Rambach (Weißenborn)

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Rambach
Community Weissenborn
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 27 ″  N , 10 ° 8 ′ 55 ″  E
Height : 273  (261–287)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.97 km²  [LAGIS]
Residents : 231  (2012)
Population density : 33 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st October 1971
Postal code : 37299
Area code : 05659

Rambach is one of the two districts of the community Weißenborn in the Werra-Meißner district in Hesse .

View from the north.

Rambach is located in the north Hessian mountainous region southeast of Weißenborn near the border with Thuringia .

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1360.

The historical local structure of Rambach has a slightly disturbed building fabric that goes back to the time before the Thirty Years War . In the center of the village there is the village church built in an exposed place, the Anger and remarkable courtyards. The influence of Thuringian half-timbered architecture , which can be found on numerous houses, is particularly striking . As a whole, the town center is a listed building for historical reasons.

In the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse , Rambach was incorporated into the neighboring community of Weißenborn on October 1, 1971. For the district of Rambach, a local district with a local advisory council and a local mayor was established by the main statute . The boundaries of the local district follow the previous district boundaries.

In 1995 Rambach was awarded the national winner in the competition Our village should be more beautiful .

The parish Weissenborn-Rambach belongs to the Sprengel Kassel the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck .

church

The Protestant parish church

The medieval Protestant parish church of Rambach was expanded in the 17th century and raised in 1711 by a half-timbered structure . In 1799 the village church was fundamentally redesigned and given a roof turret . The interior of the church surprises with richly decorated galleries and an organ from the end of the 18th century. A jewel also applies Baroque - pulpit which was built around 1700's. Because of its artistic, structural and historical importance, the church is a protected cultural monument .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anger in Rambach. Courts in Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Quoted from: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. - Cultural monuments in Hessen. Werra-Meißner district I, old district Eschwege. Peer Zietz in collaboration with Thomas Wiegand. Braunschweig, Wiesbaden: Vieweg. 1991. ISBN 3-528-06240-1 . P. 647 f.
  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. 388 .
  4. ↑ Rambach in Northern Hesse, right in the middle and yet at the very edge . In Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from June 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ taken from Weißenborn (Hessen)
  6. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Hesse. Modifications made by Magnus Backes. Munich, Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1966. p. 681.

Web links

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