Schlitz (Vogelsbergkreis)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ N , 9 ° 34 ′ E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Hesse | |
Administrative region : | to water | |
County : | Vogelsbergkreis | |
Height : | 245 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 142.09 km 2 | |
Residents: | 9702 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 68 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 36110 | |
Primaries : | 06642, 06648 (Ützhausen), 06653 (Unter-Schwarz), 06625 (Unter-Wegfurth) | |
License plate : | VB | |
Community key : | 06 5 35 015 | |
LOCODE : | DE SIZ | |
City structure: | 17 districts | |
City administration address : |
At the church 4 36110 Schlitz |
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Website : | ||
Mayor : | Alexander Old Town ( CDU ) | |
Location of the town of Schlitz in the Vogelsbergkreis | ||
Schlitz is a small town in the east of the central Hessian Vogelsberg district . Due to the five castles in the city, Schlitz is known beyond Hesse and is therefore also known as the romantic castle town of Schlitz .
geography
Geographical location
The town of Schlitz is located on the Schlitz river just before it flows into the Fulda . In terms of area, with 142.09 km² it is the fourth largest city in Hesse after Frankfurt , Wiesbaden and Oberzent .
Neighboring communities
Schlitz borders the communities of Breitenbach and Niederaula (both districts of Hersfeld-Rotenburg ) in the north, the communities of Haunetal (district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg) and Burghaun and the city of Hünfeld (both districts of Fulda ) in the east, and the city of Fulda (district of Fulda), in the south to the communities of Großenlüder and Bad Salzschlirf (both districts of Fulda), in the northwest to the city of Grebenau , in the southwest to the community of Wartenberg and in the west to the district town of Lauterbach (all three Vogelsberg district ).
City structure
Schlitz is divided into the following districts: Bernshausen , Fraurombach , Hartershausen , Hemmen , Hutzdorf , Nieder-Stoll , Ober-Wegfurth , Pfordt , Queck , Rimbach , Sandlofs , urban area Schlitz, Üllershausen , Ützhausen , Unter-Schwarz , Unter-Wegfurth and Willofs .
On June 30, 2017, Schlitz itself had 4,513 residents.
climate
Average monthly temperatures for Schlitz
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history
The oldest surviving mention of Schlitz comes from 812.
In the Middle Ages and early modern times, the lords of Schlitz built a lordship from fiefs that they had received from the Fulda bishopric . With the introduction of the Reformation in 1546 and as a result of the Thirty Years' War , they broke away more and more from Fulda. In 1806 the sovereignty of the Schlitz rule fell to the newly formed Grand Duchy of Hesse in the course of the formation of the Rhine Confederation and the mediatization of the Counts of Schlitz . As a result, the Schlitz rule was a Hessian class rule , which included 16 villages in addition to the town of Schlitz.
In Schlitz, the Schlitzer ordinances from the 18th century, together with parts of the Fulda law, were considered particular law . The Common Law applied only to the extent these special regulations did not contain provisions for a fact. This special right retained its validity during the affiliation to the Grand Duchy of Hesse in the 19th century. In judicial practice, however, the ordinances were only rarely applied. The particular law was replaced on January 1, 1900 by the civil code that was uniformly valid throughout the German Empire .
Linen weaving was an important handicraft branch up to the middle of the 19th century, in 1823 there were 176 linen weavers.
see also Castle Niederschlitz
Incorporations
Hutzdorf has been part of Schlitz since January 1st, 1969. In the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse , the previously independent municipalities of Bernshausen, Fraurombach, Hemmen, Nieder-Stoll, Ober-Wegfurth, Pforth, Queck, Rimbach, Sandlofs, Üllershausen, Ützhausen, Unterwegfurth and Willofs were incorporated on December 31, 1971. On August 1, 1972, Hartershausen and Unter-Schwarz were added by virtue of the state law.
