Oberelsungen

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Oberelsungen
City of Zierenberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 32 "  N , 9 ° 14 ′ 8"  E
Height : 288 m above sea level NHN
Area : 11.57 km²
Residents : 1267  (2015) .
Population density : 110 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st February 1971
Postal code : 34289
Area code : 05606

Oberelsungen is the second most populous district of Zierenberg in the northern Hessian district of Kassel after the core city . It is about 30 km west of Kassel on the railway line between Kassel-Wolfhagen-Korbach. North of Oberelsungen is the 44 federal motorway with the Bühleck service station.

geography

Oberelsungen is located on the upper reaches of the Duse, a small south-eastern tributary of the Erpe , almost 19 km (as the crow flies ) west-north-west of Kassel in the Habichtswald Nature Park at the western foot of the mountains Kleiner Gudenberg ( 531  m ) and Großer Gudenberg ( 569  m ), the northern foothills of the 599  m high Great Bear Mountain are.

The Escheberg golf course is not far from the village .

history

In the year 775 AD Oberelsungen, then called "Elisungun", was first mentioned in the records - Breviarium Sancti Lulli - of the Hersfeld monastery . (The neighboring town of Niederelsungen , a district of the city of Wolfhagen , can also be associated with this mention.)

On April 3, 1945, Battery B of the 881st Field Artillery Regiment of the US Army reached Oberelsungen.

Since February 1st, 1971 Oberelsungen has been part of the town of Zierenberg, 5 km away .

religion

A church is mentioned in 1594; a previous building was probably at the highest point on the church square. In 1640 it burned down completely after a lightning strike. In 1661 the church tower was built. After this church became too small for the increasing population and also dilapidated, it was demolished. On June 18, 1798, construction began on today's church, which was completed in 1799.

Regular events

The "Salatkirmes" fair takes place on the first full weekend in July each year.

Infrastructure

  • In Oberelsungen there is a multi-purpose hall (gym with stage, kitchen, youth room and bowling alley).
  • Kindergarten "Adventure Land" (about 30 children in two groups)
  • In 2013 the "Bärenberg" elementary school was closed. The Oberelsung primary school students have been attending primary school in the core town of Zierenberg since then.
  • There has been a grocery store again since the beginning of 2020.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oberelsungen, district of Kassel. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of July 29, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ City of Zierenberg: Population figures for the districts ( memento from February 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed in February 2016
  3. ^ Haag, Walter (1984). "History of Battery B-881st Field Artillery". In: Fighting 69th Infantry Division Association . Volume 38. Number September 1 / October / November / December 1984. p. 15. Retrieved August 4, 2016 (English).
  4. ^ 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. 411 .
  5. ^ 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 , para. 2 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).
  6. ↑ Parish Oberelsungen with the parishes of Oberelsungen and Niederelsungen. Accessed May 2019 .