Odershausen

Odershausen City of Bad Wildungen Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 16 ″  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 26 ″  E
Height :	361  (360–393)  m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.64 km²
Residents :	1308  (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	359 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	34537
Area code :	05621

The former fire station

The church

Half-timbered house in Odershausen

Odershausen is a district of the city of Bad Wildungen in the north Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg and a state-approved resort .

Geographical location

Odershausen is located south of the core town of Bad Wildungen in the eastern part of the Kellerwald-Edersee nature park in northern Hesse . The Kellerwaldsteig and the Lullus Path run through the village, which is surrounded by forest . The federal highway 253 and the federal highway 485 meet on the south-eastern edge of the town .

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1309. At that time the place name was "Ortishusen". Barrows suggest a settlement in the late Bronze Age .

In 1927 Odershausen belonged to the Bad Wildungen district court and the Corbach tax office. In 1933 the village had a total of 453 inhabitants.

On December 31, 1971, the previously independent municipality was incorporated into the city of Bad Wildungen as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

On May 8, 2016, a new world record was set with a collection of 1,430 vintage tractors.

Sights and culture

Jägersburg

The Jägersburg , a small hunting lodge built by Prince Friedrich Anton Ulrich von Waldeck -Pyrmont in 1718 and demolished in 1862 , was once located near the village . Today the former castle garden is designated as a large natural monument Jägersburg; the area serves as a bird protection tree.

Living museum

Drawing of the silo in the museum courtyard

The Living Museum was set up from 1991 to 1997 in the middle of the village in two large barns on two farms. One of them is one of the oldest buildings in the village, built in 1741, and was part of the Meyer family's farm for many years. The other barn, mentioned in old records as early as 1758, was part of the Debes family farm and owned for over 200 years.

In these more than 250-year-old barns in the middle of the village, traditional, agricultural working methods and old craft trades from earlier times are to be presented, cared for and thus saved from being forgotten.

Infrastructure

In Odershausen there is a primary school , a kindergarten and a volunteer fire brigade .

literature

• Architectural and art monuments Kassel N.F. 4, pp. 259–263.
• Architectural and art monuments Kassel N.F. 4, p. 335 f. (Jägersburg)
• Helmut Löwer: Odershausen. Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein, Arolsen, 1998 (= Waldeckische Ortssippenbücher 61)
• Literature about Odershausen in the Hessian Bibliography
• Search for Odershausen in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library

Web links

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

• Odershausen district. In: Internet presence. City of Bad Wildungen 
• Odershausen, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City of Bad Wildungen in figures , accessed on February 8, 2019
2. ^ 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. 408 .
3. ↑ HNA: 1430 old-timer tugs break the world record while driving through the Waldecker Land
4. ↑ The Living Museum is an old farm: There, the former rural life is presented.