Metze (Niedenstein)

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City of Niedenstein
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 12 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 51 ″  E
Height : 231  (221-255)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.01 km² (LAGIS)
Residents : 948  (Jun 30, 2013)
Population density : 158 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 34305
Area code : 05603

Metze is a district of Niedenstein in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder district .

Geographical location

Metze is located around 3 km south-southeast of the main town in the Habichtswald Nature Park . The village is located northeast of the Wartberg on the Ems tributary Matzoff . Roads 3218 and 3220 meet in the village .

history

Around 800 a quantity council and his wife Hiltigart transferred their goods to the Fulda monastery to “Metue” (although it is still questionable whether this actually means today's Metze). Around 1074, probably in the period 1074 to 1081, Archbishop Siegfried I of Mainz confirmed a gift from Reginzo zu Metze ; however, this could also be a forgery. In 1081 Archbishop Siegfried confirmed his property to Hasungen Monastery , including four Mansen zu Metze. In 1225 the Merxhausen Monastery exchanged a hoof with the Hersfeld Monastery . The pin Fritzlar had one from 1255 and from 1320 two Mansi in place. The local gentlemen of Metze renounced goods opposite the Hardehausen monastery . Around 1297, the Counts of Waldeck and the Lords of Berninghausen each bought a hat in Metze from the Fritzlar Augustinian Hospital in exchange . From 1344 onwards, Messrs. Hund von Kirchberg and the Hund von Holzhausen had a free farm in Metze. In 1354 the von Holzhausen family sold Johann von Hardenberg a Korngülte from their farm in Metze. In 1403 the place belonged to the Gudensberg office for the first time . Towards the end of the 14th century, the lords of Dalwigk , von Linne and von Gleichen owned landgraves' feuds in Metze. In 1489 Landgrave Wilhelm I enfeoffed Count Heinrich VIII von Waldeck-Wildungen with goods to Metze. Around 1515 the Waldeckers received the previous von Schartenberg fiefdoms.

During the Thirty Years War, the town was abandoned by the population for weeks in 1637. After the war there was only one house left.

From 1821 the place belonged to the Fritzlar district , in 1932 to the Fritzlar-Homberg district (renamed the Fritzlar-Homberg district in 1939) and from 1974 to the current Schwalm-Eder district . On December 31, 1971, Metze gave up his independence as part of the regional reform in Hesse and became a district of the city of Niedenstein.

Historical spelling of the place name

Metue (around 800) (exact identification questionable); Metzihe (1074/81) (document book diocese of Mainz no. 357); Mezehe (1081); Mez toe (1151); Mezce (1193); Mezze (1196); Mezzahe (12th century); Mezhee (around 1219); Meze (1221); Metthe (1286); Metze (1290); Metche (1297); Mezhe (around 1310); Metzs (1511); Metz (1569); Metza (1575/85).

church

The Romanesque defense tower was probably built around the year 1000 . Originally it was probably part of a small castle. A piece of land a little to the west of the village center still bears the name "In the old churchyard" today, and it can be assumed that the first church was located there. The first pastor is mentioned in 1189. It was not until the 14th century, after the Lords of Metze died out, that their castle was converted into today's church. On December 7th, 1536, the first Protestant pastor of the place, Johann Hölzscher, is named. The nave burned down during the Thirty Years War . It was not until 1750 that today's nave of the Protestant church was built in the form of a Lower Hessian preaching church .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Territory, population" on the website of the city of Niedenstein  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 2015.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.niedenstein.de  
  2. ↑ "Metze, Schwalm-Eder District". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 392 .
  4. ↑ Metzer Church  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kirchenkreis-fritzlar.de  

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