Oberurff-Schiffelborn

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Oberurff-Schiffelborn
Bad Zwesten municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 10 "  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 45"  E
Height : 234 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.58 km²
Residents : 572  (March 18, 2014)
Population density : 87 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 34596
Area code : 05626

Oberurff-Schiffelborn is a district of the municipality Bad Zwesten in the Schwalm-Eder district , Hesse , Germany . It is located in the southwest of the municipality in the Urff valley on the eastern edge of the Hohe Keller , about 3 km east of its secondary summit Sauklippe .

Oberurffer lake

The place

Oberurff-Schiffelborn is made up of the village of Oberurff , located on federal highway 3 , and Schiffelborn, a good 1 km northwest and below the castle ruins of Löwenstein . The two formerly independent municipalities, which were now connected to one another by a new housing estate, merged in 1964 to form the municipality of Oberurff-Schiffelborn, which was incorporated into Zwesten (now Bad Zwesten) on January 1, 1972.

The private youth village Christophorus School with boarding school has been located in Oberurff since 1952 , and is sponsored by the Christian Youth Village Association of Germany (CJD). Oberurff Castle , built in 1877 for Prince Philipp von Hanau-Hořovice , has been part of the school since 1952.

The castle ruin Löwenstein belongs to Schiffelborn . Nearby there is a recreational, swimming and fishing pond right on the Urff, surrounded by forest.

history

Schiffelborn with the tower of Löwenstein Castle

Oberurff was first mentioned as Urph superior in 1235 , when a judge's verdict awarded the Hardehausen monastery property in the village. Schiffelborn was first named as Scheffelborn in 1464 . The settlement below Löwenstein Castle is older, however, it used to be called Löwenstein or Lewenstein , under which it was later known. In the 18th century both places belonged to the Hessian office of Borken , from 1807 to the canton and from 1814 to the office of Jesberg . From 1821 they were part of the Fritzlar district , which in 1932 became the Fritzlar-Homberg district (renamed the Fritzlar-Homberg district in 1939) and in 1974 the Schwalm-Eder district. In 2016 the 700th anniversary celebration of Schiffelborn took place.

literature

  • Werner Ide: From Adorf to Zwesten: Local history paperback for the Fritzlar-Homberg district, Bernecker Verlag, Melsungen, 1972

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oberurff, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 23, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Bad Zwesten in figures on the municipality's website ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.badzwesten.de
  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. 392 .
  4. ↑ Jugenddorf-Christophorusschule Oberurff

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