Poppenhausen (Wasserkuppe)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '  N , 9 ° 52'  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Fulda
Height :	457 m above sea level NHN
Area :	40.77 km 2
Residents:	2662 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	65 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	36163
Area code :	06658
License plate :	FD
Community key :	06 6 31 021
Address of the municipal administration:	Von-Steinrück-Platz 1 36163 Poppenhausen
Website :	www.poppenhausen-wasserkuppe.de
Mayor :	Manfred Helfrich ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Poppenhausen (Wasserkuppe) in the Fulda district

View of the town center with the cath. Parish church

Poppenhausen (Wasserkuppe) is a municipality in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

geography

Geographical location

The community lies with its districts in the Hoch rhön , on the slopes of the Wasserkuppe , the Pferdskopfes and the Eubeberg. The Lütter , a tributary of the Fulda, flows through the district of Poppenhausen .

Neighboring communities

Poppenhausen borders in the north on the municipality of Hofbieber , in the northeast on Hilders, in the east on the municipality Ehrenberg , in the southeast and south on the city of Gersfeld and in the west on the municipalities of Ebersburg , Künzell and Dipperz (all in the district of Fulda).

structure

The community consists of the five districts:

• Poppenhausen
• Abtsroda (with Sieblos and Tränkhof)
• Gackenhof (with Neuwart, Kuppe, Rabennest, Neufeld, Steinbruch, Bienhof, Bollrain, Storchshof, Hettenpaulshof, Danielshof, Wiegerich, Huhnrain, Huhnmühle, Hugofluss and Unteraltenweiher)
• Rodholz (with black earth , Güntersberg, Guckai , Kohlstöcken, Heckenhof, Farnlieden, Lahmenhof and Oberaltenweiher)
• Steinwand (with Hohensteg, Rauschelbach, Ziegelhof, Eichenhof, Steinhecken, Erlenhof, Maulhof, Klübershof, Obereichenhaben, Teufelstein, Eselsbrunn, Mittelberg, Grabenhof, oak winches, Heckenmühle, Dürrmühle, Heiligenhof, Grasberg, Hugograben, Bildstein, fire hole, Öttersbach, Heimenhof , Hausfüst, Kalkhof, Vorderreppig, Remerz and Leimbachshof)

history

The Josef Chapel in Tränkhof

Abtsroda district with the Wasserkuppe

For the first time, the location appeared as “ Bifang ” (cleared land) including 13 “unfree” on February 1, 826 in a deed of donation from the Franconian Count Poppo I to the Fulda monastery . However, according to the strict rules of the Hessian State Archives, this document does not count as the first mention, as the place is not designated as a " villa ". This is only the case in an Urbar (property register) of the Fulda Monastery , the so-called Codex Eberhardi, which was created between 1155 and 1165 . As a result, numerous knight families resided there or were wealthy, for example the lords of Steinau called Steinrück , those of Ebersberg called von Weyhers , those of Thüngen, those of Berlepsch, the Specht von Bubenheim, those of Merlau and others. The last nobles were the von Mansbach, whose last property was bought back by the Fulda prince Adalbert I von Schleiffras in 1709. All had their own inns and mills, which their feudal people were obliged to use. In Poppenhausen there was a large moated castle , with over 10,000 square meters the largest in the area, which was first mentioned in 1327 and was destroyed in 1459, at least above ground. The cellars of this former Poppenhausen castle have been preserved under various inns and Von-Steinrück-Platz .

In 1635 the plague raged in the area. Out of gratitude that the Pestgefahr was over, the journeyman John built Farnung 1639 a shrine on the Popp Hausener local mountain, "stone" called. On June 21, 1647, the community vowed to make a pilgrimage to this wayside shrine every year . This local plague and hail holiday has been celebrated every year since then with a pilgrimage to the chapel on the stone, with the text of the pledge from 1647 being read out.

On September 30, 1903, a fire in the town center devastated 18 residential houses with outbuildings including the rectory and old school. Already at the turn of the 19th / 20th Century opened the place for summer visitors, so the course was set for today's tourism. On December 15, 1961, the core community of Poppenhausen was awarded the title climatic health resort by the Hessian Ministry of Economics .

Territorial reform

On August 1, 1972, in the course of the Hessian regional reform , the once independent communities Abtsroda (with its districts Tränkhof and Sieblos), Gackenhof , Poppenhausen an der Wasserkuppe, Rodholz and Steinwand , became the larger community of Poppenhausen. This also received parts of the neighboring communities of Dipperz, Ebersburg and Hofbieber with around 100 inhabitants at that time.

politics

Community representation

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016    A total of 15 seats CDU : 9 CWE : 6	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	59.9	9	65.9	10	70.5	11	62.0	9
	CWE	Christian voter unity	40.1	6th	34.1	5	14.4	2	14.6	2
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	-	-	-	-	9.6	1	11.4	2
	OBL	Open list of citizens	-	-	-	-	5.5	1	12.0	2
	total		100	15th	100	15th	100	15th	100	15th
	Voter turnout in%		67.6		64.9		63.1		81.29

badges and flags

The coat of arms and the flag were officially awarded on October 29, 1951 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.

Blazon : "In the shield split by silver and black, three five-spoke wheels (2: 1) in mixed up colors."

Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms is based on the coat of arms of the Lords of Steinau called Steinrück , who had extensive possessions in various places in the Rhön region in the late Middle Ages. You were not only in Poppenhausen, but also, for example, in the Burglau local lords, which is still Bavarian today, mostly as feudal bearers of the Würzburg monastery and the imperial abbey of Fulda. Instead of the family castle in Steinau, which was destroyed in 1287, they built Poppenhausen Castle. Since 1619 the place was fuldisch, from 1806 to 1866 it belonged with Gersfeld to Bavaria.

