Meimbressen
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Meimbressen
Calden parish
Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 19 ″ N , 9 ° 21 ′ 13 ″ E
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| Height : | 233 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 6.44 km² |
| Residents : | 847 (December 31, 2015) |
| Population density : | 132 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | December 31, 1970 |
| Postal code : | 34379 |
| Area code : | 05677 |
 Meimbressen; in the background the Kleine Dörnberg , 2004
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Meimbressen is a district of the municipality of Calden in the northern Hessian district of Kassel .
geography
Meimbressen is about 14 km (as the crow flies ) northwest of Kassel city center in the valley of the Nebelbeeke , which flows from its source at the foot of the Hohe Dörnberg to the northwest to its confluence with the warmth in Obermeiser.
There it is on the main road from Ahnatal via Fürstenwald , Ehrsten and Westuffeln to Obermeiser . In the vicinity runs the Federal Highway 7 from Calden to Westuffeln, which bypasses the place widely ; There is a connection to Kassel via this federal road. The next train station is in Fürstenwald.
Meimbressen is geographically divided into three parts. The old town center around the church lies on the edge of the slope of the Lindenberg or below. To the east - in the direction of Calden - beyond the cemetery is the new building area from the 1950s and 1960s. To the north is the new development area from the 1980s, which is still not fully developed.
history
Meimbressen is one of the oldest villages in Hesse. The name appears in the records of the Fulda monastery as early as the 10th century. In 1107 it is referred to as Villa Juris Regii , as the royal village. The name derives from a nobleman named Mainbracht.
Both the Hessian Historical Commission in 1973 and the archivist and historian Helge Wittman in 2008 demonstrated that Meimbressen was not only the royal estate of the Salians , but also the seat of a count's court in the “Pagus Marprachtissin” in the 12th century. Thus, in 1151, the former administrative county and today's Schöneberg castle ruins were transferred from Count Hermann II of Winzenburg to Archbishop Heinrich I of Mainz , in the court of Marprachtissin = Meimbressen before Count Wigger von Wartberg- Horeburg. The proven assignment (near Meimbressen to Wartberch Castle above Warburg ) confirms that Count Wigger did not name himself after the Wartburg near Eisenach, although his descendants as Counts of Brandenberg lived near it, but after the Wartburg in Warburg.
The church was initially an independent church of St. Bonifacii, but soon became one of the most honorable . The walls of the Lindenberg on which the church stands indicate a fortification, perhaps a castle. Details are unknown.
As early as the 14th century, the local landlord settled so-called protective Jews . Since then, the noble families von Gudenberg and Wolff von Gudenberg were the landlords in the village. The Junkernhof was built on the foundation walls of a castle complex that was devastated by Tilly's troops in the Thirty Years War (1618 to 1648) .
In 1915 the village received electricity, in 1927 a new water pipe that made the open well superfluous, and in the same year the first bus line to Kassel was set up.
The synagogue , built in 1842, was devastated during the November pogroms in 1938 . Only 23 of the approximately 70 Jewish citizens of Meimbressen around 1933 managed to emigrate from the sphere of influence of the National Socialists. The rest were taken to camps and more than half of them did not survive the Holocaust . The middle part of the synagogue and school building, which was not demolished, now serves as a residential building.
After the Second World War , the number of inhabitants rose to almost 900, mainly due to the influx of displaced people. In the 1950s, a first development area was designated. In 1967 the village school was closed.
In the course of administrative reform in Hesse Meimbressen with the neighboring municipality Calden was on a voluntary basis for expanded community Calden on December 31, 1970 together .
The 1100th anniversary of the town was celebrated in Meimbressen in August 2006.
Culture and sights
Meimbressen has a Romanesque fortified church that rises above the village center at the steepest point of the Lindenberg slope that runs through the village. This mountain stands out because of its strong fortification walls. The church has an organ with two manuals, a pedal and 22 stops, which was rebuilt by Orgelbau Waltershausen in the years 2002 to 2005 in a baroque case.
There are also two large aristocratic residences. One, a full-time acquisition, is a relatively unadorned purpose-built half-timbered building. The other, the "Junkernhof", without any further land, is a remarkable half-timbered building that rises on the foundation walls of a castle that was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War .
From the "Hellen Platz" and from the Mühlenberg you have a beautiful view of the Nebelbeeke valley and the village.
For the cultural monuments of the place under monument protection see the list of cultural monuments in Meimbressen .
Jewish Cemetery
The Jewish cemetery is on the outskirts of Meimbressen. With 7,230 m² it is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in North Hesse . The oldest gravestones date from around 1700. The cemetery is a protected cultural monument .
music
- Spielmannszug Meimbressen - a division of TuS Meimbressen eV The Spielmannszug Meimbressen celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012. Under the leadership of Bernd Neutze, the repertoire of the approx. 25 drums and pipes is constantly being expanded.
- Musikverein Harmonie Meimbressen. The members of "Harmonie" come from all parts of Calden. In addition to typical folk music, the musicians also play works of contemporary brass music. "Harmonie" was already represented at Andy Borg's Musikantenstadl and in 2012 celebrated its 40th anniversary.
- Meimbressen men's choir
- Original Schloppetal musicians. The Schloppetaler, or the "Oberkrainer from Northern Hesse", play well-known Oberkrainer-style songs in the original Oberkrainer line-up with clarinet, trumpet, accordion, baritone and guitar.
Sports
The "Gymnastics and Sports Club Meimbressen 1908" with seven branches and almost 400 members is located in the village. The club house is the Bornmann restaurant. Meimbressen has a sports field and a small gym, which was built in the 1970s in-house.
Economy and Infrastructure
Meimbressen has no economy of its own worth mentioning and hardly any jobs . A few handicraft businesses, a pub and two full-time farmers characterize the village economy. The last baker closed his shop in December 2005. Since then it is no longer possible to shop in the village. The majority of the residents work in Kassel.
literature
- History circle Meimbressen 1100 anniversary. Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies eV 1834 Kassel, branch association Hofgeismar (Hrsg.): Village chronicle Meimbressen . Grunewald. Kassel, 2006
- Eberhard Wolff von Gudenberg: Meimbressen, the wolves von Gudenberg and the Jews. (Series of publications “The History of Our Homeland”, No. 31) Stadtmuseum Hofgeismar, Hofgeismar, 1999
- Literature on Meimbressen in the Hessian Bibliography
Web links
- Meimbressen (and the other Calden districts), on www.calden.de (municipality website)
- Meimbressen, Kassel district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Municipality of Calden: Facts and Figures ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 2016.
- ^ Sources and research on Hessian history - Historical Commission for the Grand Duchy of Hesse, Hessische Historische Kommission, 1973, p. 349: "Wicker named himself after the Wartburg, he exercised count rights in Meimbressen (Kr. Hofgeismar)"
- ↑ Helge Wittmann: Im Schatten der Landgraves, 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20805-9 , p. 354: "Wikeri in pago Marprachtissin ... of an otherwise barely attested count's court or a county of Meimbressen"
- ↑ Meimbressen that WOLFFs of Gudensberg and the Jews, published by the Association for Hessian Cultural Studies eV., 1999
- ↑ At the Nebelbecke 3.
- ^ Merger of the municipalities of Calden and Meimbressen in the Hofgeismar district to form the municipality of "Calden" on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 109 , point 107 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
- ↑ Website of the marching band ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Harmonie website
- ↑ Schloppetaler website
