Rhünda

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Rhünda
City of Felsberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 51 ″  N , 9 ° 24 ′ 43 ″  E
Height : 179 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.51 km²
Residents : 506  (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 144 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 34587
Area code : 05662
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Rhünda from above

Rhünda is one of 16 districts of the small town Felsberg in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder district .

Geographical location

Rhünda is located on the Rhünda , which flows into the Schwalm a little northwest of the village . The state road  3427, which meets the federal road 253 west of the village, leads past the village below the Rhünder Berg ( 338.5  m above sea  level ) .

history

Evidently, through the discovery of the Rhünda skull , the area around Rhünda has been inhabited since the Ice Age , i.e. around 12,000 years ago.

Rhünda was first mentioned in a document in 1209. Around 1250, the place was named in a directory of the Eppenberg choir women as dormant . From 1356 to 1392 the von Felsberg owned the place. In 1392 they sold it to the Hessian landgraves . The patronage of the donated church was retained by the von Felsbergs. From 1397 the place was called Ronde. Rhünda belonged to the Felsberg office . In 1579 the place was mentioned in a Salbuch of the Felsberg district as Rhuende. In 1585 there were 26 households in Rhünda.

On 1 January 1974, the municipality Rhünda the course was municipal reform in Hesse powerful state law with the communities Brunslar Gensungen , helmet Hausen and Hilgershausen and the City Felsberg to advanced city Felsberg together . For Rhünda, as for all of the formerly independent municipalities incorporated into Felsberg, a local district was set up.

religion

Evangelical St. Mark's Church

In 1356 Eckhard von Felsberg donated a chapel . The Markuskirche is a medieval building with a choir from the year it was built. In 1585 Rhünda was a branch of Gensungen and from 1692 of Harle . Today's half-timbered tower was built in 1695 . Even today Rhünda belongs to the parish of Harle.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b data and facts. In: website. City of Felsberg, accessed May 2019 .
  2. ↑ 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 , § 18 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
  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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 405 .

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