Ober-Rosbach
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Ober-Rosbach
City of Rosbach vor der Höhe
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| Height : | 180 (176–210) m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 17.33 km² |
| Residents : | 4965 (Dec. 31, 2004) |
| Population density : | 286 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st December 1970 |
| Postal code : | 61191 |
| Area code : | 06003 |
.JPG) View from the west
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Ober-Rosbach is a district of Rosbach vor der Höhe in the Wetterau district of Hesse .
geography
The place is a district of Rosbach and is located on the Rosbach , on the edge of the Taunus. The nearest town is Friedberg (Hessen).
history
The place was first mentioned in 884 when it was donated to the Fulda monastery . In 1482 the Ober-Rosbacher Weistum was written down. The town hall was built in 1550. The town received town charter in 1663. The Protestant town church was built in 1757/58. Until 1820, Ober-Rosbach and Nieder-Rosbach together formed the Rosbach office , first in the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt , then in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Manganese was mined near the village between 1850 and 1926 . In 1912 the districts of Ober- and Nieder-Rosbach were divided.
In the course of administrative reform in Hesse , the neighboring village of Nieder-Rosbach was on a voluntary basis on December 1, 1970 incorporated and also the name of the city officially in Rosbach changed. On 1 August 1972, this was short-lived city with the community Rodheim of heights powerful state law to a new city Rosbach together . On March 14, 1973 this was given the name Rosbach vor der Höhe .
Culture and sights
Buildings
- Fort Kapersburg (three kilometers away) belongs to the Upper German-Raetian Limes .
- Protestant "city church"
- Catholic St. Michael Church
Cultural monuments
See the list of cultural monuments in Ober-Rosbach
Economy and Infrastructure
education
- The Kapersburg School is a primary school .
- “Brothers Grimm” day care center , “Die Kleine Posträuber” nursery
traffic
The train station in Nieder-Rosbach vor der Höhe is on the Friedberg – Friedrichsdorf railway line . To the east of the village, the state road 3352 and the federal road 455 meet . The federal highway 5 runs west of the place. In the Middle Ages the street ran " through the long Hesse " through Ober-Rosbach.
Personalities
- Wilhelm Christoph (1625–1681), Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
literature
- Dieter Wolf : On the medieval fortification of villages and spots in the Wetterau - with special consideration of Rodheim vor der Höhe . In: Rodheimer Hefte. No. 2, 1996, pp. 25-83, to Ober-Rosbach, pp. 43-48.
- Literature on Ober-Rosbach in the Hessian Bibliography
Web links
- City history Rosbach vd Höhe. In: Internet presence. Rosbach vd Höhe
- Ober-Rosbach. Local history, information. In: www.hgv-rosbach.de. Local history association 1984 Rosbach vdHöhe eV
- Ober-Rosbach, Wetterau district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (Hrsg.): Entire facility Ober-Rosbach In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ober-Rosbach, Wetteraukreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 7, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ Incorporation of the Nieder-Rosbach community into the town of Ober-Rosbach in the Friedberg district on December 1, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 51 , p. 2381 , item 2383 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.5 MB ]).
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Büdingen and Friedberg (GVBl. II 330-19) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 230 , § 5 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 360 f., 386 .
