Oberrieden (Bad Sooden-Allendorf)

Oberrieden City of Bad Sooden-Allendorf Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 33 " N , 9 ° 55 ′ 33" E
Height :	146 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.3 km²
Residents :	512 (Jun. 30, 2016)
Population density :	97 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	37242
Area code :	05542
	Aerial view

Oberrieden is the largest district of Bad Sooden-Allendorf in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse .

Geographical location

Oberrieden is located near the border triangle of Hesse - Thuringia - Lower Saxony near the confluence of the Oberrieder Bach in the Werra . South of the village is the Soodener Bergland ( 482.4 m ) with the adjacent Hohem Meißner ( 753.6 m ), and northeast of the Schürzenberg ( 213.9 m ), which, like the village, are all in the Frau-Holle Geo-Naturpark Land (Werra valley, Meissner, Kaufunger forest) . Beyond the Werra, the Thuringian-Hessian Höheberg ( 511.7 m ) rises in the northeast .

history

timeline

year	event
1150	First documentary mention: Count Gyso von Bilstein hands over his property in Rieden to the Fulda monastery
1415	Construction of Ludwigstein Castle by Landgrave Ludwig I of Hesse , later belonging to the Hessian office of Ludwigstein / Witzenhausen
1447	Hans von Dörnberg on Ludwigstein acquires patronage for the Oberrieden parish
1747	First mention of the name "Ober Rieden" to distinguish it from Unterrieden
1870	By 1875 construction of the Göttingen - Bebra railway line through the Oberrieden district with the Schürzenberg tunnel
1945	Blasting of the Oberrieden- Werleshausen railway bridge and the Werra bridge to Lindewerra by German troops; Occupation by American forces on April 6th
1947	by 1949 rebuilding of the railway bridge over the Werra
1970	Primary school closes
1971	As part of the regional reform in Hesse, incorporation as a district of Bad Sooden-Allendorf on December 31
1978	Closure of the Oberriedener train station
1987	Until 1992, construction of the Schürzenberg tunnel to relieve the area of traffic from the B 27, which is a bypass road near the village
1993	Inclusion in the village renewal program
1999	Rededication of the bridge to Lindewerra
2001	Start of demolition of the through-town

Population development

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1466:	19 house seats
• 1543:	31 house seats
• 1575/85:	42 house seats
• 1681:	48 house seats
• 1747:	71 teams with 72 fireplaces
• 1961:	596 Protestant (= 88.56%), 74 Catholic (= 11.00%) residents

Oberrieden: Population from 1834 to 1970
year		Residents
1834	674
1840	677
1846	662
1852	610
1858	589
1864	592
1871	596
1875	693
1885	592
1895	521
1905	516
1910	511
1925	523
1939	477
1946	739
1950	756
1956	725
1961	673
1967	648
1970	652
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources:

politics

The Oberrieden local advisory board has seven members. The current mayor is Mario Babacz (SPD).

Attractions

the nearby Ludwigstein Castle
the nearby Teufelskanzel at Lindewerra

church
Cherry Blossom

traffic

In the Göttingen - Eschwege section, north-east past Oberrieden, the federal road 27 runs through the Schürzenberg tunnel (530 m long) near the village . Is located on this road at 12 km northern Friedland the junction Friedland of federal highway 38 (Göttingen-Friedland- Heiligenstadt - Hall ), on which one of the nearby motorway junction Drammetal ( A 7 can drive). The Göttingen – Bebra railway also runs northeast past the village through the Schürzenberg Tunnel (173 m) ; but there is no stop in the village.

literature

Anniversary celebration 850 years Oberrieden . Printed by: Keitz + Fischer 2000.
Wolfgang Koch : Oberrieden railway bridge . Verlag Vogt GmbH, Hess. Lichtenau 1989.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Oberrieden, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Budget 2017. (PDF; 7.71 MB) City of Bad Sooden-Allendorf, archived from the original ; accessed on June 21, 2018 .
^ 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. 410 .

Web links

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

The districts on the website of the city of Bad Sooden-Allendorf.
Oberrieden on the Werra. Pictures, information. In: www.oberrieden-werra.de. Private website; accessed on June 21, 2018
Oberrieden, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Oberrieden in the Hessian Bibliography

[lagis-1] Oberrieden, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Budget 2017. (PDF; 7.71 MB) City of Bad Sooden-Allendorf, archived from the original ; accessed on June 21, 2018 .

[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. 410 .