Population development
Swell:
politics
City Council
The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:
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Parties and constituencies | % 2016 |
Seats 2016 |
% 2011 |
Seats 2011 |
% 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
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CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 42.5 | 13 | 44.2 | 14th | 47.8 | 18th | 47.8 | 18th | |
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 31.6 | 10 | 38.2 | 12 | 36.4 | 13 | 34.7 | 13 | |
BLS | Colorful list Schlitzerland | 15.9 | 5 | 10.7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
FDP | Free Democratic Party | 10.0 | 3 | 6.9 | 2 | 7.7 | 3 | 8.0 | 3 | |
UBL | Independent citizen list slot | - | - | - | - | 8.2 | 3 | 9.5 | 3 | |
total | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 37 | 100.0 | 37 | ||
Voter turnout in% | 55.1 | 52.6 | 52.6 | 52.6 |
mayor
- 1880–: Otto Zinsser , NLP
- 1919–: Friedrich Niepoth , DVP
- 1933: Alfred Klostermann , NSDAP
- 1960–1970: Hanns-Heinz Bielefeld , FDP
- 1970–1994: Siegfried Klee , SPD
- 1995–2019: Hans-Jürgen Schäfer, CDU
- since 2019: Alexander Altstadt, CDU - result of the last election (runoff): November 11, 2018 with 55% with a turnout of 59.7%
The head of the Schlitz district is Thomas Landgraf (as of October 2014) .
Town twinning
There are city partnerships with the following cities:
- Bogyiszló , Hungary
Culture and sights
Sports
Local sports clubs include TSG Slitisa e. V. Schlitz, FSV Pfordt, SV Willofs and SV Queck.
Associations (culture)
- Schlitzer fair-boys
- 1. Ützhäuser Bauwagen Club
- Backhuss-Jonge Willofs
- Egerländer Gmoi
- Friends and supporters of the Hess. Academy for musical and cultural education e. V.
- Friends of Heraklius wall paintings in the Evangelical Church Fraurombach e. V. (seat in the village museum 'Buisch ahl Huss', Fraurombach)
- Poultry breeding association Schlitz und Schlitzerland e. V.
- Heimat- und Trachtenfestverein Schlitzerland e. V.
- Hutzeljonge Hutzdorf
- Rimbach youth fire brigade
- Ützhausen Carnival Association
- Fair fraternities
- Kulturbund Queck
- Country women's club Schlitz
- Rad-Wander-Ski-Club Ützhausen e. V.
- Schenne Association Hutzdorf
- Schlitzerländer Trachten- und Volkstanzkreis e. V.
- VHC branch club slot
- Two-stroke friends Schlitzerland
- Reit- und Fahrverein Schlitz und Schlitzerland e. V.
Leisure and sports facilities
The city has an outdoor swimming pool, a campsite and a three-field sports hall. There are two quarry ponds in the Pfordt district.
The following cycle paths run through Schlitz :
- The extended Vulkanradweg , which leads on the former route of the Oberwaldbahn from Altenstadt (Hess) in the Wetterau to Lauterbach (Hess) and was later extended to Schlitz (Hess).
- The Vulkanradweg is now part of the BahnRadweg Hessen , which leads from Hanau on former railway lines for approx. 250 km through the Vogelsberg and the Rhön.
- The Hessian long-distance cycle route R7 connects Werra and Taunus via the Vogelsberg.
- Until the Fuldatal it is where the R7 on the two kilometer Hessian cycle path R1 (Fulda Cycle Route) and the D-Route 9 (Weser Romantic Road) run. The R1 leads over 250 km from the heights of the Rhön along the Fulda to Bad Karlshafen on the Weser. D-Route 9 leads from the North Sea via Bremen, Kassel, Fulda and the Taubertal to Füssen in Allgäu (1,197 km).
Regular events
- The Schlitzerländer Trachtenfest always takes place in odd years on the second weekend in July.
- The Schlitzer Altbierfest, which always takes place in the even years in July.
- The Schlitzerländer Christmas market. For this purpose, the back tower is transformed into a "red candle" by decoration.
- The Schlitzer beet festival, where the whole city is decorated with beetroot.
