Uffhausen

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Uffhausen
Municipality Großenlüder
Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 40 ″  N , 9 ° 31 ′ 49 ″  E
Height : 259  (254-297)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.99 km²  [LAGIS]
Residents : 478  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 120 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 36137
Area code : 06648
Panorama of Uffhausen with the cath. Church of St. Sebastian in the right half of the picture
Panorama of Uffhausen with the cath. Church of St. Sebastian in the right half of the picture
The Lüder near Uffhausen

Uffhausen is a district of the community of Großenlüder in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

geography

Uffhausen is located southwest of Großenlüder an der Lüder . State road 3141 runs through the village .

history

The place was first mentioned in writing in 953 in a document from King Otto I. However, archaeological finds suggest that there was a significant earlier settlement. In February 1984 the local historian Michael Mott from Fulda discovered an urn grave from the Middle Hallstatt period in the corridor “Die Weizenäcker” , which was then recovered.

The engaged day

"The engaged day of Uffhausen"

During the Thirty Years' War, the congregation is said to have dedicated a holiday to St. Sebastian , the “engaged day”. After the village was burned down and the plague broke out, this promise is said to have improved.

Reorganization

On December 31, 1971, the previously independent place was incorporated into the community of Großenlüder as part of the regional reform .

religion

A modern Roman Catholic branch church was built in Uffhausen in 1964 and is dedicated to St. Sebastian . It belongs to the parish of St. Georg, Großenlüder in the diocese of Fulda .

politics

The mayor is Jürgen Schmitt (as of November 2016) .

Infrastructure

In Uffhausen there is a town house, the Roman Catholic branch church St. Sebastian and several mills on the Lüder, some of which are still used today to generate electricity.

literature

  • Müller, Matthias: Two flat fire graves from the district of Großenlüder-Uffhausen, Fulda district, in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter / Zeitschrift des Fuldaer Geschichtsverein 1983, Fulda, 1984, pp. 111–118.

Individual evidence

  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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 394 .
  3. ^ Uffhausen district. Grossenlüder community, accessed on November 20, 2016 .

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