Steinbach (Burghaun)

Steinbach municipality Burghaun Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 53 " N , 9 ° 44 ′ 36" E
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.87 km² [LAGIS]
Residents :	1336 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density :	123 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	36151
Area code :	06652
	Burghaun

Steinbach is a part of the market town of Burghaun in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda . The place had around 1300 inhabitants in 2013.

geography

The district Steinbach is located in the municipality of Burghaun in the middle of the Hessian Kuppenrhön , also known as the Hessian skittles . Steinbach lies on an elevation on the northern edge of the Rhön. Above the valley of the Haune - a tributary of the Fulda . The Steinbach flows through the village, a tributary of the Haune, which flows into the Haune in Burghaun . A historic church and numerous half-timbered houses shape the face of the place.

Neighboring places

The market town of Burghaun borders in the north on the communities Haunetal ( district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg ) and Eiterfeld , in the east and south on the city of Hünfeld , and in the west on the city of Schlitz ( Vogelsbergkreis ).

The neighboring towns are Burghaun, Rothenkirchen and the hamlet of Klausmarbach as well as Betzenrod, Dittlofrod and Körnbach (all three districts of the market town of Eiterfeld), and Oberstoppel and Unterstoppel (two districts of the market town of Haunetal) are in the immediate vicinity.

View from the Mariengrotte over Steinbach to the Stoppelsberg

history

The place Steinbach was first mentioned in the 14th century, but one can assume a somewhat earlier settlement. At that time, Steinbach belonged to the parish Eiterfeld in the Geisa district and with it to the diocese of Würzburg .

In the Middle Ages there were other small settlements that no longer exist in the vicinity. Their names are partly in the place names still exist. These villages had their church center in Steinbach and were called Lindenau, Hores ("Huresweiher"), Diemars ("Diemer") and Rickes. Due to the great plague epidemic from 1347 to 1470, these villages were desolate by 1500 at the latest.

The place Steinbach survived this plague. In 1583, 63 families lived here when the first population census was taken. The Upper, Middle and Lower Mills on the Steinbach River "Steinbach" already existed at this time. A small Gothic church is documented in Steinbach in 1570 , and a school next to the church was mentioned in 1581. Since the village was founded, the inhabitants were in part subjects of the lords of Haun and subjects of the Fulda abbot , to whom they also had to pay taxes. This led to difficulties during the Reformation , as the noble family von Haun became Protestant , but the Steinbach subjects successfully opposed the Reformation. That is why Steinbach has been a village with almost exclusively Catholic residents since 1603 and into the 20th century. In 1822, 833 residents lived here, 61 Steinbachers were of Jewish faith - a small Jewish community had also formed in the 18th century. The church, which is in the center of the village and can be seen from afar, was rebuilt or expanded in the years 1828 and 1921 and at the beginning of the 1960s.

In the Franco-German War of 1870-71 occurred Steinbacher, in the First World War have fallen 35 or missing in World War II, 66 local residents are killed or were missing.

At the end of the Second World War, the Steinbach train station and the neighboring tracks were bombed, and two large farms burned down completely.

The consequences of the war also changed the appearance of the place socially and socially. Before the outbreak of the war in 1939 there were 798 inhabitants, due to the influx of well over 200 displaced persons and refugees between 1945 and 1950, Steinbach had 1,194 inhabitants in 1950. The new fellow citizens were or were integrated into village life relatively quickly during this difficult time later found a new home in another place. Up until that time, Steinbach was an exclusively agricultural village and in the second half of the 20th century it developed into a steadily growing place of residence with over 1500 inhabitants today. In the course of the territorial reform , the previously independent political municipality of Steinbach in the former district of Hünfeld was integrated into the newly formed large municipality of Burghaun on December 31, 1971 (since August 1, 1972 in the Fulda district) and thus became a district of today's market town of Burghaun. Established craft businesses from various guilds can be found in Steinbach today as well as two restaurants. From the former three mills located on the Steinbach, the Obere Mühle and the Untere Mühle still exist today and are now a guesthouse.

In the last century, numerous local club foundations ensured that club life is lively today. The Steinbach Catholic parish, which has been independent since 1885, also has an active parish life. The largest Steinbacher clubs, which were founded since 1900 and still have several hundred members to this day, are the sports club, the two choral clubs, the volunteer fire brigade and the rifle club . There are also many other associations, unions and clubs with further subdivisions.

politics

After the local elections in March 2006, eight of the nine seats on the local council are occupied by representatives of the CDU , and one local council member belongs to the SPD . Mayor is Jochen Hosbach (CDU).

Attractions

The Catholic Church of St. Matthew

Mariengrotte Steinbach

Old cemetery in Steinbach

Buildings

The current Catholic Church was built in 1921 and expanded in 1962. It is a simple hall with a church tower . In 2005 the church was completely renovated.

Half-timbered houses

Mary's Grotto

After the Second World War, the Mariengrotto was largely destroyed in 1914 and was only rebuilt in 1950. The new Mariengrotte was built on a nearby hill.

Jewish Cemetery

The Jewish cemetery is a protected cultural monument and is located in the southern district at the end of the Ringstrasse.

Infrastructure

Cycle path

The Hünfeld – Wenigentaft-Mansbach railway had a station in Steinbach from December 1, 1906 to May 28, 1972. The 27 km long skittles cycle path has been running on the set route since 2007 .

education

In the village there is the Catholic St. Matthäus Kindergarten and the St. Matthäus Elementary School, which is located in the center of Steinbach. There is also another elementary school in Burghaun, the Ritter von Haune School. Schoolchildren in the 5th and higher grades mostly attend higher school types in Hünfeld and Eiterfeld , and partly in Fulda and Bad Hersfeld .

literature

Adrian Seib: Cultural monuments in Hessen. District Fulda II. Burghaun, Eiterfeld, Hünfeld, Nüsttal, Rasdorf. State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (editor and publisher), Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-8062-2607-2 , pp. 124-133.

Web links

Commons : Steinbach - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the market town of Burghaun
Steinbach (Burghaun), Fulda district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 15, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Steinbach in the Hessian Bibliography
Pictures from Steinbach (Flickr Album)

Individual evidence

↑ Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.
^ 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. 400 .

[1] Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.

[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. 400 .