Under-Easter

Under-Easter Community Reichel (Odenwald) Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′ 39 ″ N , 8 ° 51 ′ 37 ″ E
Height :	222 (217–288) m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.16 km²
Residents :	464
Population density :	90 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Postal code :	64385
Area code :	06164

Unter-Easter is a district of the Reichelsheim community in the Odenwaldkreis in southern Hesse .

geography

Under-Easter and Upper-Easter share the location in the valley of the Osterbach , which forms the Gersprenz together with the Mergbach . Unter-Easter takes up almost two kilometers of the valley below the confluence of the Erzbach , which the Osterbach takes up about half its length from the southeast. The district also includes side valleys such as the lower reaches of the Rohrbach , the Irrbach and the Formbach . In terms of its natural surroundings, the valley lies in the Vorderen Odenwald , the part of the Odenwald formed from crystalline rock with a finely structured surface relief . The district area is 501 hectares (1961), of which 129 hectares are forested.

The historical structure of the place consists of farms scattered in the valley with a center at the valley cross that the Rohrbach and Irrbach form with the Osterbach. In the vicinity of the rural properties, more residential developments have gradually emerged. In the Formbach valley on Leonharsberg there is also the Freizeitdorf-Ostertal .

history

Lower Easter was first mentioned in a document in 1357. During this time, the place Easter was divided into Upper and Lower Easter. In the Middle Ages, iron ore was extracted from two mines .

Under Easter was one of the first three municipalities in advance of the municipal reform in Hesse on 1 February 1971 a voluntary basis in the village of Reichelsheim i. Odw. Were incorporated.

Historical forms of names

In documents that have survived, Unter-Easter was mentioned under the following place names (the year it was mentioned in brackets):

Nider Easter (1357)
Nydern Osterna (1398–1400)
Nyddern Osternauwe (1438)
Nyddern Osternauwe (1443)
Nyedern Osterna (1456)
Unndernn Orstenn (1515)
Easter inferior (16th century)
Undern Orstenaw (1532)
Under Easter Au (1722)

Web links

Unter-Easter district on the website of the Reichelsheim community.
Under-Easter. Local history, information. In: www.unter-ostern.de. Private website; accessed on September 3, 2018
Unter-Easter, Odenwaldkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature about Unter-Easter in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ Data / facts. In: Internet presence. Reichelsheim community, archived from the original ; accessed in January 2016 .
↑ Unter-Easter district on the Reichelsheim community's website, accessed in July 2018.
^ Freizeitdorf-Ostertal on the Internet
^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , para. 19 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).
^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 357 .
↑ Unter-Easter, Odenwaldkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of April 13, 2017). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[DF-1] Data / facts. In: Internet presence. Reichelsheim community, archived from the original ; accessed in January 2016 .

[2] Unter-Easter district on the Reichelsheim community's website, accessed in July 2018.

[3] Freizeitdorf-Ostertal on the Internet

[4] Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , para. 19 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).

[5] 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 357 .

[lagis-6] Unter-Easter, Odenwaldkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of April 13, 2017). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).