Museums
- Castle Museum Schlitz
- Village museum 'Buisch ahl Huss', Fraurombach
Slot in the movie
- Set the table, stretch your donkey, stick a stick out of the sack ( UFA 1921, director: Wilhelm Prager )
- The Cloud (2006, Director: Gregor Schnitzler )
- The fairy tale of the land of milk and honey ( ARD / HR 2016, director: Carsten Fiebeler )
Buildings
A special feature is the so-called Burgenring - the inner city area of the town of Schlitz, which, lying on a hill, with its collection of castles, towers, mansions, the town church and many half-timbered houses, represents a well-preserved, closed historical ensemble. Because of the castle ring and the scenic location of the city, Schlitz was called the "Hessian Rothenburg" in earlier times.
- Vorderburg
- Hinterburg
- Hinterturm (36 m) ascent to the dome by elevator, in the Advent season: biggest "candle" in the world. The back tower is wrapped in a red silk cloth and a candle tip made of several hundred lightbulbs is put on, which is visible from afar.
- Schachtenburg
- Ottoburg
- Market fountain
- town hall
- Auerhahn brewery
- Schlitzer grain distillery
- Seeburg Castle (near Hartershausen district)
- Catholic parish church of Christ the King
- Sand church in the municipal cemetery, 1612
- Hallenburg Castle
- Berleburg Castle
- Niederschlitz Castle
- Ev. Fraurombach Church (Heraklius wall paintings)
- Ev. City church (formerly St. Margarethen), consecrated in 812
River station slot
From 1951 to 2006 the Schlitz river station was located in Schlitz , a working group of the Max Planck Institute for Limnology , which researches the ecology of the Breitenbach in the two nature reserves Breitenbachtal and Breitecke . A large number of studies and publications have made the Breitenbach one of the best researched and documented rivers in the world. In 2006 this research station was closed with the retirement of the scientific director of the Max Planck Society.
Schlitzerländer animal freedom (closed)
From 1972 to 1998, a private zoo was operated under the name Schlitzerländer Tier Freiheit , which was repeatedly criticized for not keeping its bears in a species-appropriate manner and for insufficient care.
Economy and Infrastructure
Companies
Companies | Branch | in slot since | Employee | Remarks |
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Schlitzer Korn- & Edelobstbrennerei GmbH | spirits | 1585 | 19th | one of the oldest distilleries in Germany |
Lamp World GmbH | trade | 2004 | 370 | One of the largest online retailers for lights and bulbs in Europe |
Langheinrich GmbH | Textile industry | 1832 | 120 | - |
EICHHOFF capacitors GmbH | Electrical industry | 1919 | - | - |
Schlitzer Leinen-Industrie Driessen GmbH & Co. KG | Textile industry | 1933 | 30th | - |
Pfeiffer Group | Timber industry | - | 75 | formerly Holzindustrie Schlitz GmbH & Co. KG |
KEP AG | logistics | 1993 | - | - |
traffic
Schlitz can be reached for long-distance traffic via the A 7 via the Hünfeld / Schlitz exit. The cities of Fulda and Lauterbach are nearby .
The station slot (Hess) was on the railway line Bad Salzschlirf Niederjossa . This railway line is closed.
Public facilities
There is a lending library, a music school, a community center and an outdoor pool.
education
In Schlitz is:
- Hessian Academy for Music and Cultural Education gGmbH (State Music Academy) in Hallenburg Castle.
