Udenhain

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Udenhain
Brachttal municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 53 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 53 ″  E
Height : 275 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.32 km²
Residents : 1019  (April 1, 2001)
Population density : 161 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1974
Postal code : 63636
Area code : 06054
Udenhain with Martinskirche
Udenhain with Martinskirche

After Schlierbach and before Hellstein , Neuenschmidten , Spielberg and Streiberg, Udenhain is the second largest of the six districts of the municipality of Brachttal in the Hessian Main-Kinzig district .

geography

Geographical location

Udenhain, a clustered village in the southern Vogelsberg , is in contrast to the other districts of Schlierbach, east of the Bracht. The altitude varies between 160 m and 345 m above sea ​​level . From the north-east to the south-west direction, the Krötenbach flows through the place , which is partially piped.

Neighboring communities

State road 3443 , which connects to the districts of Hellstein and Neuenschmidten , runs through the village . Udenhain is connected to Untersotzbach (3 km), a district of Birstein , in the north via Kreisstraße 885 . In the northeast, the state road 3443 leads to Katholisch-Willenroth (2 km). The state road 3443 connects Udenhain to the west with the district Hellstein (3 km) and further with the community center in Schlierbach.

history

Place name

The oldest known form of the name of the place is "Udenheim" . Later historical names are "Udenhain" (1331), also "Udinhen" (1335) and a little later (1529) "Odenhain" . The endings -heim / -hain refer to a permanent dwelling or to forest, some of which still characterize the surrounding area today. The first part of the name Uden - or Oden - could be an assignment of ownership to a Udo / Odo, for example "the forest" or the "home of Udo / Odo".

middle Ages

Although the oldest document that mentions the place dates from 1325, the name Udenheim mentioned there , with the ending "-heim", refers to a significantly earlier Frankish settlement, perhaps in the 7th / 8th centuries. Century. The patron saint of the church, Saint Martin , who was also the patron saint of the Franks , points in this direction . The larger administrative unit, the court of Udenhain, to which Udenhain, Hellstein, Schlierbach, Breitenborn, Wittgenborn, Leisenwald, Spielberg, Streitberg, Helfersdorf, Neuenschmidten, Schächtelburg and Weiherhof belonged, was named Königsland, under Rudolf I of Habsburg (1218–1291) pledged to the Wetterau Counts of Weilnau . From them it passed to the Trimberger and in 1335 Luther von Isenburg acquired the Udenhain court from Konrad von Trimberg. The Isenburg citizens remained rulers until the Congress of Vienna .

Already in the Middle Ages and up to the 19th century, the place had forest rights ( wood and hat rights ) in the Büdinger Forest , it was equated with the so-called forested villages (e.g., Breitenborn (Gründau) ) that were created by clearing in the Büdinger Forest been.

Modern times

The village received a church as early as the 15th century. From 1821 to 1866 the village belonged to the Hessian district, from 1866 to 1945 to the Prussian district and from 1945 to 1972 to the Hessian district of Gelnhausen.

Territorial reform

1 July 1974 at Udenhain was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse powerful state law, as the last part of community, in the community Brachttal incorporated .

Public facilities

schools

The Udenhain children were assigned to the Birstein primary school . When Udenhain was incorporated into the Brachttal community in 1974, the children living there stayed in the Birstein primary school.

In the city center of Wächtersbach there is a cooperative comprehensive school , the Friedrich-August-Gent-Schule . The districts of the neighboring municipality of Brachttal are connected to the Wächtersbach school center by bus.

fire Department

The Udenhain Voluntary Fire Brigade was founded in 1895. A youth fire brigade was added in 1973 and the children's fire brigade on December 1, 2012. Today the fire department's operations department has 19 people, the youth fire department has 12 people and the children's group has 11 members.

Village community center and barbecue area

The village community center Udenhain has a large hall with 216 m², which can accommodate a maximum of 216 people and a small hall with 111 m² for up to 111 people. In addition to communal use, the facilities can also be booked for private events of all kinds, family celebrations, presentations, seminars and the like.

church

Today's Protestant St. Martin's Church was built in the 15th century and rebuilt after a roof fire in 1829. From 2003 to 2005 the church and tower were renovated.

Cultural monuments

See also: List of cultural monuments in Brachttal-Udenhain

  • Kreuzstein (also called "Schneiderkreuz") at the end of the village, in the direction of Untersotzbach. The red sandstone cross, 67 cm wide, dating back to the 15th century “… shows an open pair of scissors in the bas-relief and above a thick, vertically arranged needle. Oral tradition says that two tailors killed each other here ”. The object, sometimes interpreted as a needle, is significantly larger than a needle and therefore appears to be more of a knife, which is considered the murder weapon.
  • Court linden tree , it stands next to the Martinskirche, dominant on the Kirchberg in the center of the village (see also the chapter on natural monuments).

Natural monuments

  • Lime tree next to Martins Church with a chest height of 7.45 m (2014) and a root circumference of 10 m. It protrudes a few meters above the top of the church tower. The treetop is secured with anchors and tension ropes and has to be cut back regularly to withstand the wind load. A fire in the tree's cavity in 2002 did not cause permanent damage. The linden tree varies in age and is estimated to be up to 650 years old, especially because of its former function as a judicial linden tree. However, around 300 to 400 years seem more realistic, since it is a successor to the former judicial linden tree. Because of the age of the natural monument and especially because of its cultural importance, a successor linden tree has already been planted in the immediate vicinity as a precaution.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Udenhain, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ "A look into Udenhain's past", Rector Wilhelm Metschan
  3. ^ [1] , Udenhain
  4. ^ "The Church in Udenhain", homeland yearbook of the Gelnhausen district, 1966
  5. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Gelnhausen , Hanau and Schlüchtern and the city of Hanau as well as the recirculation of the cities of Fulda , Hanau and Marburg (Lahn) concerning questions (GVBl. 330-26) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 149 , § 8 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 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. 363 .
  7. ↑ Udenhain Volunteer Fire Brigade
  8. ^ Udenhain village community center
  9. ^ Brachttal village community houses
  10. ^ Karl Höhn, "Der Kreuzstein bei Udenhain", Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Gelnhausen, 1971, pp. 132/133
  11. ↑ "Steinkreuze im Brachttal", Brachttal Nachrichten, No. 34, August 22, 1986
  12. ↑ Karl Georg, "Zu Udenhain unter der Linde, a 500-year-old court", Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Gelnhausen, 1951, p. 69
  13. ↑ Udenhain in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved February 5, 2017
  14. ^ Karl Höhn, "Der Kreuzstein bei Udenhain", Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Gelnhausen, 1971, pp. 132/133
  15. ↑ G. Blumenröder, expert opinion on the Martinskirche and the judicial linden tree in Udenhain, 2009