Reichensachsen

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Reichensachsen
community Wehretal
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 6 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 42 ″  E
Height : 181  (176–225)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 13.71 km²
Residents : 3452  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 252 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 37287
Area code : 05651

Reichensachsen is a district of the municipality of Wehretal in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse . In the place is the seat of the municipal administration.

Geographical location

The place is in the valley of the weirs . The federal highway 452 runs through the village . The “Wehretal-Reichensachsen” railway stop is on the Bebra – Göttingen line , a section of the old north-south line from Hanover to Frankfurt am Main and Würzburg .

history

Evangelical parish church in Reichensachsen

The largest village in the district was first mentioned in 1253. In the past, the place was called "zu den Sassen" or "zu den Richen Sassen". The dominant landlords were the lords of Boyneburg , which is why Reichensachsen also belonged to the partially autonomous Boyneburg court in the early modern period . The Landgraviate of Hesse , the Lords of Eschwege and the Germerode Monastery were in part wealthy in the village. As a "Mengedorf", in which the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel and the Lords of Boyneburg had possessions, the subjects formerly owned by Bemmelberg were subordinate to the newly founded Landgrave's Office of Bischhausen from 1654. However , the village as such remained until the von Boyneburg- Hohenstein 1792 part of the Boyneburg court . Reichensachsen has been part of the Eschwege district since 1821 .

Jewish community

Next to the general cemetery there was a Jewish cemetery. In 1903 a synagogue was built. During the pogrom night of 1938, the interior of the local synagogue was completely destroyed. Of the 90 Jews who were still living in the village in 1933, the majority emigrated after the Nazis came to power or moved to other cities. In 1940 the 33 remaining Jewish residents of the town were deported and murdered. A memorial stone for the victims of the Holocaust , which can be found on Langenhainer Straße, has been a reminder of them since 2003.

Culture and sights

Regular events

The elf festival has been taking place in Reichensachsen for more than 50 years . The appointment is usually the third weekend in June. The highlight of the five-day celebrations is the big Sunday parade. The traditional morning pint takes place in the tent on Monday morning until late at night.

Sports

In Reichensachsen there is a sports club (SV Reichensachsen 1910 eV) with over 1000 members. Football , handball , table tennis , tennis , volleyball , badminton and gymnastics are all offered there. The association celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010 (founded in 1910). In 2008 he was awarded the Heinz Lindner Prize by the Hessian Minister of the Interior Volker Bouffier and the President of the State Sports Association of Hesse Rolf Müller .

Buildings

Infrastructure

  • There is a village community center and a primary school in the village .
  • In addition to the railway stop, there are three bus stops in Reichensachsen, which are served every hour by line 200 Hessisch-Lichtenau -> Eschwege -> Hessisch-Lichtenau and line 240 Ringgau -> Eschwege -> Ringgau. There is a connection every full hour to Eschwege and every half hour to Hessisch-Lichtenau or towards Ringgau.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of Reichensachsen

Personalities who worked or lived on site

Web links

Commons : Reichensachsen  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Reichensachsen, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of January 25, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Geodata Center: Reichensachsen , accessed in February 2016.
  3. ^ Jewish community - Reichensachsen (Hesse). Retrieved July 3, 2020 .