Ransbach (Hohenroda)

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Ransbach
community Hohenroda
Coat of arms of Ransbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 33 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 29 ″  E
Height : 308  (304–328)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 13.19 km²
Residents : 1162
Population density : 88 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st February 1971
Postal code : 36284
Area code : 06629

Ransbach is a part of the municipality of Hohenroda in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse .

geography

The place is in the Landecker Amt in the Rhön . On the southern outskirts, the meeting state roads 3172 and 3173rd

history

Old linden tree in Ransbach

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1254. The parish of Ransbach has existed since 1854. The Protestant church was built in 1765 and belongs to the parish of Schenklengsfeld . Before this house of God was built, another church had already stood in the same place. There is an old village linden tree next to the building .

On September 1, 1968, the previously independent municipality of Glaam was incorporated.

On February 1, 1971, Ransbach and Mansbach, located in the district of Hünfeld , were merged to form the new community of Hohenroda.

coat of arms

On December 23, 1970, the municipality of Ransbach in what was then the district of Hersfeld was awarded a coat of arms.

Blazon : "In red on a silver-bricked base, a silver cross, covered with two diagonally crossed, overturned golden shepherd's staffs."

The coat of arms of Ransbach is based on the legend of the Schäferstein in the large forest area of ​​the Stöckig . The stone is considered to be the remains of an atonement cross that was probably set up in the past. An old legend tells of two shepherds who got into an argument over a piece of bread on the hats of the village Moppers, who had gone out and killed each other to death. Atonement crosses were, according to Dr. Sippel, erected in medieval times as an ecclesiastical atonement for a committed manslaughter or murder on the site of the incident by the perpetrator or their family. Their task was to remind the passer-by that a person had died at this point without the sacraments of the death and to ask the passer-by to say a prayer for the perished person. With the enactment of the "Embarrassing Court Regulations" of 1533, the time of the atonement crosses came to an end, as the secular courts now also had to deal with manslaughter.

Economy and Infrastructure

The public transport is done by the ÜWAG Bus GmbH with the line 340. The station Ransbach (Kr Hersfeld) was on the railway line Bad Hersfeld-Heimboldshausen (Solztalbahn) , which since 1999 shut down is. The Solztal cycle path , which is now part of the Hesse cycle path , runs through the village along the former railway line . This leads from Hanau on former railway lines for about 250 km through the Vogelsberg and the Rhön and ends in Bad Hersfeld .

In the place there is

  • a sports center with sports fields and an adjacent restaurant
  • a stadium
  • a large sports hall
  • a museum in the former vicariate
  • a primary school

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ransbach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 20, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Statistics on the Hohenroda municipality's website , accessed in March 2016.
  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. 396 .
  4. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms for the municipality of Ransbach, district of Hersfeld, administrative district of Kassel from December 23, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 2 , p. 45 , point 45 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).