Rixen (desert)

Rixen (also: Ricksen, Rikkersen, Rick Bergersen, Ryeckerschin, Rixessenn, Rikkirissun, Rikkeressun, Rykirsin) was already at the beginning of the 12th century in documents mentioned, but apparently checked already in the first half of the 15th century and "desolate" become village in the Nesselbach Grund about 2.5 km west of Grebenstein in the Kassel district in northern Hesse .

In 1443 a chapel is mentioned in Rixen, but the Salbuch from 1455 already calls the place a desert. On the other hand, in 1503 Rixen is still mentioned as a peasantry . The chapel, located on the important military route to Warburg , was rebuilt in 1488 and consecrated to Saints Jodok and Gregor .

In 1777, after the Seven Years' War had devastated the area around the Diemel , the new settlement Friedrichsthal , a district of Grebenstein, was built about 1.5 km further west on the instructions of Landgrave Friedrich II of Hessen-Kassel . Even today it is said in the local vernacular that you live in Rixen.

Web links

Rixen desert ( Memento from August 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
"Riksen, District of Kassel". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

literature

Willi Vesper: The founding of Friedrichsthal. In: Homeland yearbook for the Hofgeismar district. Vol. 24, 1962, ZDB -ID 552094-0 , pp. 77-83.

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