Neukirchen (Haunetal)

Neukirchen community Haunetal Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 7 ″ N , 9 ° 41 ′ 41 ″ E
Height :	235 m
Residents :	805
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Postal code :	36166
Area code :	06673
	View of Neukirchen from the west

The striking 60 m high church tower of Neukirchen

The place Neukirchen with about 800 inhabitants, the largest district of the market town Haunetal in osthessischen Hersfeld-Rotenburg . Due to its location between Hünfeld , Fulda and Bad Hersfeld , the village has developed into a popular residential area.

history

The first mention of the place can be found in a document from 1263 with the mention of an Eberhard von " Nuwenchirchin ", which is the first time that a church is present. The manor and landowner of the village with court at that time was the Fulda monastery . The name "Nuenkirchen" appeared as early as 1295 . Parish affiliation: Müsenbach (1382), Odensachsen (1727) and Meisenbach (1727) belonged to the parish . In 1489 the patronage of St. Vitus is mentioned. In 1464/65 it was assigned to the church administration of the Diocese of Würzburg , Archdiakonat Geisa-Mellrichstadt-Coburg, Landkapitel Geisa. In 1505 the patronage was incumbent on the Abbot of Fulda , Lords of Hauna, von Baumbach, and in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Lords of Tann . The Reformation was probably introduced around 1530. The first verifiable evangelical pastor was Johannes Mangel before 1582–1607. Change of Catholic confession: 1628. Reformed change of confession: 1631. 1812 Lutheran parish church. United parish since 1818 .

In the historic center of Neukirchen there is an almost complete inventory of half-timbered houses from the period from 1648 to 1900.

Restructuring

On February 1, 1971, as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the place that was then part of the Hünfeld district was incorporated into the newly formed community of Haunetal.

politics

The aim of village development is to preserve the diversity of village ways of life and to create the economic basis with high environmental quality in order to secure the future of Neukirchen.

religion

Neukirchen has a Protestant parish. The parish of Neukirchen consists of the four independent parishes of Kruspis , Neukirchen, Oberstoppel and Odensachsen .

Culture and sights

Evangelical Church Neukirchen

Buildings

The 57 m high church tower gives the viewer a good picture of its size from the heights all around.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of Neukirchen

Heinrich Ruppel (1896–1974), poet

Personalities related to Neukirchen

Konrad Zuse (1910–1995), engineer, inventor, entrepreneur (founded Zuse KG in Neukirchen in 1949 )

literature

Neuber, H., The mills in the lower Haunetal, Detmold 2012 (deals with the Neukirchen lower and upper mills), ISBN 978-3-87696-138-5
Neuber, H., Haunetaler Geschichte, with a contribution by Friedrich Krauser, Haunetal 1992
Neuber, H., Heinrich Ruppel, in: Mein Heimatland (Bad Hersfeld), No. 7 (1992), Vol. 35, p. 37 ff., No. 7a (1992), Bd. 35, p. 41 ff. , No. 8 (1992), vol. 35, p. 45 ff.
Neuber, H., Wirtshaus und Bierbann auf dem Land, in: Buchenblätter (Fulda), vol. 73 (2000), no. 22, pp. 85-87 (mainly deals with the Neukirchen community economy)
Neukirchen - between Haune and Stoppelsberg , publisher: Community board of the market community Haunetal, Konrad-Zuse-Platz 6, 36166 Haunetal, 2005, ISBN 3-9808816-5-2
Literature about Neukirchen in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

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

Neukirchen district on the website of the Haunetal community.
Neukirchen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Neukirchen on the website of the municipality of Haunetal , accessed in August 2015
^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , item 328, para. 28 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).
^ 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. 399 .

[1] Neukirchen on the website of the municipality of Haunetal , accessed in August 2015

[2] Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , item 328, para. 28 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 399 .