Mottgers

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Mottgers
community Sinntal
Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 53 ″  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 16 ″  E
Height : 263  (261–333)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 13.15 km²
Residents : 688  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 52 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 36391
Area code : 06664

Mottgers is a district of the Sinntal community in the Main-Kinzig district in East Hesse . The place is located in the valley of the Schmalen Sinn , 10.5 km southeast of Schlüchtern , and has about 800 inhabitants.

history

Mottgers was first mentioned in documents in 923, when Count Hessi donated his entire property in Mottgers (at that time still "Otekaresdorf" ) to the Fulda monastery . In 1167, the Fulda branch founded Kloster Schlüchtern Dorf und Zehent in Mottgers. From there it comes to the rule of Hanau and thus later to the county of Hanau and then to the county of Hanau-Münzenberg . It was part of the Altengronau court . The Counts of Hanau did not succeed in integrating the Altengronau court into the overall territorialization of their county. The influence of other noble houses has always been massively present here. In 1549, the von Thüngen family owned the tithe in Mottgers.

After the death of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. , 1736, the Landgraves of Hessen-Kassel inherited the entire County of Hanau-Munzenberg. Mottgers later belonged to the Electorate of Hesse and, after its administrative reform of 1821, to the district of Schlüchtern and the Schwarzenfels Justice Office .

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Sinntal was formed on July 1, 1972 through the voluntary merger of the previously independent municipalities of Mottgers, Schwarzenfels and Weichersbach. For Mottgers, a local district with a local advisory council and local councilor was formed for the remaining parts of the village .

Train destination sign of the record run

On May 1, 1988, a world record run of the ICE prototype InterCityExperimental started at Würzburg main station . The multiple unit reached a speed of 406.9 km / h on the specially designed section between Würzburg and Mottgers, thus holding the world record for wheel-rail vehicles .

Historical forms of names

In documents that have survived, Mottgers was mentioned under the following names (the year of mention in brackets):

  • Otekaresdorf (923)
  • Otekares (1167)
  • Oetenkars (1317)
  • Motkars (1355)
  • Motgars (1358)
  • Motiges (1494)
  • Muttigers (1582)
  • Motgarts (1549)

Church conditions

In 1167 the village belonged to the Ramholz parish of the Schlüchtern monastery. In 1549 his parish included the villages of Oberzell , Schwarzenfels , Weichersbach and Züntersbach . At that time, the Schlüchtern monastery held the church patronage . Today Mottgers has two churches, a Protestant church, which is located directly in the village, and a Catholic church, which is located in the settlement area. The Evangelical Church is the larger of the two, as there are more Protestants than Catholics in Mottgers. The Protestant church is also the main church of the parish of Weichersbach-Schwarzenfels-Mottgers, as Mottgers also has the Protestant pastoral office.

population

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1587: 27 archers, 7 philistines
• 1812: 111 fire pits, 582 inhabitants
Mottgers: Population from 1812 to 2017
year     Residents
1812
  
 582
1834
  
 803
1840
  
 848
1846
  
 896
1852
  
 835
1858
  
 803
1864
  
 696
1871
  
 862
1875
  
 629
1885
  
 567
1895
  
 525
1905
  
 597
1910
  
 615
1925
  
 595
1939
  
 812
1946
  
 883
1950
  
 895
1956
  
 802
1961
  
 755
1967
  
 754
1970
  
 717
1979
  
 827
1990
  
 895
1995
  
 826
2000
  
 777
2005
  
 763
2010
  
 726
2015
  
 687
2017
  
 686
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; after 1970: Sinntal community

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 543 Protestant (= 97.14%), 9 Catholic (= 1.61%), 7 Jewish (= 1.25%) residents
• 1961: 594 Protestant (= 78.68%), 157 Catholic (= 20.79%) residents

Economy and Infrastructure

There is a factory of the caravan manufacturer Knaus Tabbert in the village . After the company was taken over by the Dutch investment company HTP Investments on January 1, 2009 , the future of the Mottgers production site was initially unclear. In September 2013, after a construction period of a good 15 months, a new production hall was put into operation. According to the company, the total investment was around six million euros.

The nearest train stations are on the Flieden – Gemünden line and are in Jossa and Sterbfritz . The high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg crosses under the new Mottgers housing estate. The Mottgers depot is also located in the Mottgers area. Mottgers is on the bus routes MKK-91 (Schlüchtern Bahnhof - Sterbfritz - Mottgers - Jossa (- Marjoss)), MKK-96 (Züntersbach - Schwarzenfels - Sterbfritz - Schlüchtern Untertor) and MKK-97 (Züntersbach - Weichersbach - Altengronau), which go to the stops Mottgers Mittelstraße (MKK-91 / MKK-97) in the center and Mottgers Brückenstraße (MKK-91 / MKK96 / MKK97) in the settlement area. Also on weekends there are 3 - 4 buses per day on the MKK-91 line in each direction (to and from the train station in Schlüchtern). The buses end at the Mottgers Brückenstraße stop, turn there and drive back to Schlüchtern. This makes Mottgers the only place in the real Sinn valley that can also be reached by bus on weekends.

A projected connecting curve between the Kinzig Valley Railway and the high-speed line is called Mottgers-Spange .

education

Mottgers has its own elementary school. Two teachers are currently teaching classes 1–4, which they split up two to two. In 2011 the old school building in the center of the village (Brückenstraße 2) was demolished and replaced by a new building. This now covers 335 m² and generates part of its energy from solar cells. Almost € 950,000 was invested in this new building. Due to the low number of pupils in the districts of the Sinntal community, consideration was given to closing individual primary schools. Mottgers was also in the process of being closed. However, this could be averted. Mottgers Primary School has its own association.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Inhabitants, dates and directions. In: Internet presence. Sinntal community, archived from the original ; accessed in June 2018 . (Data from web archive).
  2. ^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No. 28 , p. 1197 , item 851; 2. Para. 1. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 4.4 MB ]).
  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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 376 .
  4. ↑ main statute. (PDF; 529 kB) §; 5. In: Website. Sinntal community, accessed February 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c Mottgers, Main-Kinzig-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 25, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  6. ↑ Budget statute for the 2019 budget (PDF; 2.8 MB) Statistical information. Sinntal community, p. 41 , archived from the original ; accessed in January 2019 .
  7. ↑ Alexander G. Wehrmann: KNAUS TABBERT: New showcase production for premium caravans opened in Mottgers. (PDF; 189 kB) (No longer available online.) In: tabbert.de. October 10, 2013, archived from the original on June 10, 2015 ; Retrieved November 14, 2013 .
  8. ^ Mottgers primary school website
  9. ^ Mottgers Primary School Friends Association