Rossbach (Hünfeld)

Rossbach City of Hünfeld Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 25 ″ N , 9 ° 46 ′ 36 ″ E
Height :	314 (296–341) m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.98 km² [LAGIS]
Residents :	481 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density :	60 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Postal code :	36088
Area code :	06652

Roßbach is a district of Hünfeld in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

geography

location

Roßbach is located in the north of the Fulda district, about 4 kilometers northeast of the city of Hünfeld. The built-up area ranges from 303 m above sea level. NN , west of the town center, on the state road 3171 and rises to about 280 m above sea level. NN at an eastern elevation ( 336 m above sea level ). The highest point in the district marking is the elevation in the eastern part ( 354 m above sea level ). The lowest point is at the confluence of the L 3171 into Steinbacher Strasse ( 303 m above sea level ).

The L 3171 runs through Roßbach and leads from Eiterfeld via Leimbach and Betzenrod south to Hünfeld and Gruben .

Beyond the district marking, north of the closed town center, there is a pond and a separate courtyard. There is a quarry northeast of Roßbach on the elevation .

Neighboring places

Roßbach borders in the north on the town of Betzenrod, in the east on the town of Kirchhasel , in the south on the town of Hünfeld and in the southwest on the town of Gruben.

history

Roßbach was first mentioned in a document on March 27, 815.

On February 1, 1971, the previously independent municipality was incorporated into the city of Hünfeld as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

religion

The Catholic Church of the Assumption is located in the village . It is a branch church of the parish “St. Georg " Kirchhasel and organizationally belongs to the pastoral network " St. Benedict ”, Hünfeld country . The church houses an organ made by the Euler brothers in 1892, which was restored in 2004 by Orgelbau Waltershausen .

literature

Adrian Seib: Cultural monuments in Hessen. District Fulda II. Burghaun, Eiterfeld, Hünfeld, Nüsttal, Rasdorf. State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (editor and publisher), Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-8062-2607-2 , pp. 366-375.
Literature about Roßbach in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

The districts on the city of Hünfeld's website.
Roßbach, district of Fulda. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 17, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.
^ DVD Hessen 3D , ISBN 978-3-935603-73-7
^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , para. 25 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 399 .

[1] Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.

[3DHessen-2] DVD Hessen 3D , ISBN 978-3-935603-73-7

[3] Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , para. 25 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).

[4] 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. 399 .