Schoenau (Gilserberg)

Schönau community Gilserberg Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 22 ″ N , 9 ° 4 ′ 27 ″ E
Height :	342 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5 km²
Residents :	216 (Jun 30, 2016)
Population density :	43 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	34630
Area code :	06696

Schönau is a district of the community of Gilserberg in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse and has around 200 inhabitants .

geography

The village is a good two kilometers north of Gilserberg in the basin of the Humbach , a tributary of the Gilsa that flows past the place to the west . Schönau is located within the boundaries of the Kellerwald-Edersee nature park on the southwestern edge of the Hemberg ridge . There rises a good one kilometer northeast of the village of 471 m above sea level. NN high dog's head . About one kilometer northwest of Schönau is the castle ruin Schönstein located in the local area on the western spur of 419 m above sea level. NN high Schloßberg .

history

Schönau was first mentioned in 1264 as Sconowe . When the community of Schönstein was formed in 1843, the northern part of the Schönau district with the Rommershausen ironworks was separated. In 1928, the district was enlarged by parts of the disbanded manor district of Forst Densberg .

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , Schönau became part of the community of Gilserberg on December 31, 1971.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Schönau, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 24, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Gilserberg - data and facts. Population numbers. BVB-Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2016, accessed on May 3, 2018 .
^ 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. 411 .

Web links

Districts. In: Internet presence. Gilserberg community; accessed in September 2018
Schönau, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature about Schönau in the Hessian Bibliography

[lagis-1] Schönau, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 24, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[findcity-2] Gilserberg - data and facts. Population numbers. BVB-Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2016, accessed on May 3, 2018 .

[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. 411 .