Merxhausen (Bad Emstal)

This article deals with the district of Merxhausen in Hessen; for the district of the same name in Lower Saxony see Heinade .

Merxhausen Bad Emstal municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 43 "  N , 9 ° 15 ′ 29"  E
Height :	247  (228-271)  m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.72 km²
Residents :	359  (Dec. 31, 2010)
Population density :	53 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1967
Postal code :	34308
Area code :	05624

Merxhausen is the smallest district in terms of population in the municipality of Bad Emstal in the Hessian district of Kassel in Germany .

Geographical location

Merxhausen is located south of the Emstal capital Sand in the Habichtswald Nature Park at the foot of the Emser Berg . The Ems flows through the village . Federal road 450 runs east of the village and state road 3220 to the west .

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View from the Klauskopf observation tower near Elbenberg to the north. In the center of the picture the wooded Emser Berg, on the right in front of it Merxhausen. Sand is on the left, Niedenstein on the right .

history

State hospital in the former Merxhausen monastery

Merxhausen was probably first mentioned in a document in 973 as "Marcharohusen". What is certain, however, is the mention in 1145 as "Merkereshusen" and 1151 as "Merkirshusen".

In the year 1213 in Merkeshusen the monastery foundation of Messrs Hermann and Dietrich von Blumenstein von Dörnberg by the Archbishop of Mainz is documented as Augustinian Canons - double pen .

In 1533, Landgrave Philipp I founded a state hospital in the former Merxhausen monastery . This later became the facility for mentally ill people that still exists today. At the Merxhausen Klosterspiele , which takes place every two years , these people are integrated into the activities on the open-air stage .

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Eco Path Peace Education Bad Emstal  - Travel Guide

Wikisource: Merxhausen (Bad Emstal) in Merian's Topographia Hassiae  - sources and full texts

• Merxhausen on the Bad Emstal homepage
• "Merxhausen, District of Kassel". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Literature about Merxhausen in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Merxhausen, District of Kassel". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 6, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
2. ↑ Population development on the website of the municipality of Bad Emstal ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2017 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 July 2016.