Niederurff

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Niederurff
Bad Zwesten municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 8 ″  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 30 ″  E
Height : 205 m above sea level NHN
Area : 10.81 km²
Residents : 408  (March 18, 2014)
Population density : 38 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 34596
Primaries : 05626, 06693
Aerial view of Niederurff, seen from the southwest

Niederurff is a district of the Bad Zwesten community in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse . The Urff flows through the village with a good 400 inhabitants , which flows into the Schwalm about one kilometer east at the foot of the Altenburg mountain .

history

In a document issued in 1085, a church in Urff is named as the seat of an archpriest . From the year 1425 it is testified that a deanery was connected with the church of Niederurff , to which the churches in Jesberg , Waltersbrück , Zwesten and Gerhardshausen belonged.

Palas of Niederurff Castle
Niederurff, view from the Altenburg
The town hall of Niederurff

The place Niederurff was first mentioned explicitly in 1285 as Urf inferior ; the associated Niederurff castle of the Lords of Urff was first mentioned in 1272. In 1509 the place was destroyed as a property of the von Löwenstein family in a feud with Count Heinrich VIII von Waldeck . In 1596 Niederurff came into the possession of the Landgraviate of Hesse , which took away market rights from the place . During the Thirty Years' War the village was burned down by the troops of the imperial general von Bönninghausen .

In the course of the Hessian regional reform , Niederurff lost its independence on December 31, 1971 and was incorporated into Zwesten (today Bad Zwesten ).

Others

To the northeast, still partly on Niederurffer district on the 433 m high mountain Altenburg, lie the remains of the Iron Age ring wall system Altenburg (also called "Altenburg bei Römersberg").

Sons and daughters

literature

  • Werner Ide: From Adorf to Zwesten . Melsungen. 1972 (pp. 358-363)
  • Helmut Bernsmeier, Erwin Siebert: From the history of Niederurff . In: 900 years Niederurff 1085–1985 , Bad Zwesten 1985

Individual evidence

  1. "Niederurff, Schwalm-Eder District". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 11, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. Bad Zwesten in figures on the municipality's website ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.badzwesten.de
  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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 392 .

Web links

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