Roßbach (Witzenhausen)

Rossbach City of Witzenhausen Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 54 ″  N , 9 ° 48 ′ 42 ″  E
Height :	241  (231-276)  m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.49 km²
Residents :	626  (Dec. 2015)
Population density :	114 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	37216
Area code :	05542
View from the southeast to Rossbach

Roßbach is a district of Witzenhausen in the Werra-Meißner district in North Hesse .

geography

Roßbach is located on the edge of the Kaufunger Forest in the transition area to the Kleinalmeröder hill country about 4.5 km (as the crow flies ) southwest of the core town of Witzenhausen on the Wilhelmshäuser Bach . Landesstraße 3389 ( Dohrenbach –Roßbach– Kleinalmerode ) runs through the village . The hamlet of Oberroßbach is located south of the village .

The district of Roßbach has a special feature. It is divided in two into an agriculturally used, community-bound part and an additional wooded, community-free part in the Kaufunger Wald estate with an area of ​​8.49 km², which extends to the ridge line from Mühlenstein ( 607.2  m ) to Bilstein ( 641.2  m ) and its Eastern foothills Large cap ( 572.5  m ) is enough.

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1245. The place belonged to the Hessian office Ludwigstein / Witzenhausen until 1821 and then to the district of Witzenhausen . During the French occupation, the place belonged to the canton of Witzenhausen in the Kingdom of Westphalia (1807-1813).

On 1 January 1974 Rossbach was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse force GLandesgesetz in the city Witzenhausen incorporated .

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1466:	9 house seats
• 1585:	56 house seats
• 1681:	36 house seats
• 1747:	68 teams with 67 fireplaces

Roßbach: Population from 1834 to 2015
year				Residents
1834			590
1840			579
1846			563
1852			556
1858			546
1864			577
1871			597
1875			597
1885			567
1895			573
1905			593
1910			626
1925			638
1939			701
1946			945
1950			960
1956			828
1961			803
1967			817
1970			791
2015			626
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Further sources:; 2015

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1925:	634 Protestant, 3 Roman Catholic residents
• 1961:	705 Protestant (= 87.80%), 79 Catholic (= 9.84%) residents

Others

• Roßbach is the seat of a district forester of the Hessisch Lichtenau Forestry Office .
• The premium hiking trail Wacholderheide Rossbach runs around Rossbach.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Roßbach, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Roßbach district on the website of the city of Witzenhausen, accessed in October 2018.
3. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Eschwege and Witzenhausen (GVBl. II 330-21) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 353 , § 10 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 410 .

Web links

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

• Roßbach district on the website of the city of Witzenhausen.
• Roßbach, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Literature about Roßbach in the Hessian Bibliography