Schletzenhausen

Schletzenhausen Municipality of Hosenfeld Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 12 "  N , 9 ° 29 ′ 32"  E
Height :	313 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.63 km²  [LAGIS]
Residents :	350  (December 31, 2017)
Population density :	62 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	36154
Area code :	06650
The Kath. St. Nikolaus Church from 1852 in the town center

Half-timbered house in the center of the village.

The community center in the former threshing hall

Schletzenhausen is a district of the municipality of Hosenfeld in the Fulda district in Hesse .

Geographical location

The place is in the western edge in the district of Fulda and on the eastern edge of the Vogelsberg . The Jossa flows through the village . The village is on the L 3141 state road between Hainzell and Hosenfeld in the Jossatal.

history

The village, which was built in the 10th century at the latest, was first mentioned in a document in 1270.

Abbot Bertho II. Von Leibolz exchanges with the Blankenau nunnery in 1270 and left the village of Slezinhusen (House of Slezo), which belonged to the monastery hospital in Fulda , to the same . For this, the property in Roßbach (Hünfeld), as well as the site where a fortified castle (castrum) once stood, was transferred to him as property.

In 1290 the lay sister (conversa) Cunigunde from the Blankenau monastery bequeathed "two Solidi Fuldaere Denarii" from her property in Slezenhusen to illuminate the monastery church. The village, which was owned by the von Lüder family, had a total of 13 interest payers in 1528. In 1543 25 people liable to pay interest lived in the village. In 1752 the rule of the von Lüder over the village ended.

In 1811 the village had 39 fire places with 286 souls and belonged to the Hosenfeld court.

After the incorporation of the hamlet of Gersrod on April 1, 1953, Schletzenhausen was incorporated into the new large community of Hosenfeld on December 31, 1971 as part of the regional reform of the State of Hesse.

Religions

Schletzenhausen belongs to the Catholic parish St. Peter and St. Paul in Hosenfeld and has a branch church that is dedicated to St. Nicholas . The branch church is a simple sandstone building in a simple neo-Gothic form from 1852. The builder was the architect Heres from Fulda.

In 1972 the church was modernized according to plans by the architect Waldemar Schneider from Fulda. The external appearance of the main facade still shows the old church building with its original tower. The new components fit harmoniously into the entire structure. In the projecting roof turret of the facade hangs a two-tone bell in the striking tones f and as. The roof turret wears a pointed helmet.

graveyard

Schletzenhausen owns a cemetery chapel from 1975 on the parish cemetery. A bell with the chime c. The old cemetery cross in the axis of the path dates from 1930.

politics

The village mayor is Hermann Dentel (as of December 2016) .

Culture and infrastructure

The newly built town house in the village's former threshing hall stands next to the fire station and forms the center of the village.

Web links

• Districts in the Internet presence of the municipality of Hosenfeld
• Schletzenhausen, district of Fulda. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 7, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Literature on Schletzenhausen in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population statistics of the community of Hosenfeld , accessed in December 2016.
2. ^ 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. 394 .
3. ↑ Local advisory boards of the community of Hosenfeld , accessed in December 2016.