Unshausen

Unshausen Wabern municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 56 ″ N , 9 ° 22 ′ 28 ″ E
Height :	175 (166-190) m
Area :	3.8 km²
Residents :	404 (June 30, 2014)
Population density :	106 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	34590
Area code :	05683
	Church in Unshausen

Unshausen has been part of the municipality of Wabern in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse since December 31, 1971 .

location

Unshausen is a closed village with a regular floor plan on a long slope that extends west to the Schwalm / Efze lowland, around 2.5 km south-east of the town center of Wabern, around 1 km east of the confluence of the Efze into the Schwalm and 6 km north of the district town of Homberg (Efze) . The Baumbach flows on the south-western edge of the village for a short distance along the Bachstraße, before turning northwards where it joins the Schwalm. To the east of the village there is a forest area with the Harler Berg ( 391.5 m above sea level ).

The federal road 254 runs through the village from Homberg to Wabern.

history

The village was first mentioned in 1196. Unshausen used to belong to the Fritzlar-Homberg district and in 1939 had a total of 296 inhabitants.

Unshausen was mentioned under the following names in documents that have survived (the year of mention in brackets):

Wilnrode (1339)
in Unshusen (1196)
Ungishusin (1235)
Unneshusen (1248) (UA Kappel)
in Unshusin (1294)
Unßhusen (1423)
from Onshusen (1425)
Unshussen (1426)
Onshusin (1448)
Onshusen (1494)
Unshußen (1501)
Unnshußen (1506)
Unßhausen (1597)
Unshausen (1712)

On December 31, 1971, the previously independent town of Unshausen was incorporated into the municipality of Wabern.

Personalities

Arnold Strippel (1911–1994), SS-Obersturmführer born in Unshausen

Attractions

the half-timbered church
the Lutherlinde (1883)
English style farmhouses
Unhoused heather
the Efze estuary
Landscape protection area Schwalm Alter Pfuhl

literature

Wabern community (ed.): 800 years Unshausen 1197–1997 . Gudensberg-Wartburg 1997.
Search for Unshausen in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library

Web links

Internet presence of the municipality of Wabern
Local website of the Unshausen local council
Unshausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Landmark areas on the website of the municipality of Wabern , accessed in February 2016.
^ "Inhabitants and households" on the website of the municipality of Wabern , accessed in August 2015.
↑ ^a ^b Unshausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of November 11, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on August 2, 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. 392 .

[DF-1] Landmark areas on the website of the municipality of Wabern , accessed in February 2016.

[2] "Inhabitants and households" on the website of the municipality of Wabern , accessed in August 2015.

[lagis-3] Unshausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of November 11, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on August 2, 2015 .

[4] 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. 392 .