Rhena
Rhena
City of Korbach
Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 18 ″ N , 8 ° 47 ′ 32 ″ E
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Height : | 438 m above sea level NHN |
Area : | 12.11 km² |
Residents : | 563 (December 31, 2016) |
Population density : | 46 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | July 1, 1970 |
Postal code : | 34497 |
Area code : | 05631 |
Rhena is a district of the district and Hanseatic town of Korbach in the north Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg .
Geographical location
Rhena is located in the western part of northern Hesse in the wooded and hilly northeastern foothills of the Rothaargebirge . It is located in the Diemelsee Nature Park, about 5.5 km (as the crow flies ) west-northwest of the Korbach town center. The Goddelsberg ( 525 m ) rises north of the 440 m high village . Rhena is traversed roughly in a north-south direction by the Neerdar tributary Rhena .
history
The place was first mentioned in documents in 980, when Emperor Otto II handed over the village of Rhena together with Korbach and Lelbach to the Corvey monastery and in return exchanged the Kaiserpfalz Memleben for it.
In 1120 the fortified church was built in Romanesque style with a rectangular and two-bay nave . The St. Thomas Church is located off the main street, on the church hill called "Kleppenberg". Here was also the seat of the Lords of Rhena, a local noble family that held the patronage of the church for a long time . A member of the family, Johann von Rhena (also Johann von Rehen) was 1543–1570 Landkomtur of the Ballei Marburg of the Teutonic Order .
The Lords of Rhena built their first castle ( Older Castle Rhena ) on a south-facing spur behind the church. This is mentioned for the first time in 1235. Nothing is left of this today. It was probably destroyed or demolished in 1755.
Reinhard von Rhena probably built the Rhena moated castle around 1555 , of which two stone houses are still preserved today. It is believed that some ornamental parts were made by Philipp Soldan . The moated castle Rhena is located on the street Zur Alten Mühle 11, south of Upländer Straße, on the Rhene.
On July 1, 1970, until then independent municipality Rhena was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse on a voluntary basis in the county seat Korbach incorporated . The municipality of Rhena had an area of 12.11 km².
The smallest elementary school in Hesse was located in Rhena, the Astrid Lindgren School , which was closed in the summer of 2013.
Territorial history and administration
The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Rhena was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:
- 980: Ittergau, in the county of Count Asicho (in pago Nihthere et in comitatu Asichonis comitis)
- before 1712: Holy Roman Empire , County Waldeck , Office Eisenberg
- from 1712: Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Waldeck , Eisenberg Office
- from 1806: Principality of Waldeck, Eisenberg office
- from 1816: German Confederation , Principality of Waldeck, Oberamt des Eisenberg
- from 1850: German Confederation, Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont (from 1848), Eisenberg district
- from 1867: Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont, district of Eisenberg
- from 1871: German Empire , Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Eisenberg district
- from 1919: German Empire, Free State of Waldeck , District of Eisenberg
- from 1929: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Kassel , District of Eisenberg
- from 1942: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative District of Kassel, District of Waldeck
- from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Kurhessen , District of Waldeck
- from 1945: American occupation zone , Greater Hesse , Kassel district, Waldeck district
- from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Kassel district, Waldeck district
- on July 1, 1970 Rhena was incorporated as a district in the city of Korbach.
- from 1974: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Kassel district, Waldeck-Frankenberg district
Population development
Source: Historical local dictionary
• 1541: | 24 houses |
• 1620: | 30 houses |
• 1650: | 14 houses |
• 1738: | 31 houses |
• 1770: | 35 houses, 256 inhabitants |
Rhena: Population from 1770 to 2015 | ||||
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year | Residents | |||
1770 | 256 | |||
1834 | 310 | |||
1840 | 288 | |||
1846 | 275 | |||
1852 | 308 | |||
1858 | 293 | |||
1864 | 284 | |||
1871 | 294 | |||
1875 | 290 | |||
1885 | 325 | |||
1895 | 348 | |||
1905 | 323 | |||
1910 | 365 | |||
1925 | 402 | |||
1939 | 392 | |||
1946 | 617 | |||
1950 | 582 | |||
1956 | 510 | |||
1961 | 490 | |||
1967 | 516 | |||
1971 | 579 | |||
1980 | 581 | |||
1990 | 555 | |||
1995 | 587 | |||
2000 | 569 | |||
2005 | 567 | |||
2010 | 520 | |||
2015 | 525 | |||
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources: |
Romanesque church
The Romanesque church of Rhena has the structure of a fortified church and looks very similar to that of the Willingen district of Welleringhausen . On the block-shaped altar is a beautiful crucifix from the 13th century. The massive sandstone baptismal font dates from the 12th century.
On the left choir wall are two cast-iron grave slabs that the church patron Arnolt von Rhena had his two wives Catharina, née von Padberg († 1568), and Elisabeth, née von Spiegel († 1572) put in place. The grave slab for Arnolt von Rhena bears three coats of arms above, those of Rhena, Padberg and Spiegel. The grave slabs are by the hand of the form cutter Conrad Luckeln , a student of Philipp Soldan .
traffic
Rhena is located on the Bömighausen - Lelbach section of the federal highway 251 , from which the district road 68 branches off to Schweinsbühl . The railway line Wabern – Brilon-Wald ( Uplandbahn ) with the nearby “Rhena-Lelbach” stop runs to the east of the village; To the north of this railway line is the Rhena Viaduct on a small tributary of the Rhena.
Personalities
- Philipp Kahlhöfer (1795–1859), Member of Parliament, Mayor of Rhena
- Friedrich Kahlhöfer (1831–1865), farm owner and politician
- Wilhelm Schmidt (1878–1948), carpenter and politician (Waldeckischer Volksbund)
literature
- Hilmar G. Stoecker: Rhena . Arolsen: Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein 1980 (= Waldeckische Ortssippenbücher 22); Worked period 1650–1970, 1306 families
- Literature about Rhena in the Hessian Bibliography
Web links
- Rhena district. In. Website of the city of Korbach.
- Rhena, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Rhena Castle, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Rhena moated castle, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Rhena, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ Data & Facts. In: Internet presence. City of Korbach, archived from the original ; accessed in June 2018 .
- ↑ Incorporation of the municipalities of Alleringhausen, Eppe, Goldhausen, Helmscheid, Hillershausen, Lengefeld, Meineringhausen, Nieder-Schleidern, Rhena and Strothe into the city of Korbach, Waldeck district from June 19, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 27 , p. 1366 , item 1326 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.0 MB ]).
- ^ 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. 407 .
- ↑ Federal Statistical Office: Official register of municipalities for the Federal Republic of Germany with overviews of the administrative structure and information on the affiliation of the municipalities to local classes, postcode areas and some important administrative units. 1957 edition, p. 275
- ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ population development. In: Budget 2018. City of Korbach, p. Preliminary report VIII , archived from the original ; accessed on June 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Romanesque village church St. Thomas on www.semmler24.de