Oberellenbach (Alheim)

Oberellenbach municipality Alheim Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 31 ″ N , 9 ° 38 ′ 15 ″ E
Height :	215 (213-234) m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.43 km²
Residents :	385
Population density :	71 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	August 1, 1972
Postal code :	36211
Area code :	05664

Oberellenbach is a district of the municipality of Alheim in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse .

geography

Oberellenbach lies on the edge of the Knüllgebirge on the Holzgraben , a tributary of the Fulda .

history

The village is mentioned for the first time in 1146. In 1939 the village had 401 inhabitants and belonged to the Rotenburg (Fulda) district .

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , Oberellenbach was merged with nine other villages on August 1, 1972 to form the newly founded community of Alheim.

Culture and sights

The fortified church and the mining trail are well worth seeing . The former barite mine Gottessegen can be visited.
In 2000 Oberellenbach won the “European Village Renewal Award” and in 2006 the “Our Village” award.

Infrastructure

In Oberellenbach there is a village community center and a children's playground .

Personalities

Michael Römer (* 1946), chemist born in Oberellenbach

Web links

District Oberellenbach on the website of the municipality of Alheim.
Oberellenbach. Local history, information. In: oberellenbach.de. Private website; accessed on August 11, 2018
Oberellenbach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature about Oberellenbach in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Oberellenbach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of December 4, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Hersfeld and Rotenburg (GVBl. II 330-13) 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. 217 , § 1 ( 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 407 .
↑ Website of the Mining Educational Path and Grube Gottessegen

[lagis-1] Oberellenbach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of December 4, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Law on the reorganization of the districts of Hersfeld and Rotenburg (GVBl. II 330-13) 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. 217 , § 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 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. 407 .

[4] Website of the Mining Educational Path and Grube Gottessegen