Reimboldshausen (Kirchheim)

Reimboldshausen Kirchheim parish Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 8 ″  N , 9 ° 31 ′ 48 ″  E
Height :	275  (274-294)  m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.61 km²
Residents :	73  (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	45 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Postal code :	36275
Area code :	06628
Reimboldshausen seen from the air

The Seepark near Reimboldshausen

Reimboldshausen is a district of the municipality of Kirchheim in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in East Hesse .

Geographical location

Reimboldshausen is about 3.5 km southwest of the Kirchheim core town in the southern foothills of the Knüll Mountains . It is traversed by the Ibra , on which the Ibrastausee (also called Parksee ) lies a few hundred meters west of the village in the direction of the neighboring village of Kemmerode ; Reimboldshausen is located below the dam.

history

The place is mentioned for the first time in 1261. It was the seat of the nobles "de Reinboldeshusen". Later the place name changed from "villa Reimbolshusen" and "Rumelshusin" as well as "Rymboldishusen", then "Rümmershusen" and "Rymmelshausen" and "Römelshusen" to "Grimmelshausen" and ultimately to the current name. Between 1431 and 1531 the village was a desert .

On February 1, 1971, Reimboldshausen was incorporated into the municipality of Kirchheim as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

On August 22, 1977 at around 3 p.m. the village was hit by a dam break in the dam on Lake Ibrasee . The flood content of 500,000 m³ of water poured through the valley in a tidal wave up to three meters high.

Population development

Reimboldshausen: Population from 1834 to 2015
year				Residents
1834			92
1840			93
1846			101
1852			95
1858			90
1864			106
1871			78
1875			67
1885			79
1895			65
1905			70
1910			73
1925			70
1939			80
1946			120
1950			115
1956			87
1961			66
1967			71
1970			76
2006			86
2010			83
2015			69
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources:

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885:	79 Protestant (= 100.00%) residents
• 1961:	58 Protestant (= 87.88%), 4 Catholic (= 6.06%) residents

traffic

District road  32 ( Kemmerode - Reimboldshausen - Gershausen ) leads through Reimboldshausen . On its way from Bad Hersfeld to Kirchheim, the citizens' bus runs through the town Monday to Friday. The AST also operates here .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Reimboldshausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Population figures for the Kirchheim community , accessed in December 2018. [PDF; 139 KB]
3. ^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , item 328, para. 39 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 396 .

Web links

• Reimboldshausen district on the Kirchheim community website.
• Reimboldshausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).