Veitsteinbach

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Veitsteinbach
Kalbach municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 23 ′ 25 ″  N , 9 ° 38 ′ 24 ″  E
Height : 456  (453-475)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.41 km²
Residents : 454  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 103 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1972
Incorporated into: Mittelkalbach
Postal code : 36148
Area code : 09742

Veitsteinbach is the second smallest district in the municipality of Kalbach in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda . The hamlets of Kiliansberg and Sparhof belong to Veitsteinbach .

geography

Veitsteinbach is located in the south of the Fulda district in the "Hessische Rhön" nature park .

Neighboring places

Veitsteinbach borders in the north on the place Eichenried , in the northeast on the place Oberkalbach , in the east on the place Heubach , in the south on the place Gundhelm , in the south-west on the place Hutten and in the north-west on the place Mittelkalbach .

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 953. At that time it was still called Steinbach . In 1350 Otto I put the name of the church titular in front of the Steinbach because there were too many places with the same name. This is how Vitsteinbach came into being . For the year 1357 there is evidence of a Fulda customs post in Veitsteinbach .

Veitsteinbach was abandoned by the inhabitants in the 14th and 15th centuries. That is why the district was divided between Eichenried and Mittelkalbach . Veitsteinbach was then part of Eichenried until 1837.

Reorganization

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the once independent municipality of Veitsteinbach was incorporated into the municipality of Mittelkalbach on April 1, 1972 together with Eichenried, which was incorporated on September 1, 1969 . She came to Kalbach on August 1, 1972 .

religion

As early as 1167 there was a Catholic chapel in the village , dedicated to St. Vitus was consecrated. It fell into disrepair in the following centuries and was renewed in 1763. In 1913 and 1952 it was expanded. Around 1970 the old church was demolished due to a dilapidated roof structure and the current church was built in a modern style, which is also dedicated to St. Vitus. The Roman Catholic Parish Curate St. Vitus Veitsteinbach was dissolved in 2016. Thus, the St. Vitus Church is today a branch church of the Catholic. Parish St. Kilian Kalbach, which organizationally belongs to the pastoral association Heilig Geist Kalbach-Neuhof.

politics

In the local elections in 2016, the Free Voters for Veitsteinbach (FWfV) obtained the majority of the votes and thus have a majority in the local advisory board . The mayor is Christoph Heil (FWfV).

Infrastructure

  • The local Rhön school was a primary school . Today the children from Veitsteinbach go to the Comenius School in Mittelkalbach.
  • Veitsteinbach has a community center with adjoining fire station volunteer firefighters Veitsteinbach- Eichenried.

traffic

  • State road 3207 runs through the village .
  • Line 52 of the local local transport company Fulda (LNG Fulda) ensures the connection to the surrounding towns in public transport.

literature

  • Michael Mott : Too late to protect the “Rhönbruderhof”. At the Sparhof near Veitsteinbach, the children's house of the Hutterites who once lived here is now to be demolished . In: Fuldaer Zeitung (=  series: DENK-mal! ). November 23, 1995, p. 12 .
  • Literature on Veitsteinbach in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b “Location, area, inhabitants” on the website of the municipality of Kalbach, accessed in March 2016.
  2. ^ 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. 394 and 395 .