- Schlitzerland comprehensive school
- Dieffenbachschule (primary school)
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
In chronological order by year of birth
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Schlitz (1647–1728), privy councilor and chamber president
- Johann Eustach von Görtz (1737–1821), educator and diplomat
- Heinrich Fresenius (politician) (1785–1846), member of the state parliament
- Heinrich Schäfer (1794–1869), historian
- Georg Christian Dieffenbach (1822–1901), pastor and poet
- Friedrich Wilhelm Johannes Jäger (1833–1888), German painter
- Ernst Süffert (1863–1933), administrative lawyer, President of the Chamber of Accounts and the Hessian Administrative Court
- Carl Wilhelm Kern (1874–1945), composer, pianist and music theorist, active in the USA
- Friedrich Niepoth (1888–1963), Mayor of Schlitz and Member of the State Parliament (DVP)
- Jost Trier (1894–1970), Old Germanist
- Bianca Döring (* 1957), writer, musician and painter
- Volker Jung (theologian) (* 1960), Church President of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau
- Florian Illies (* 1971), journalist, writer, who describes German country life in his book Local Talk using the example of his hometown.
Other personalities
In chronological order by year of birth
- Cyriacus Spangenberg (1528–1604), Protestant theologian, hymn poet and historian. Was pastor in Schlitz from 1581 to 1595.
- Johann Ferdinand Schlez (1759–1839), clergyman, educator and writer, local school inspector and consistorial councilor, reformed the school system
- Gudrun Pausewang (1928–2020), author, lived in the city from 1972 to 2016. In 2003 she was made an honorary citizen of the city of Schlitz. She died on January 23, 2020 near Bamberg. Some of her two best-known books are set in Schlitz: The Cloud and The Last Children of Schewenborn (Schlitz is called Schewenborn here, but the description of the place and the surrounding area is clear. In an afterword, the author expressly points out that Schlitz is meant is).
literature
- Karl Wagner, Gustav Georg Lange, Johann Wolfgang Appell: The Grand Duchy of Hesse , Darmstadt 1849, vol. 2, p. 99 ff.
- Heinrich Sippel: A foray through the Schlitzer history , Schlitz 1987
- Magistrate of the city of Schlitz (ed.), Puthz Volker, Braungart Jürgen, u. a .: 1200 years of Schlitz. Festschrift for the 1200th anniversary of the town of Schlitz and its town church , Schlitz 2011. ISBN 978-3-00-036833-2
Web links
- Internet presence of the city of Schlitz
- Schlitz, Vogelsbergkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Schlitz in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
- ↑ klima.org
- ^ Johann Andreas Demian: Description or Statistics and Topography of the Grand Duchy of Hesse , Le Roux, 1825, p. 361 ( Google Books )
- ↑ Arthur Benno Schmidt : The historical foundations of civil law in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Curt von Münchow, Giessen 1893, p. 104 and attached map.
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Alsfeld and Lauterbach districts (GVBl. II 330-12) of August 1, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 215 , § 10 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for 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. 368 .
- ^ Schlitz, Vogelsbergkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Hessen ( Memento from May 23, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ The population in Hesse on December 31, 2015. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 21, 2016 ; Retrieved April 1, 2017 .
- ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Lauterbach district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Philipp Alexander Ferdinand Walther: The Grand Duchy of Hesse according to history, country, people, state and locality . Jonghaus, January 1, 1854 ( google.de [accessed April 3, 2017]).
- ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
- ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
- ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
- ↑ Hesse-looking de, Frankfurt Germany: Results mayor runoff: slot (11.11.18). November 5, 2018, accessed on March 29, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Alexander Altstadt officially introduced into the mayor's office. Retrieved on March 29, 2019 (German).
- ↑ TSG Slitisa e. V. slot. In: www.tsg-schlitz.de. Retrieved October 20, 2016 .
- ^ Förderverein Fraurombacher, wall paintings ( memento from June 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed in January 2019.
- ^ Castle Museum of the City of Schlitz In: Website of the City of Schlitz. Accessed January 2019.
- ^ Fraurombach village museum .
- ^ Website of the Evangelical Church Community of Schlitz
- ↑ Anholter Bärenwald, Chronology of Events ( Memento of July 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ↑ Schlitzer distillery
- ↑ Lampenwelt.de
- ^ Langheinrich GmbH
- ↑ EICHHOFF capacitors GmbH
- ^ Schlitzer Leinen-Industrie Driessen GmbH & Co. KG
- ^ Pfeiffer Group
- ↑ KEP AG