Neuenschmidten

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Neuenschmidten
Brachttal municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 53 ″  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 31 ″  E
Height : 182 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 750
Incorporation : July 1, 1970
Postal code : 63636
Area code : 06054
Millennial oak natural monument in Neuenschmidten
Millennial oak natural monument in Neuenschmidten

Along with Schlierbach , Udenhain , Hellstein , Spielberg and Streiberg, Neuenschmidten is one of the six districts of the municipality of Brachttal in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse and is located south of the Vogelsberg . Neuenschmidten also includes the small hamlet of Schächtelburg to the northwest.

It borders the municipality of Kefenrod to the north, the Schlierbach district to the south , and Spielberg and Hellstein to the west and east .

The federal road 276 and the state road 3443 , which connect to the districts of Hellstein and Udenhain, run through the village .

history

Middle Ages and Modern Times

As early as 1390 there was a forest smithy on site , which was owned by Mr. von Lissberg. The ore processed there came from the "Schächtelburg" prospect . The Schächtelburg mill was located at a ditch branching off from the Bracht. This grain and oil mill was shut down in 1963.

From the Middle Ages to the 19th century, the place had forest rights ( wood and hat rights ) in the Büdinger Forest . It belonged to the domain of the Counts of Isenburg . North of the village, a hammer company was founded in 1707–1714 , of which Eisenhammer Castle still bears witness today . This was initially called Neue Schmiede , hence the place name Neuenschmidten. Today there is a small hydroelectric power station there .

Territorial reform

On July 1, 1970, as part of the regional reform in Hesse , through the voluntary amalgamation of the independent communities of Schlierbach, Hellstein and Neuenschmidten, the new community of Brachttal was created. Spielberg and Streitberg were added later on February 1, 1971. On July 1, 1974, Udenhain was incorporated into the Brachttal municipality by virtue of state law.

Public facilities

schools

At the end of the 1950s, the then still independent communities of Neuenschmidten agreed with the neighboring communities of Hellstein and Schlierbach to build a larger "central school". The "one-class schools" in the towns were in a bad state . The new school was located exactly on the border between Neuenschmidten and Schlierbach and was inaugurated on January 12, 1961. The first expansion took place soon (1966) because of the rapid growth in the number of students; others followed in 1990 and 2003.

The school in Schlierbach gradually developed from a school with primary and secondary levels to a pure elementary school . The secondary school for Neuenschmidten, as for the other Brachttaler districts, is the cooperative comprehensive school , the Friedrich-August-Genth-Schule, located in the city center of Wächtersbach . They are connected to this school center by bus lines.

Multipurpose hall and more

Neuenschmidten has a number of communal facilities. These include a multi-purpose hall , the common rooms of the volunteer fire brigades, the “old school”, the “back house”, “old post office” Neuenschmidten and “old consumer” Neuenschmidten. There is also a restaurant in the multi-purpose hall.

In addition to communal use, the facilities can also be booked for private events of all kinds, family celebrations, presentations, seminars and the like.

Volunteer firefighter

The Neuenschmidten volunteer fire brigade has its own base in the village . It was founded in 1883, and in 2007 a youth fire brigade and a bambini group were added. The operations department currently (2020) consists of 23 active comrades, the youth fire brigade has 13 people, the children's group consists of 5 children. In addition to traditional tasks, the main areas of application and danger are:

  • the federal highway B 276 leading through the village ,
  • the local gas station,
  • Eisenhammer Castle.

economy

Renertec-GmbH has its headquarters in Neuenschmidten . It is active in the field of regenerative energy generation , especially in the areas of wind and water.

Cultural monuments

See: List of cultural monuments in Brachttal-Neuenschmidten

Natural monuments

sport and freetime

The circular route “Wasser von Brachttal” leads through Neuenschmidten. The Castle Eisenhammer and the Millennial oak are both attractions of the trail, as well as a likewise located in New Schmidten, public Kneippanlage (location: 50 ° 19 '14.1 "  N , 9 ° 16' 53.2"  O ).

Several sports clubs are based in Neuenschmidten, including the JSV Neuenschmidten, multiple German unicycling champions. Training takes place in the multi-purpose hall.

The Judo Club New Schmidten trained as JSV New Schmidten also in the multi-purpose hall. There is also a rifle club that trains in the sports facility for the rabbit nest, as well as the TTV Brachttal, a table tennis club that plays its games in the Brachttal elementary school.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [1] , State Historical Information System Hesse (LAGIS) - Schächtelburg
  2. ↑ Gudrun Kauck, castle Eisenhammer
  3. ^ [2] , State Historical Information System Hesse (LAGIS) - Schächtelburg
  4. ↑ Jürgen Ackermann, "The establishment of the" iron hammer "near Neuenschmidten in the years 1707-1714" , Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Wächtersbach "Collections for the history of Wächtersbach", 1990
  5. ↑ applicate: Schloss Birstein maps and aerial photographs «GeoMapedia». Retrieved March 13, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Amalgamation of the communities Hellstein, Neuenschmidten and Schlierbach in the Gelnhausen district to form the new community "Brachttal" on June 11, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 26 , p. 1300 , point 1227 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.6 MB ]).
  7. ↑ Brachttal Primary School
  8. ↑ Neuenschmidten multipurpose hall
  9. ^ Brachttal village community houses
  10. ↑ Neuenschmidten volunteer fire brigade
  11. ^ Renertec
  12. ^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017
  13. ^ Youth and Sports Association Neuenschmidten 1921 eV
  14. ^ Judo Club Neuenschmidten eV

literature

  • Jürgen Ackermann, "The establishment of the" iron hammer "near Neuenschmidten in the years 1707-1714" , Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Wächtersbach (ed.): "Collections for the history of Wächtersbach", Vol. I – V, Wächtersbach 1984–2012

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