Schönstein (Gilserberg)

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Schönstein
community Gilserberg
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 35 ″  N , 9 ° 3 ′ 36 ″  E
Height : 323  (310-350)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.19 km²
Residents : 122  (Jun. 30, 2016)
Population density : 29 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 34630
Area code : 06696

Schönstein is the northernmost part of the community of Gilserberg in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse .

Geographical location

Schönstein is located in the valley of the Gilsa tributary north in the south of the Kellerwald and in the Kellerwald-Edersee nature park . The 675  m above sea level rises northeast of the village . NN high desert garden , the highest mountain in the Kellerwald, southwest of the 585  m above sea level. NN high Jeust .

Neighboring towns are Dodenhausen (municipality of Haina ) in the north, Densberg (municipality of Jesberg ) in the east and the Gilserberg districts of Schönau and Moischeid in the south.

history

The community of Schönstein, founded in 1843, goes back to the Rommershäuser Hütte , which was a center of iron production in the Landgraviate of Hesse from the 16th to the 19th century .

Rommershausen ironworks

A village Rommershausen in the area of ​​today's Schönstein was first mentioned in 1248 and last time in 1359. In 1458 the place was desolate .

From the year 1484 there is a report of a forest blacksmith who dug for iron ore in the basement forest and processed this in the north near Rommershausen. In 1573 a sheet hammer mill and in 1606 two iron hammers were owned by the Haina High Hospital, which had emerged from the Haina monastery . After a casting furnace was also put into operation in 1617 , the Rommershausen ironworks was under the direct control of the Landgraviate of Hesse. The ore and the charcoal required for processing came partly from the basement forest , but was also supplied from other regions.

After the annexation of Kurhessen by Prussia in 1866, the hut lost its economic importance. It was sold in 1871 and finally shut down in 1884 after changing hands several times.

Community of Schönstein

The settlement around the ironworks was initially administered as a district of the community of Schönau . On May 13, 1843, the Rommershäuser Hut was formed together with a settlement called “Heidenhäuser vor dem Jeust” , located about 1 km north-west upstream, into a new community. In addition there was the Nordemühle near the confluence of the Norde with the Gilsa . The community was given the name Schönstein after the Schönstein castle ruins, a good 1 km to the south as the crow flies . Its district consisted of the northern part of the Schönau district, and in 1928 a part of the dissolved manor district of Densberg was added. However, the castle ruins of Schönstein remained part of the community of Schönau.

Schönstein formed the north-western tip of the Ziegenhain district on the border with the Frankenberg and Fritzlar districts (from 1932 Fritzlar-Homberg district and from 1939 Fritzlar-Homberg district).

On January 1, 1974, the municipality of Schönstein lost its independence in the course of the regional reform in Hesse and, by virtue of state law, became a district of the large municipality of Gilserberg in the newly formed Schwalm-Eder district .

In terms of church, Schönstein, which does not have its own church, is connected to the neighboring town of Densberg to the east . The residents of Schönstein have been registered in the Densberg church records since the 16th century , and the deceased Schönsteiners were buried in the cemetery in Densberg until the 19th century . In the Protestant church , which belongs to the majority of residents Schönstein is still part of the parish Densberg.

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  1. ↑ Schönstein, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of April 7, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Gilserberg - data and facts. Population numbers. BVB-Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2016, accessed on May 3, 2018 .
  3. ^ Rommershausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  4. ^ Rommershäuser Hütte, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  5. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen and Ziegenhain (GVBl. II 330-22) 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. 356 , §§ 1 and 27 ( online at the information system of the Hessian Landtag [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
  6. ^ 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. 412 .