Reichenbach (Hessisch Lichtenau)

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Reichenbach
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 42 "  N , 9 ° 46 ′ 38"  E
Height : 443 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.88 km²
Residents : 262  (Nov. 15, 2011)
Population density : 30 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1972
Postal code : 37235
Area code : 05602

Reichenbach is a district of the small town of Hessisch Lichtenau in the north Hessian Werra-Meißner district .

Geographical location

Reichenbach is located around 5.5 km southeast of the center of the core town of Hessisch Lichtenau at the northern foot of the iceberg ( 583  m above sea  level ), the highest mountain in the Stölzinger Mountains , and southeast of the Schlossberg ( 522.3  m above sea level ) on the the Reichenbach castle ruins are located. The upper course of the Vockebach flows through it . The Große Steine are located about 1.5 km southeast of the village .

history

The first documentary mention is for 1089, but the area around the castle was settled much earlier in Roman times. The castle and town are located directly on the Franzosenstrasse of the Middle Ages. The following desert areas can be documented: Deinebach, Eppenrode, Gerolderode and Schlicher, Habichsgeren, Lindau, Mesche, Reichenbach ruins, Suckenrode, Ober- and Nieder-Weißbach and Breitenrode, with the castle being the only building that is still visible. The castle was also the nucleus for the foundation of Hessisch Lichtenau at the time. Reichenbach was the seat of the office and court of the same name until 1490. This was then relocated to the new city, which means that the office has since been called " Office Lichtenau ".

In 1233, the Counts of Ziegenhain renounced Reichenbach Castle with the Reichenbach Castle . In 1261 the Spangenberg family owned to Reichenbach. In 1383 Eckehard von Felsberg granted Landgrave Hermann II the same rights on his farms and property in the Reichenbach court as on other farms. In 1410 Beyger Meisenbug sold his wood to Landgrave Hermann II in front of the Hagen zu Reichenbach. Before 1456, the Kaufungen monastery did not recognize claims of the force von Felsberg on goods in the court of Reichenbach. In 1471 Kraft von Felsberg waived goods in the Reichenbach court. In 1519 Count Adam von Revival received an interest from Landgrave Philipp I, among other things from the office and town of Reichenbach. In 1553 Reichenbach became a landgrave's village. In 1575/85 Reichenbach is a Plessian fiefdom of the von Hundelshausen family.

In 1640, much of the place burned down. Of 63 families only 15 remained. The next big fire was in the Seven Years War.

The place name Reichenbach had a wide variety of spellings in its history, including Richenbach in 1089, Richebach in 1209 and Rychenbach in 1436.

The Counts of Reichenbach named themselves after the castle, which lies a little outside the village . They also donated the Reichenbach monastery church and the monastery, but gave it away to the Teutonic Order in 1207/11 .

Today the parish includes the villages of Wickersrode , Hopfelde and Hollstein . As early as 1569, Reichenbach was a parish with Hollstein, Hopfelde and Wickersrode. From 1585 to 1613 Wollstein was one of them. In 1780 the Glimmerode farm in Reichenbach was parished, and in 1872 Weißmühle. The pastor's seat is in Reichenbach.

On April 1, 1972, the previously independent municipality was incorporated into the city of Hessisch Lichtenau.

Population numbers

year Residents
1961 333
1970 325
2011 262

Attractions

The big stones are a group of dolomite rocks . There is a holiday home belonging to the district youth association in the immediate vicinity.

The former monastery church with the visible foundations from previous buildings from the 9th century. The castle is now in ruins; there is only one tower left, this serves as a lookout point.

  • Reichenbach Castle

  • Information board

  • Big stones

  • Monastery church in Reichenbach

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Reichenbach, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of February 26, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Facts & Figures. (No longer available online.) In: Internet presence. City of Hessisch Lichtenau, archived from the original on April 12, 2013 ; accessed in October 2018 .
  3. ^ Georg Landau : Contributions to the history of the old military and trade routes in Germany. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1958, p. 86f
  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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 410 .

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