Muschenheim

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Muschenheim
City of Lich
Muschenheim coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 13 ″  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 49 ″  E
Height : 163 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.81 km²
Residents : 969  (Dec. 2018)
Population density : 124 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1970
Postal code : 35423
Area code : 06404
Image from Muschenheim
Großgasse to the north

Muschenheim is a district of Lich in the central Hessian district of Gießen .

geography

Muschenheim is located around four kilometers south of the core town of Lich on the left eastern bank of the Wetter in the northern Wetterau . The northern district boundary and the outskirts border on the surroundings of Arnsburg monastery . The district area is 781 hectares, 110 hectares of which are wooded (status: 1961). There are two forest areas, the smaller Vorderwald with several barrows on a hill that rises up to 175 meters and the larger Hinterwald , which continues beyond the southern boundary and with the 199 meter high Wetterbergskopf has the highest elevation in the district. The megalithic grave Heiliger Stein is located on the unforested northern slope of the Wetterbergkopf . On the southern edge of Muschenheim is the Muschenheim castle stables , an abandoned moated castle of which almost nothing can be seen, as the castle grounds were largely built over.

history

Hessengasse 13, the oldest house in the district

The existence of the place as villa Musgenheim can be traced back to the year 774 through a mention in the Lorsch Codex , earlier settlements can be deduced from the 4,000–5,000 year old megalithic grave “Heiliger Stein”. The Muschenheim parish church was built at the beginning of the 13th century.

There was a school in Muschenheim since 1575. Schoolchildren from neighboring towns also came here, as is the case with the “Student Path” to Bettenhausen . Theologians studied here as teachers until well into the Thirty Years' War .

The Reformation in Muschenheim was "completed" by Count Konrad zu Solms in 1582 with the introduction of the Reformed Confession. The altar in the church was replaced with a table for the sacrament celebration. Despite the introduction of the Reformed Confession instead of the previous Lutheran Confession, almost all pastors in the county were able to remain in their parishes.

Pastor Hermann Pistorius had been pastor in Muschenheim since 1576. His daughter Sibylle married the reformed pastor Anton Praetorius in 1597 , a fighter against witch trials and torture .

Territorial reform

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Muschenheim was incorporated into the city of Lich on December 31, 1970 on a voluntary basis . For Muschenheim, as for all parts of the city, a local district with a local advisory board and local councilor was set up.

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Muschenheim was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

Courts since 1803

In the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt , the judicial system was reorganized in an executive order of December 9, 1803. The “Hofgericht Gießen” was set up as a court of second instance for the province of Upper Hesse . The jurisdiction of the first instance was carried out by the offices or landlords and thus from 1806 the “Patrimonial Court of the Princes Solms-Braunfels” in Hungen was responsible for Muschenheim. The court court was the second instance court for normal civil disputes, and the first instance for civil family law cases and criminal cases. The second instance for the patrimonial courts were the civil law firms. The superior court of appeal in Darmstadt was superordinate .

With the founding of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1806, this function was retained, while the tasks of the first instance 1821–1822 were transferred to the newly created regional and city courts as part of the separation of jurisdiction and administration. From 1822, the princes of Solms-Braunfels let the Grand Duchy of Hesse exercise their court rights on their behalf. “ Landgericht Hungen ” was therefore the name of the court of first instance that was responsible for Muschenheim. The prince also waived his right to the second instance, which was exercised by the law firm in Hungen. It was only as a result of the March Revolution in 1848 that the special rights of the civil servants became final with the “Law on the Relationships of Classes and Noble Court Lords” of April 15, 1848 canceled. With the reorganization of the judicial districts in the province of Upper Hesse with effect from October 15, 1853, Muschenheim was added to the Lich district court .

On the occasion of the introduction of the Courts Constitution Act with effect from October 1, 1879, as a result of which the previous grand ducal Hessian regional courts were replaced by local courts in the same place, while the newly created regional courts now functioned as higher courts, the name was changed to "Lich Local Court" and allocation to the district of the regional court of Giessen . On June 1, 1934, the Lich District Court was dissolved and Muschenheim was assigned to the Gießen District Court . The superordinate instances are now, the regional court Gießen , the higher regional court Frankfurt am Main and the federal court as last instance.

population

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

Muschenheim: Population from 1830 to 2018
year     Residents
1830
  
 519
1834
  
 575
1840
  
 580
1846
  
 627
1852
  
 630
1858
  
 603
1864
  
 666
1871
  
 691
1875
  
 702
1885
  
 654
1895
  
 655
1905
  
 691
1910
  
 732
1925
  
 702
1939
  
 651
1946
  
 1,183
1950
  
 1,015
1956
  
 879
1961
  
 874
1967
  
 966
1970
  
 929
1988
  
 966
2008
  
 939
2011
  
 976
2015
  
 967
2018
  
 969
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 1970 :; 1988-2008 :; after 2010: City of Lich

In 1961 the following labor force was counted: 214 in agriculture and forestry; 187 in the manufacturing industry; 35 in commerce, transport and communications; 30 in the service sector or other trade.

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1830: 487 Protestant, 23 Roman Catholic and 9 Jewish residents
• 1961: 708 Protestant and 154 Roman Catholic residents

Religions

South-west side of the Protestant church Muschenheim

The church, built at the beginning of the 13th century, rises high above the village on Kirchberg in the east and can be seen from afar. The old rectory is in the middle of the village in a large square on the main road, about 300 m from the church. It was the residence of the reformed pastors until it was sold in 1990. The pastor has since lived in a new building on the outskirts.

