Petersberg (Bad Hersfeld)

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Petersberg
City of Bad Hersfeld
Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 53 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 45"  E
Height : 212-317 m
Area : 2.88 km²
Residents : 666  (Dec. 30, 2004)
Population density : 231 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 36251
Area code : 06621

The village of Petersberg is a district of Bad Hersfeld , located in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg , in Hesse .

geography

The district is located about three kilometers east of the city center of Bad Hersfeld on the eponymous about 285  m above sea level. NN high mountain. Petersberg has merged with the Hohe Luft district to the west, below . The district boundary is between Gartenstrasse and Königsberger Strasse or Thorner Strasse and continues between Spessartstrasse and Görlitzer Strasse and crosses the cemetery here.

Memorial stone for the Wilhelmshof part-time settlement

The Wilhelmshof with its almost circular pond belongs to the place . It probably has the same origin as the lake hole in Kathus . Furthermore, the upper areas of the Helfersgund and larger parts of Kühnbach (former courtyard) belong to the local marker of Petersberg.

The built-up area is 250  m above sea level. NN at the cemetery and rises to 285  m above sea level. NN at the highest point from the Petersberg.

history

Petersberg was mentioned for the first time when Abbot Bernhard of Hersfeld Abbey founded a Benedictine provosty on the mountain in 1003 and consecrated it to the Apostle Peter . This gave the mountain and the settlement around the monastery its name. The settlement had its own parish church "Sancti Mariani", which was dedicated to St. Marian . It stood outside the monastery and was first mentioned in 1331 when it was transferred to the provost 's office.

In the dispute over the Vogteirechte for the Petersberg ("advocatio Hersfeldensis in monte sancti Petri") between the abbey and the Landgrave Ludwig III. Abbot Siegfried of Thuringia won the Reichstag in Erfurt in 1181 . In 1215 the abbey's bailiwick rights were reaffirmed and the provost's office was expanded. Due to emerging conflicts with the aspiring town of Hersfeld , which was striving for independence , and the proximity of the Hessian landgrave's enclave , the Friedewald office , it can be assumed that the monastery was further fortified. This is verifiable for the Johannesberg provost and also for the Eichhof abbey castle . For the territory of the provost's office, see the Petersberg court .

The Petersberg Propstei also had to defend itself against its own feudal men. The Lords of Buchenau had received large parts of the neighboring Schildschlag office and at times also the Johannesberg from the Hersfeld Abbey as a fief. They also wanted to gain control over the Petersberg, so there were also attacks on the Petersberg from this side.

The last provost was Nikolaus, he died in 1622. Like the mother monastery a few years earlier, the provost's office was dissolved and administered by Hereditary Prince Otto von Hessen-Kassel . The monastery became a dairy farm . The dairy burned down on August 4th, 1800. The remains of the buildings were probably reused in 1802 when the Wilhelmshof domain was rebuilt, so that today very little remains of the monastery and other medieval buildings on site.

On April 15, 1710, there were disputes between Hersfelder and Petersberg citizens about grazing rights on the Obersberg. The feud-like excesses are referred to as Kuhtrifft-Bataille.

Between 1754 and 1755 a new parish church was built on the highest point of the Petersberg . It was built on the foundations of an old church that archaeologists may date to the 9th century. Presumably it is the Church of St. Marian.

The water supply in the village was still done by hand through the old 40 meter deep monastery well until 1911. The monastery well was last used in 1947 when there was a prolonged summer drought . It was later filled in because a house was being built. From 1911 to 1961 a water pump was operated with the help of a wind turbine. A street with the name "Am Windrad" and the wind turbine festival are still reminiscent of the village's former landmark.

On December 31, 1971, Petersberg was incorporated into the district town of Bad Hersfeld.

From 2007 to 2009 the Grenzebach BSH company rebuilt its administration and production building in Helfersgrund, and on the other side of the federal motorway 4 , the Amazon.de internet department store built its new logistics center in the new Kühnbach industrial park in 2009 .

Population development

Population development of Petersberg. The data from 1930 to 1970 come from census results. For 1997 the data come from the registration office.

In 1610 there were nine families and in 1747 only four.

year 1840 1867 1895 1930 1939 1950 1961 1970 1994 1997 2004
Petersberg 133 174 147 250 270 358 366 844 754 725 666

traffic

The federal road 62 runs through the village . From here the district streets 21 (street “Am Windrad”) and 17 (Wippershainer street) branch off into the town center.

To the south, above the place on the Glasbachsrück, the federal highway 4 runs past.

Attractions

  • Evangelical parish church from the middle of the 18th century with remarkable vasa sacra
  • Arch stone of the church portal of the old church, set into the west gable of the new cemetery chapel.
  • Remains of an old monastery cellar on private property of the Johannes Lotz III court.
  • Replica of the village well from 1985.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 396 .
  2. ↑ Pfeiffer, Götz J .: Witnesses of Faith. The Petersberg Holy Communion Cups from 1734 and 1873, in: Mein Heimatland. Zeitschrift für Geschichte, Volks- und Heimatkunde, 52 (2013), no. 2, pp. 5–7

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