Oberthalhausen

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Oberthalhausen
municipality Ludwigsau
Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '35 "  N , 9 ° 37' 34"  E
Height : 304 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.6 km²
Residents : 93  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 12 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Incorporated into: Ludwigseck
Postal code : 36251
Area code : 06670

Oberthalhausen is a district of the municipality Ludwigsau in northeast Hesse in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg in the eastern part of the Knüll .

Geographical location

The place is surrounded by forest, in the upper Rohrbachtal . District road 65 leads to the neighboring village of Niederthalhausen .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1335. The church was built in the Middle Ages . The court “in der Rohrbach ” (later Ludwigseck court ) consisted of the villages Beenhausen, Gerterode, Heierode, Rohrbach, Ober- and Niederthalhausen and Tann in 1538. In some cases, Ersrode, Trunsbach and the Schöpbach desert are also included. The court was located in the village of Tann. From 1579 the court belonged to the Rotenburg office , which was part of the Rotenburger Quart from 1627 to 1835 .

On December 31, 1971, Oberthalhausen, then part of the Rotenburg district , was incorporated into the new community of Ludwigseck . This was already dissolved on August 1, 1972 and came to the municipality of Ludwigsau.

In the vicinity of the village, at the 417 m high Gernkopf, there is a former basalt quarry, which is now a nature reserve .

The village of Oberthalhausen also belongs to the evangelical parish of Niederthalhausen. This parish in turn belongs to the Beenhausen parish .

There is a village community center in the village . The public transport , the ÜWAG Bus GmbH with the line 320 safe from low Thalhausen.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The location on the Ludwigsau community website , accessed in October 2016.
  2. ^ In der Rohrbach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of February 17, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  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. 397 and 406 .

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