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City of Büdingen
Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 54 ″  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 16 ″  E
Height : 231 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.56 km²
Residents : 1025  (June 30, 2019)
Population density : 184 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 63654
Area code : 06049
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Outline map of Rinderbügen
View over Rinderbügen, 2019
View over Rinderbügen, 2019

Rinderbügen is a district of Büdingen in the Wetterau district . The name is not derived from cattle breeding, as one might assume, but from iron processing (Rinne = Rennofen, Büche = Bach). So the translation is very simple: Rennschmiede am Bach. That is why the place is still popularly called “Rennerwiche”. This name is also shown on a mosaic in the entrance area of ​​the village community center.

location

Rinderbügen is five and a half kilometers northeast of Büdingen. The Rinderbügener Hof, one kilometer south of the village, is also part of the district.

history

Rinderbügen was first mentioned in a document on October 1, 1390 as Rynderbiegen .

In 1517 Rinderbügen fell to Count Johann von Ysenburg-Büdingen. From this line it was inherited in 1601 by Count Wolfgang Ernst I, who ceded it to his second son Phillip Ernst when the Büdingen reign was divided in 1628. In the division of 1687, Rinderbügen fell to the Ysenburg-Büdingen line and in 1816 it came under the sovereignty of Hesse-Darmstadt .

On December 31, 1971, Rinderbügen was incorporated into the city of Büdingen.

Witch trials

In the time of witch hunts himself plays 1597 a particularly dramatic chapter Rinderbügener story from. In February four women from the village of Rinderbügen are accused of having been to the Hexentanzplatz ( Kesslertanz ) for the Witches ' Sabbath . The names of these women are:

  • Margreth, Hans Fausten's wife,
  • Anna, Hanß Datten woman,
  • Anna, Fritz Dietrich's wife,
  • Crein, Lips Hoffmann's wife.
Church in Rinderbügen
Church in Rinderbügen

The four women are accused of continuing witchcraft against people, cattle and weather. On May 8, 1597 , they were arrested and placed in the "tower" in Birstein .

On May 4, 1597, the count appoints the members of the court, including the court preacher Anton Praetorius . The law faculty of the University of Marburg decides in a legal opinion that the torture is lawful. When the torture began, two defendants hanged themselves in the cell at night.

On July 5th, the husband of the defendant Katharina Hoffmann reports that his wife is pregnant and asks for leniency. According to the court's deliberations, the heavily pregnant woman was released on July 23 at 6 a.m. before breakfast after a large sum of money had been paid.

Anna, Fritz Dietrich's wife, mother of 9 children, who immigrated to Rinderbügen 20 years ago, is tortured on July 1st. The tormented woman remains steadfast and still protests her innocence. After a few days, Ms. Anna Dietrich is "embarrassedly questioned" again.

When the repeated torture became known to the public, a demonstration formed under the leadership of the court preacher. People are protesting the deaths of women in pre-trial detention and calling for the defendants to respect human rights as well. After tumultuous scenes in the court, the torture is stopped.

The clerk of the count's office recorded this unusual incident: "Because the pastor was violently there again when the women were tormented, so this time it was omitted for this reason." It is clear from the files that the pastor railed against the torture in such a way that the trial was ended and the prisoner who was still alive was released.

Mining

On the slope between the village and the Rinderbügen farm, coal came to light and, half a meter thick, consisted almost entirely of young, inferior brown coal ( lignite ). It extended through the entire plateau southeast of Rinderbügen into the Büdinger Forest . After the dismantling was not possible for over 200 years due to technical difficulties, the "Hedwig colliery" was opened after the war in 1870/71. A cable car led from a colliery house still preserved above Rinderbügen to the country road to Büdingen, from where it was transported on by horse and cart. In 1936 a 15 cm thick lignite seam was discovered under the center of the village.

literature

  • Hartmut Hegeler : Anton Praetorius, fighter against witch trials and torture. Unna 2002, ISBN 3-9808969-4-3
  • Hartmut Hegeler: Hexenbuhle . Unna 2004
  • Walter Niess: witch trials in the county of Büdingen. Logs causes backgrounds. Büdingen 1982

Culture and sights

Buildings

Rinderbügener Hof
Rinderbügener Hof
Rinderbügener Hof
  • The entire Rinderbügener Hof complex
  • Evangelical Church (Sankt Laurentius and Katharina)
  • Colliery house
  • Old school
  • Bakehouse

Regular events

  • External meeting (MGV)
  • Children's Carnival (BVR)
  • May fire and May celebration (ski club)
  • Father's Day barbecue on Ascension Day (MGV)
  • Fire brigade day with summer night festival (volunteer fire brigade)
  • Oktoberfest (BVR)
  • Advent Singing (MGV)
  • Sausage cubes (youth fire brigade)
  • various day trips or skiing holidays for various clubs

societies

  • Men's choir "Eintracht" Rinderbügen 1888
  • Volunteer fire brigade Rinderbügen
  • Rinderbügen Ski Club
  • Ball game club Rinderbügen 1966
  • Rinderbügen country women's association
  • Nature and bird protection group Rinderbügen
  • Lively cattle bending

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Sons and daughters of the place

Peter Niess (born February 4, 1895; August 21, 1965), senior professor and honorary citizen of the city of Büdingen

literature

  • Ruppel, Hans Georg (edit.): Historical place directory for the area of ​​the former Grand Duchy and People's State of Hesse with evidence of district and court membership from 1820 until the changes in the course of the municipal territorial reform , series Darmstädter Archivschriften (2), 1976, p 175

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics on the website of the city of Büdingen (PDF; 21.5 kB), accessed in January 2016.
  2. ↑ Population figures on the city of Büdingen's website , accessed in June 2016.
  3. ^ Heinrich Reimer, document book on the history of the Lords of Hanau and the former province of Hanau. Vol. 1-4. Leipzig 1891 - 1897, Vol. 4, p. 539.
  4. ^ Heinrich Wagner: Province of Upper Hesse. District of Büdingen , A. Bergstræsser, 1890, p. 254
  5. ^ 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. 353 .
  6. ^ Boundary change and integration agreement of November 26, 1971
  7. ^ Witch trials: work of pastor Praetorius
  8. ↑ Carl Hartmann, Bruno Kerl, Friedrich Wimmer, G. Köhler (eds.): Berg- und Hüttenmännische Zeitung , Verlag BGH Schmidt, 1879, edition 38, p. 90

Remarks

  1. ↑ The honorary citizenship granted during lifetime expires with the death of the honored person. As the legal successor to the formerly independent municipality of Rinderbügen, the city council of Büdingen expressly revoked Hitler's honorary citizenship on April 20, 2007 .

Web links

Commons : Rinderbügen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files