Oberstedten
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Oberstedten
City of Oberursel (Taunus)
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| Height : | 231 m above sea level NHN |
| Residents : | 6439 (December 31, 2018) |
| Incorporation : | April 1, 1972 |
| Postal code : | 61440 |
| Area code : | 06172 |
 Panorama of Oberstedten (2017)
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Oberstedten is the largest of the four districts of the city of Oberursel (Taunus) in the Hochtaunus district in Hesse . The Oberstedten district is a residential area that lies at the foot of the Taunus. To the north it connects to the Oberursel city area and to the east directly to Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , otherwise the district is surrounded by the forests of the Taunus. The entrance to the village is adorned by a fountain, in the middle of which the symbol of Oberstedten - a horseshoe - is incorporated.
history
Traditional historiography assumes that the oldest surviving mention of the place as "Stetine" comes from 817, when Emperor Ludwig the Pious (814-840 AD), son of Charlemagne , some possessions in and between Harheim and Steden received from Fulda Monastery in exchange for Bingenheim in the Wetterau . According to the latest interpretation of the document, this “town” is in all probability the current Kilian city .
In the vicinity of Stedten, Hohenberg Castle was built before 1180, which was located on the site of today's Bad Homburg Castle and was proven by archaeological excavations in 2006.
The builder was Wortwin von Hohenberch , who appears around 1180 as a witness in a document that is contained in the Oculus Memoriae , the list of goods of the Eberbach monastery . Since Wortwin is already known as "von Hohenberch", the castle must have existed at this point in time. From the Eppstein'schen fiefdom it emerges that Wortwin is identical with "Wortwin von Steden". However, it is not clear whether he came from Stedten and only built Hohenberch Castle later, or whether he moved to Stedten after his castle was sold. Around 1200 Hohenberg is sold to Gottfried von Eppstein . Stedten also came to Gottfried III with Hohenberg Castle in 1433. von Eppstein, was part of the Homburg office and from then on shared - almost always - its fate.
In 1486, Gottfried X. von Eppstein, with the consent of the feudal lord , the Hessian landgrave , sold the Homburg office and the associated villages - including Oberstedten - for 19,000 guilders to Count Philipp I (the younger) von Hanau-Münzenberg . The Hanau counts did not keep the office long. In 1504 Hanau was defeated in the Landshut War of Succession , Landgrave Wilhelm II of Hesse, on the other hand, stood on the side of the victors and confiscated the office. At the Diet of Worms in 1521 a settlement was reached through the mediation of Emperor Charles V : The Counts of Hanau waived their claims in return for payment of 12,000 florins.
The place was looted but not burned down in the Thirty Years War .
From 1622 the place belongs to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Homburg .
From 1774 millers settled here, mainly producing paper and later cardboard in 12 mills. A fountain in the shape of an old mill wheel is still a reminder of the miller's trade that was once located there.
In 1866, after the Landgraves of Hessen-Homburg died out, the town first became part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and fell to the Kingdom of Prussia in the same year after the Grand Duchy was on the losing side in the war of 1866 .
In 1909 the Jewish convalescent home of the Frankfurt Eduard and Adelheid Kann Foundation was built. After the National Socialists came to power in 1938, the house was partially destroyed and the residents were expelled. In 1957 the building was converted into what is now the health food specialist academy.
The Reichssiedlungshof was built in 1936/1938, in 1939 it was partially converted into a " Dulag Luft " (transit camp of the German Air Force), from 1945 to 1993 it was used by the US Army , today it is a riding school.
As part of the regional reform in Hesse , Oberstedten was incorporated into Oberursel on April 1, 1972. The incorporation met with considerable resentment from the population, who would have preferred incorporation to Bad Homburg. Oberstedt's last mayor, Hans Mess (CDU) (1909–1987), who had been in office since 1963, resigned in the run-up to the merger in 1971, so that the incorporation was carried out by State Commissioner Georg Schaller.
For the listed buildings of the place see the list of cultural monuments in Oberstedten .
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Religions
In the course of the Reformation in 1526, the Christian Protestant faith was introduced. The Protestant church was built from 1706 to 1715, and after a renovation in 1954/1955, it still stands in the center of the village with its bell tower. The house of Siloam is a center of Protestant community life. In 1964 the Catholic Church of St. Petrus Canisius was built and consecrated - in 2009 it was rebuilt at a different location and the church was rededicated.
leisure
Oberstedten offers recreational and leisure opportunities close by, in the middle of the Taunus Nature Park .
Numerous associations make a diverse and valuable contribution to the community. The sports clubs are u. a. a soccer field, tennis courts, an indoor riding arena and an athletics field are available. The local volunteer fire department , which also has a youth and mini fire department , uses its own fire station . In the “Alte Wache” and the “Taunushalle” there are regular cultural events as well as room rental for clubs and private individuals.
Every year, on the second weekend in July, the traditional “Stedter Curb” festival takes place in the town center.
Kindergarten and school
Oberstedten has an urban day care center ("Taunuswichtel") and a primary school, the Dornbach School - named after the stream of the same name that flows through Oberstedten.
Taunuswichtel day care center
Dornbach School
Taunushalle
Volunteer Fire Brigade Oberstedten
Spinning fountain
Business
The commercial area of Oberstedten is located directly on the federal highway 456 , where a number of internationally active companies are located.
Personalities
- Georg Kaspar Chelius (born March 22, 1761 in Oberstedten; † March 8, 1828 in Frankfurt / Main), author, metrologist and mathematician
- Otto zur Strassen (born May 9, 1869 in Berlin, † April 21, 1961 in Oberstedten), zoologist
- Fritz Schaller (born January 18, 1902 in Oberstedten; † May 26, 1983 in Oberursel), football player and coach
- Fabian Vogt (born May 5, 1967 in Frankfurt am Main), writer, lives in Oberstedten
Web links
- District Oberstedten on the website of the city of Oberursel
- Oberstedten, Hochtaunuskreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Oberstedten in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data and facts. In: oberursel.de. Retrieved April 21, 2019 .
- ^ Uta Löwenstein: County Hanau . In: Knights, Counts and Princes - secular dominions in the Hessian area approx. 900-1806 (= Handbook of Hessian History. 3 = Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. 63). Marburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-942225-17-5 , p. 211.
- ^ 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. 373 .
