Roppershain

Roppershain City of Homberg (Efze) Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 54 ″ N , 9 ° 21 ′ 10 ″ E
Height :	220 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.48 km²
Residents :	202
Population density :	136 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	34576
Area code :	05682
	Roppershain

Roppershain is a district of Homberg (Efze) in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse .

geography

Roppershain, on the crossroads between Homberg and Borken (Hesse) and Frielendorf and Wabern , covers the eastern slope of the Jordanbach there. 225 m above sea level you have a clear view to all sides, especially towards the Kassel basin . Old farms confirm the fertility of this area and the dominant position of agriculture from time immemorial. Around 200 people live in Roppershain today.

history

When Heinrich von Uttershausen (the elder) and his wife Berta received the large donation of goods to the Haina monastery in 1238, the goat grove fiefs of Count Gottfried III. from Reichenbach from Roppershain (Ruprechteshagen).

In developing the name, Ruprechtishayn was found in 1367, Rupershain in 1398, Ruppershayn in 1474 and Ruppershagen in 1547. From 1575 it stayed with Roppershain. Fiefs and jurisdiction changed constantly until the aristocratic courts were abolished in 1820.

At the end of the 14th century the place is a Hessian fiefdom of the von Homberg family. From 1427 the heirs of Baumbach and von Hornsberg owned Roppershain. The Homberg citizen Goswin, the Charterhouse Eppenberg , and Messrs. Holzsadel , von Reckerod and von Lehrbach were other feudal owners.

Roppershain has belonged to the Homberg district since 1475 .

At 31 December 1971 Roppershain was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse , now on a voluntary basis in the town of Homberg, Region of Kassel Homberg (Efze) , incorporated .

literature

Search for Roppershain in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library
Literature about Roppershain in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Roppershain. In: website. City of Homberg (Efze); accessed in May 2019
Roppershain, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

^ Roppershain, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
^ Roppershain. In: website. City of Homberg (Efze), accessed May 2019 .
^ 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. 391-392 .

[lagis-1] Roppershain, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[DF-2] Roppershain. In: website. City of Homberg (Efze), accessed May 2019 .

[3] 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. 391-392 .