Attractions

The Catholic parish church of St. George

Chapel on the stone

• The Catholic parish church of St. George was built from 1609 to 1621. From 1857 to 1861 it was expanded with the construction of a transept and a new choir , and from 1993 to 1994 it was restored in neo-Gothic style. In the tower of the church there is a four-part ringing of bronze bells from the Otto bell foundry from Hemelingen / Bremen. The bells have the strike tone series d - f sharp - a - h and the following diameters: 1428, 1134, 953, 850. In front of the church there is a high stone cross from 1763 and the market square fountain from 2015.
• The mountain and pilgrimage chapel of St. Maria auf dem Stein is located northwest of Poppenhausen. It was built before 1714. In the vicinity there is a wayside shrine from 1639 and a stone pulpit (preaching chair) from 1736. There are 14 stations of the cross from 1767 with an imposing crucifixion group from 1768 along the way .
• On the local mountain Stein ( Kalvarienberg ) there is also a Marien or Lourdes grotto , which was created in 1893 and expanded in 1959.
• In the Sieblos Museum in the town hall, fossil finds from the brown coal of Sieblos are on display.
• North of the Abtsroda district, the Abtsroda master blacksmith Damian Ebert built a Marienkapelle on the mountain in 1898. He had previously made the second pilgrimage to Lourdes .
• The natural Guckaisee lies around four kilometers east of Poppenhausen .
• On September 7, 2012, the 2.5 km long themed love path was opened.

Economy and Infrastructure

Economic structure

The originally agricultural community now offers around 1400 jobs. The determining economic factor is tourism, which offers numerous jobs in summer and due to the relatively snow-reliable location also in winter. In addition to the local trade and industry, there are also some medium-sized industrial companies located here; Among other things, the Schleicher company , a world-famous manufacturer of gliders , and the regional Pappert bakery , which goes back to a family of bakers from the 17th century, have their headquarters in the community.

traffic

Poppenhausen is three kilometers south of the federal highway 458 Fulda - Hilders . The closest train stations are Lütter , Altenfeld and Gersfeld (Rhön) on the Rhön Railway south of Poppenhausen , each between six and about eight kilometers away. There are also direct bus connections to Fulda through the local transport company Fulda mbH.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Joseph Bub (* March 2, 1873; † April 30, 1945) became mayor after a major fire in 1904, also registrar of the parish, 1913 head of the postal agency, held 14 other offices without associations, was deputy of the district administrator Heinrich Wiechens (Gersfeld). As a center politician, Bub was deposed as mayor by the Fulda NS district administrator Hans Burghardt, despite being re-elected in 1934 .
• Ludwig Nüdling (born February 26, 1874; † July 4, 1947 Oberrothof near Motzlar), priest and restless local poet and writer. He wrote, among other things, the well-known historical stage plays The Guardian of Münnerstadt , the Würzburg Kiliani Game and Im Banne der Berge .
• Ottmar Vey (born November 5, 1877; † September 15, 1937 prison in Brandenburg (Havel) ), a victim of Nazi terror; As a friar and priest of Hyazinth, the superior general of the Barmherzigen Brüder Montabaur was arrested in 1935, convicted in Berlin for “treason and foreign currency offenses”, and he died in 1937 in a Nazi prison.
• Gottfried Rehm (born October 17, 1926; † August 8, 2020 in Fulda), educator and author of specialist and non-fiction books on organ, music and local history; he published poems, short stories and novels under the pseudonym Gustav Damann .

Honorary citizen

• Josef Albinger (* December 20, 1911; † October 26, 1995), grew up in Ellers , later a Catholic priest, was deported to the Dachau concentration camp for reading a sermon by Cardinal von Galen , an honorary citizen of the Poppenhausen community.

literature

• Stefan Brinkmann: Poppenhausen on the Wasserkuppe (450–950 m) , 1970.
• Michael Mott : Gunshots for the consecration of the grotto / The Mariengrotte in Poppenhausen dates from 1893 (125th anniversary); in: Bonifatiusbote , church newspaper for the diocese of Fulda; 134th year, No. 44, Nov. 4, 2018, p. 14.

Web links

Commons : Poppenhausen  - Collection of Images

Wikivoyage: Poppenhausen (Wasserkuppe)  - travel guide

• Internet presence of the Poppenhausen community with the history of Poppenhausen
• Poppenhausen (Wasserkuppe), Fulda district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 21, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ↑ districts. Retrieved January 27, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Fulda and Hünfeld and the city of Fulda (GVBl. II 330-14) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 220 , § 9 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
4. ^ 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. 395 .
5. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
6. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
7. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
8. ↑ Granting of the right to use a coat of arms and a flag to the Poppenhausen community, Fulda district, Kassel district on October 29, 1951 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1951 no. 45 , p. 683 , point 1062 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,4 MB ]).
9. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, here in particular p. 546 .
10. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, here in particular p. 503 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (PhD thesis at Radboud University Nijmegen).
11. ↑ Past and present. Retrieved January 27, 2017 . 
12. ^ History. Papperts, accessed January 27, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Elmar Schick : Perpetrators and their victims. On the history of the dictatorship of the Third Reich between Rhön and Vogelsberg . Imhof, Petersberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86568-961-0 , p. 59: Ottmar Vey - Bruder Hyazinth (1877-1937) .