanau-Münzenberg, the Solms land law became customary here at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries . The Common Law applied only if the rules contained the Solmser land rights for a fact no provisions. The Solms land law remained valid in the 19th century, even in the Electorate of Hesse and the Hessian Grand Ducal period. It was not until the Civil Code of January 1, 1900, which was uniformly valid throughout the German Reich , that the old particular law was largely overridden.
After the death of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. , the landgraves of Hessen-Kassel inherited the county of Hanau-Munzenberg. The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel became the Electorate of Hesse in 1803 . Towards the end of the 18th century, the place developed from a mainly agricultural village to a commercial economy, as many craftsmen and businesses settled there. Massenheim became a stronghold for linen weavers , whose fabrics were exported to all of Europe. It was not until 1913 that the last loom in town was taken out of service. During the Napoleonic era , Massenheim was temporarily part of the French Empire , Principality of Hanau , Bornheimerberg from 1806 to 1810 , and then to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt from 1810 to 1813 , before it became part of the Electorate of Hesse again. After the administrative reform of the Electorate of Hesse in 1821, during which the Electorate of Hesse was divided into four provinces and 22 districts, Massenheim belonged to the Hanau district . As an ally of Austria, the electorate was subject to the Kingdom of Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 . This annexed then Kurhessen. Massenheim, however, ceded it in the peace treaty of September 3, 1866 to the Grand Duchy of Hesse (-Darmstadt), which incorporated the village of its province of Upper Hesse into the Vilbel district , and from 1874 into the Friedberg district . On June 1, 1972, Massenheim was incorporated into Bad Vilbel, which has been part of the Wetterau district since August 1, 1972, as part of the Hessian municipal area reform.
Population development
- 1939: 488 inhabitants
- 1961: 885 inhabitants
- 1970: 1795 inhabitants
- 2012: 2508 inhabitants
Attractions
- The Protestant church has a remarkable St. Mary's altar. After the medieval building was destroyed in the Thirty Years War , it was reopened in 1695. A gallery was added in 1863 and an organ in 1869. In 1934, the previously extremely simple interior was painted.
- The half-timbered house from 1731, which today houses the Massenheim Museum of Local History, used to be a barn and a shepherd's house. Until 1972 it served as the town hall.
- A former school was housed in the house of the Ludwig Apfel family from 1680. It bears an old coat of arms on an ornate house coat of arms stone.
- The village square is used for cultural events such as concerts, festivals and the Christmas market. The sandstone village fountain was designed by the local artist Maria Wiechers.
- The Hinkel property is right on the square with a wall painting designed by Bernd Freisleben.
- The Roman fountain from the 17th century is located on the Erlenbach . It served as a scoop for the Massenheim residents and from 1771 also for the Nieder-Erlenbach residents. In 1972 it was redesigned and roofed according to plans by Georg Hieronymi.
The Auen-Kunst is a permanent exhibition in the great outdoors on the Erlenbach. Renowned local artists show sculptures and sculptures here. The works of art change after a long time and are replaced by new ones chosen by a committee.
Personalities
- The German Romanist Brigitte Schlieben-Lange (1943–2000) lived in Bad Vilbel and is buried in the cemetery in Massenheim.
literature
- Hans Georg Ruppel (edit.): Historical place directory for the area of the former Grand Duchy and People's State of Hesse with evidence of district and court affiliation from 1820 until the changes in the course of the municipal territorial reform = Darmstädter Archivschriften 2. 1976, p. 142.
- Heinz Wionski: Cultural monuments in Hessen. Wetteraukreis II: Bad Nauheim to Florstadt = monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen . Braunschweig and Wiesbaden 1999.
Web links
- The districts on the website of the city of Bad Vilbel
- Massenheim, Wetterau district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature on Massenheim in the Hessian Bibliography
- Website of the association "Wir Massemer eV" about the place
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Location factors of the city of Bad Vilbel , accessed in December 2018.
- ↑ Arthur Benno Schmidt : The historical foundations of civil law in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Curt von Münchow, Giessen 1893, p. 75, note 65, as well as the enclosed map.
- ↑ Art. 15, No. 7 of the peace treaty, printed by: Ernst Rudolf Huber: Documents on German Constitutional History 2 = German Constitutional Documents 1851–1900. 3rd edition, Stuttgart 1986. ISBN 3-17-001845-0 , No. 192, pp. 260ff.
- ^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 361 .
- ↑ A walk through the Bad Vilbel district of Massenheim. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on October 5, 2018 .
- ↑ mass Heimer Auenkunst - Culture Bad Vilbel. Retrieved October 5, 2018 .
