Unterreichenbach (Birstein)
Unterreichenbach
municipality Birstein
Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 11 ″ N , 9 ° 19 ′ 25 ″ E
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Height : | 306 m above sea level NHN |
Area : | 8.13 km² |
Residents : | 547 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
Population density : | 67 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | April 1, 1972 |
Postal code : | 63633 |
Area code : | 06054 |
Unterreichenbach is a district of the municipality of Birstein in the Hessian Main-Kinzig district .
The place is in the lower Vogelsberg north-east of Birstein am Reichenbach .
history
Unterreichenbach was first mentioned in a document in 810. After the old church was demolished, the Protestant Reformed church that still exists today was consecrated in the form of a transverse church in 1750 , the "Vogelsberg Cathedral". In 1939 the place belonged to the district of Gelnhausen and had 386 inhabitants.
On April 1, 1972, Unterreichenbach was incorporated into the community of Birstein.
Place name
The place name changed several times.
- Richenbah (around 810)
- Richenbah (around 850)
- Richenbach (1279)
- Unterreichenbach
Culture and sights
Cultural monuments
- "Vogelsberger Dom", the local Protestant church, was built from 1748 to 1754 as a transverse church.
- “Medieval court” at the former Obertor, in front of the cemetery
See: List of cultural monuments in Birstein-Unterreichenbach
Natural monuments
- “Richtlinden”, a group of trees made up of three historic courthouse linden trees at the north exit of the village.
They are in the extensive cultural monument "medieval court".
See: List of natural monuments in Birstein
societies
- Dalles kicker
- Unterreichenbach volunteer fire department
- Unterreichenbach hunting association
- KSG Unterreichenbach
- Rural women's association Unterreichenbach
- Men's choral society Eintracht
Individual evidence
- ↑ Unterreichenbach, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ Birstein community portrait: Figures, data & facts. Population HW , accessed on February 27, 2020
- ↑ For more information on the church, see [1] , last accessed on April 25, 2019
- ^ 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. 363 .
- ↑ Kathrin Ellwardt: Church building between evangelical ideals and absolutist rule. The cross churches in the Hessian area from the Reformation century to the Seven Years War . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2004, ISBN 3-937251-34-0
- ^ Unterreichenbach, Court Square. Courts in Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
literature
- Literature on Unterreichenbach in the Hessian Bibliography
- Search for Unterreichenbach, Birstein in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Search for Unterreichenbach (Birstein) in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library
Web links
Commons : Unterreichenbach - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Web presence of the community of Birstein
- Unterreichenbach, Main-Kinzig-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).