Usenborn

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Usenborn
City of Ortenberg
Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '47 "  N , 9 ° 7' 4"  E
Height : 268  (266–289)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 11.95 km²
Residents : 584  (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 49 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1971
Postal code : 63683
Area code : 06046

Usenborn is a district of Ortenberg in the Wetterau district in Upper Hesse .

Geographical location

Usenborn is located in the transition area of ​​the Vogelsberg in the Wetterau east at an altitude of 283  m above sea level. NN , 4.5 km east of the center of Ortenberg and approx. 9 km southeast of Nidda . The state road 3184 passes south of the village .

history

prehistory

Barrows in the district suggest a prehistoric settlement.

middle Ages

The St. Laurentius Church was built around 1000 , later rebuilt several times and has retained its character as a fortified church to this day .

The oldest surviving written mention of the place comes from April 14, 1305 as Usenburne. In the Middle Ages and early modern times, the village belonged to the Ortenberg Office , a condominium that was formed by three rulers from among the members of the Wetterau Counts' Association .

Early modern age

Evangelical Church in Usenborn

Since all three gentlemen of the condominate turned to the Reformation , Usenborn also became Lutheran . In 1601 there was a real division of the condominium, with Ranstadt being added to the rule Gedern of the Counts of Stolberg-Gedern . Ranstadt is one of the areas in which the Solms land law of 1571 was accepted under customary law , but only partially . This applied in particular to the areas of guardianship law , inheritance and matrimonial property law . Moreover, the applied Common Law . It was not until January 1, 1900, when the Civil Code , which was uniformly valid throughout the German Reich , that the old particular law was suspended .

In 1601 the village also received a school .

Modern times

In 1806 the County of Stolberg - and with it Usenborn - fell to the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Here Usenborn belonged to the civil office of Gedern . In 1821 the Grand Duchy formed the district of Nidda , to which Usenborn was also assigned, and which was called Kreis Nidda from 1832 . With the revolution of 1848 the administrative district of Nidda was briefly formed, but in 1852 the district of Nidda was revived. In 1874 the village came to the district of Büdingen , which was merged with the district reform in Hesse in 1972 in the Wetterau district.

The previously independent community Usenborn was in the course of municipal reform in Hesse on 1 July 1971, the cities of Ortenberg and Lißberg and four other smaller surrounding communities on a voluntary basis to the new city Ortenberg together .

Population development

Usenborn: Population from 1834 to 2018
year     Residents
1834
  
 558
1840
  
 546
1846
  
 561
1852
  
 557
1858
  
 468
1864
  
 473
1871
  
 440
1875
  
 465
1885
  
 438
1895
  
 469
1905
  
 467
1910
  
 497
1925
  
 543
1939
  
 522
1946
  
 694
1950
  
 669
1956
  
 602
1961
  
 568
1967
  
 577
1970
  
 600
1980
  
 ?
1990
  
 ?
2000
  
 ?
2008
  
 627
2010
  
 628
2011
  
 573
2014
  
 599
2018
  
 584
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 2011 census

literature

  • A. Franz, Ed., 700 Years of Usenborn , Festschrift 2005.
  • Hans Georg Ruppel (edit.): Historical place directory for the area of ​​the former Grand Duchy and People's State of Hesse with evidence of district and court affiliation from 1820 until the changes in the course of the municipal regional reform = Darmstädter Archivschriften 2. 1976, p. 204.
  • Carsten Schwöbel, What does the place name Usenborn mean? - Notes on the early local and church history of the Ortenberg district . in: Büdinger Geschichtsblätter Vol. XXII, 2011, pp. 249-252.
  • Heinz Wionski: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural monuments in Hessen. Wetteraukreis I. Stuttgart 1999, pp. 415-417.
  • Literature about Usenborn in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Usenborn, Wetteraukreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of August 29, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ a b Population figures . In: Website of the city of Ortenberg, accessed in April 2020.
  3. ^ Heinrich Eduard Scriba , regesta of the documents printed up to now on the state and local history of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Vol. 1: Starkenburg, Upper Hesse and Rheinhessen. Supplement of the province of Upper Hesse. Darmstadt 1853, p. 74, no.944.
  4. ↑ Arthur Benno Schmidt : The historical foundations of civil law in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Curt von Münchow, Giessen 1893, p. 108, note 36 and p. 25, note 81, as well as the enclosed map.
  5. ^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 28 , p. 1117 , item 988; Para. 12. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 5.0 MB ]).
  6. ^ 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. 352 .
  7. ↑ Selected data on population and households on May 9, 2011 in the Hessian municipalities and parts of the municipality. (PDF; 1 MB) In: 2011 Census . Hessian State Statistical Office;