Rengshausen

Rengshausen Municipality Knüllwald Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 24 ″  N , 9 ° 32 ′ 12 ″  E
Height :	303  (304-521)  m
Area :	12 km²
Residents :	610  (Jun 30, 2010)
Population density :	51 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	34593
Area code :	05685

Rengshausen is a district of the municipality Knüllwald in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder district .

Geographical location

Rengshausen is located in the northern part of the Knüllgebirge around 4.5 km east of Remsfeld , the seat of the Knüllwalder municipal administration. It is located at the confluence of the Lingelbach in the Fulda tributary Beise . In the hit state roads 3254 and the 3465th

history

The oldest surviving written evidence of the place dates back to 1003 and comes from the boundary description of the marriage ridge in a deed of gift from King Heinrich II about game rights to the Hersfeld Abbey . In the document the place is mentioned as "Regingozeshuson". The "Rengshausen court" with the villages of Hausen, Licherode, Lichtenhagen, Nausis and Nenterode belonged to the Rotenburg office from 1579 , which was part of the Rotenburger Quart from 1627 to 1835 .

On December 31, 1971, the municipality of Rengshausen formed the new municipality of Rengshausen together with the municipalities of Hausen, Lichtenhagen, Nausis and Nenterode as part of the regional reform in Hesse . This in turn was incorporated into the municipality of Knüllwald on January 1, 1974 by virtue of state law . Local districts were set up for all formerly independent municipalities .

Until 2015 the place was a recognized climatic health resort.

Infrastructure

There is a primary school in the village . A Diakonie institution, the Beiserhaus Foundation , is also based here.

Personalities

• Emil Rausch (1807–1884), Lutheran clergyman, pastor in Rengshausen, founder of the Beiserhaus
• Guntram Schönfeld (* 1952), prehistoric, born in Rengshausen

literature

• 1000 years of Rengshausen, history and stories of a village in Knüll 1003–2003, commemorative publication on the occasion of the celebratory event from June 3 to 8, 2003. Published by the Knüllwald community in cooperation with the Chronicle "1000 Years of Rengshausen" working group, editor: Günter Rassner
• Literature about Rengshausen in the Hessian Bibliography
• Search for Rengshausen in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library
• Search for Rengshausen in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Rengshausen, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of December 2, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
2. ↑ The location on the Knüllwald municipality's website , accessed in August 2015
3. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen and Ziegenhain (GVBl. II 330-22) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 356 , § 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 391 and 406 .
5. ↑ Hessian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport and Regional Development: 81st meeting of the specialist committee for health resorts, recreation areas and healing wells in Hesse on October 13, 2015 . State Gazette for the State of Hesse 7/2016 page 218

Web links

• Rengshausen district. In: Internet presence of the municipality of Knüllwald.
• Rengshausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).