Unterreichenbach (Birstein)

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Unterreichenbach
municipality Birstein
Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 11 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 25 ″  E
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

  1. ↑ Unterreichenbach, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Birstein community portrait: Figures, data & facts. Population HW , accessed on February 27, 2020
  3. ↑ For more information on the church, see [1] , last accessed on April 25, 2019
  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. 363 .
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ^ Unterreichenbach, Court Square. Courts in Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

literature

Web links

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