Richelsdorf

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Richelsdorf
municipality Wildeck
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 36 ″  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 249  (224-412)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.83 km²
Residents : 670  (December 31, 2009)
Population density : 86 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 36208
Area code : 06626
The former manor house of the von Cornberg family
Epitaph in the Richelsdorf Church

Richelsdorf is a district of the municipality Wildeck in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg in the northeast of Hesse .

Geographical location

Richelsdorf is located in the Richelsdorf Mountains between Suss in the west-northwest and Untersuhl (municipality of Gerstungen , Wartburgkreis , Thuringia ) in the east-southeast. It is the consecration traversed.

history

Richelsdorf was owned by the Abbey Fulda that there in 1278 to from Thuringia derived from Heinrich Kolmatsch began as Vogt and with a part of the village belehnte . On July 10, 1431 Burkhart and his brother Cord (Conrad) von Kolmatsch were enfeoffed by Abbot Johann I von Fulda with the entire village of Richelsdorf with all accessories, including high and low jurisdiction . The lords of Kolmatsch remained landlords, court lords and church lords of Richelsdorf until they died out in 1563, most recently as feudal lords of the Hessian landgraves, who had taken over the feudal lordship of Richelsdorf from the Fulda Abbey in 1539. After the lords of Kolmatsch died out, the village fell back to the landgraves.

In 1598 received Philipp Wilhelm von Cornberg , pre-marital son of Landgrave William IV. Of Hessen-Kassel , by his half-brother, Landgrave Moritz of Hesse-Kassel, Richelsdorf as the right fief, with the high and low jurisdiction and the church patronage . At the same time he received Obergude , Niedergude and Landefeld . In the course of his life he acquired other possessions, goods and interest rates in the Rotenburger Land, in the Fritzlar area and in Kassel . In order to manage his widely scattered possessions, he stayed alternately on the Auburg and in Richelsdorf. In Richelsdorf he built a mansion for himself between 1598 and 1600, right next to the patronage church . Philipp Wilhelm died there on August 30, 1616 and was buried in the Richelsdorf patronage church. Landgrave Moritz had a large epitaph erected for him behind the vault in the church choir.

On December 31, 1971, the new community Wildeck was formed by the merger of Richelsdorf with four other communities.

Mining

In Richelsdorfer Mountains mining was from the Middle Ages to the 20th century Kupferschiefer , cobalt , nickel and barite instead. In 1983 , the mineral richelsdorfite, named after the seat of the Richelsdorf mining authority , was found in the Wilhelm mine near Nentershausen .

Culture and sights

Buildings and places

  • The former patronage church of the local rulers, today the Protestant church of Richelsdorf, is a village church that is essentially Gothic . It was rebuilt in baroque style from 1705 to 1716 . The church with two galleries is characterized by the picturesque design in the style of the peasant baroque . The eye-catcher in the rectangular choir is the epitaph for Philipp Wilhelm von Cornberg. The walls and the galleries are decorated with biblical sayings. The barrel vault above the nave is decorated with several angels and the name of God ("YHWH": "I am the 'I am there for you'").
  • The manor house Richelsdorf belonging to the von Cornberg family , who ruled the area in earlier times. From the former mansion, which was built right next to the church, a separate entrance led directly into the patronage of the church.
  • The "Court Square Richelsdorf" with historical Gerichtslinde located in the center, just below the former mayor's home and the church.
  • The Catholic Church is on the outskirts in the direction of Ulfen. With the end of the Second World War , many predominantly Catholic refugees came to Richelsdorf. The old forester's house (villa) served them as a place of worship until 1956 . In 1957, today's Catholic Church was built in a relatively short time, financed by donations and contributions from the faithful. The American army also helped build the church. The church was consecrated on May 1, 1957 by the auxiliary bishop of Fulda, Adolf Bolte . The patron saint of the church is Joseph of Nazareth .

Regular events

Both churches are not only sights, but also places of assembly and worship, and about every year at the fair, an ecumenical worship service takes place alternately in the Protestant and Catholic churches.

Once a year an international riding and jumping tournament takes place in Richelsdorf.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

State roads 3250 and 3248 meet in Richelsdorf . Via this one reaches the federal motorway 4 to the south at the junctions Gerstungen or Obersuhl and to the north the B 400 .

Healthcare

The AHG Clinic is located in Richelsdorf , a specialist clinic for the treatment of alcohol and drug addicts.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Die Gemeinde" on the website of the community Wildeck , accessed in February 2016.
  2. ^ 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. 406 .
  3. ^ K. Sippel: The copper slate mining in the Richelsdorf mountains. Leaflet on late medieval relics near Iba and Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. (Archaeological Monuments in Hessen, No. 134.) State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen, Wiesbaden, 1999, ISBN 3-89822-134-2 .
  4. ^ Mineralienatlas - Richelsdorfite
  5. ^ Mineralienatlas - Grube Wilhelm
  6. ^ Court of Justice in Richelsdorf (with photos), in the Historisches Ortlexikon Hessen
  7. ↑ The Ev. Church Richelsdorf in the homepage of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck

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