The parish of Muschenheim belongs to the provost of Upper Hesse in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau .

coat of arms

On April 30, 1964, the municipality of Muschenheim in the district of Gießen was awarded a coat of arms with the following blazon : A golden archaic sword with a chaplet on a golden damascus shield in a blue diagonal bar .

meaning

The sword in the coat of arms refers to finds from prehistoric burial places, including the “holy stone” and a grave with a “golden sword”.

Culture and sights

Muschenheim cultural and historical hiking trail

The city of Lich has designated the Muschenheim cultural and historical hiking trail with 4 routes. The routes lead u. a. past the Roman fort Arnsburg-Alteburg , barrows and the megalithic grave Heiliger Stein . Corresponding flyers are available on the city's website.

Megalithic tomb "Holy Stone"

Attractions

societies

  • Muschenheim volunteer fire department (founded 1934)
  • Music train of the Muschenheim volunteer fire brigade with approx. 50 musicians (founded in 1960)
  • Friends and supporters of the music train of the volunteer fire department Muschenheim eV
  • Nature Conservation Association Muschenheim eV
  • Faschingsverein Muschem Helau eV
  • Table tennis community Eberstadt-Muschenheim eV
  • Association for physical exercises 1946 Muschenheim eV

Transport and infrastructure

Muschenheim is opened up for regional traffic by the L 3131 state road, which branches off the 488 federal road at Arnsburg monastery and passes the site beyond the weather. From the L 3131, the district road K 167 branches off as a bridge street and leads over the Wetter from the south into the village. At the old town hall square, the K 167 turns east as Hessengasse in the direction of Bettenhausen , while the K 166 continues straight on via Birklar to the federal road 457 and the town center of Lich. Another district road branches off in Schulstrasse, the K 165 as a monastery path to Arnsburg monastery .

South of Muschenheim, near the river, there is a sewage treatment plant at the lowest point in the urban area of ​​Lich.

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Muschenheim  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Lich profile. In: website. City of Lich, archived from the original ; accessed in January 2019 .
  3. ↑ Gerstenmeier, K.-H. (1977): Hessen. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation. Melsungen, p. 303. DNB 770396321
  4. ↑ City committees. In: website. City of Lich, accessed February 2019 .
  5. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  6. ^ Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 13 . G. Jonghause's Hofbuchhandlung, Darmstadt 1872, DNB  013163434 , OCLC 162730471 , p. 12 ff . ( Online at google books ).
  7. ↑ Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbuch des Rheinischen Particular-Rechts: Development of the territorial and constitutional relations of the German states on both banks of the Rhine: from the first beginning of the French Revolution up to the most recent times . tape 3 . Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1832, OCLC 165696316 , p. 21, 438 ( online at google books ).
  8. ↑ Latest countries and ethnology. A geographical reader for all stands. Kur-Hessen, Hessen-Darmstadt and the free cities. tape  22 . Weimar 1821, p. 424 ( online at Google Books ).
  9. ^ Georg W. Wagner: Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Upper Hesse . tape 3 . Carl Wilhelm Leske, Darmstadt 1830, p. 135 ( online at Google Books ).
  10. ↑ Theodor Hartleben (Ed.): General German Justice, Camera and Police Fama, Volume 2, Part 1 . Johann Andreas Kranzbühler, 1832, p. 271 ( online at Google Books ).
  11. ↑ Law on the Conditions of the Class Lords and Noble Court Lords of August 7, 1848 . In: Grand Duke of Hesse (ed.): Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette. 1848 no. 40 , p. 237–241 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 42,9 MB ]).
  12. ↑ Announcement of April 15, 1853, regarding:
    1) the repeal of the Großkarben and Rödelheim regional courts, and the establishment of new regional courts in Darmstadt, Waldmichelbach, Vilbel and Altenstadt, and also the relocation of the regional court seat from Altenschlirf to Herbstein;
    2) the future composition of the city and regional court districts in the provinces of Starkenburg and Upper Hesse. (Hess. Reg.Bl. pp. 221–230)
  13. ^ Ordinance on the implementation of the German Courts Constitution Act and the Introductory Act to the Courts Constitution Act of May 14, 1879 . In: Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine (ed.): Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette. 1879 no. 15 , p. 197–211 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 17.8 MB ]).
  14. ^ Ordinance on the reorganization of district courts of April 11, 1934 . In: The Hessian Minister of State (Hrsg.): Hessisches Regierungsblatt. 1934 No. 10 , p. 63 ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 13.6 MB ]).
  15. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for 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. 364 .
  16. ^ " Heimatbuch der Stadt Lich", Stadtverwaltung Lich
  17. ↑ Lich profile (2011-2015). In: website. City of Lich, archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .
  18. ↑ Lich profile (from 2015). In: website. City of Lich, archived from the original ; accessed in February 2019 .
  19. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms for the municipality of Muschenheim, district of Gießen, administrative district of Darmstadt from April 30, 1964 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1964 No. 20 , p. 628 , point 555 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.3 MB ]).
  20. ↑ Muschenheim cultural and historical hiking trail at www.lich.de