Volkmarshausen

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Volkmarshausen
City of Hann. Münden
Coat of arms of Volkmarshausen
Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 47 "  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 49"  E
Height : 138 m
Area : 1.36 km²
Residents : 787  (Dec. 31, 2014)
Population density : 579 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 34346
Area code : 05541
West view of the place
West view of the place

Volkmarshausen is a district of Hann. Münden with 787 inhabitants and an area of ​​1.36 km².

Geographical location

Volkmarshausen is located in the Upper Weser Valley to the right of the Weser  - about 1 km northeast of the Hann. Mündener district of Gimte . It is located at about 130 to 150  m above sea level. NHN at the point where the valley of the Weser tributary Schede between southern Mündener Bramwald with the Blümer Berg ( 320.4  m ) to the southeast of the village and the northern Hemelner Bramwald with the north-northeastern Klagesberg (approx.  381  m ) to the west into the Wesertal exit.

The village is via the federal road 3 leading through the village from the directions of Hann. Münden, Kassel and Göttingen can be reached. The through hiking trail Frau-Holle -pfad and the Weser-Harz-Heide-Radfernweg also run through it .

history

Volkmarshausen was in 8./9. Century AD mentioned as Folcmareshusen in the Fulda traditions, which are passed down through the copy of the Codex Eberhardi .

Two other old documents are also used as the first mention of Volkmarshausen: In 997, Emperor Otto III. bequeathed a farm in Volkmarshusen to the nearby Hilwartshausen monastery . The town's anniversary celebration also referred to this certificate. According to the Lower Saxony place-name book, however, this document does not exist. Another document, sometimes assigned to Volkmarshausen, with which Otto III. - also in 997 - a king's hoof in Uuosthalmeshusun gave away to Thietburg, the sister of Bishop Bernwards von Hildesheim , refers to the Gunthelmishusen deserted area in the Friedland community according to the place name book . The next documentary mention, dated to the year 1019, is a forgery from the end of the 11th century and handed down the place name as Uolcmereshuson . In the years 1289 and 1321 a Conradus des Volcmershusen was named in writing.

Because the place was on the lower reaches of the Schede, a relatively large amount of water was available. A beater and oil mill, a fulling mill and two "grinding bowls", which safely used the water of the Schede, are documented as early as the 16th century. The location on the neighboring mountains also enabled the Volkmarshäuser to use the forests for logging and as pasture for cattle. In contrast, flax was grown in the flatter terrain west of the village. The head tax description from 1689 names many of the 166 Volkmarshäuser as linen weavers . From the mill on the north-eastern outskirts, a paper mill and later a bundled paper factory developed. At this point, further industrial companies settled which still shape the townscape today.

On January 1, 1973, the previously independent community of Volkmarshausen was incorporated into the city of Münden.

Christ Church Volkmarshausen

religion

Volkmarshausen did not have its own church until the Second World War. The residents first went to the church of the Hilwartshausen monastery, from 1612 to the Marienkapelle in Gimte. After 1945 some Lutheran Christians from the eastern areas of the former German Empire gathered in Volkmarshausen and founded the Christ Church in Volkmarshausen. Your church, built in 1955, is the only church building in Volkmarshausen. The parish belongs to the parish of Göttingen (Martin Luther parish) in the parish of Lower Saxony-South of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church . The rectangular building under a gable roof is plastered in white. It carries an open, white painted wooden roof turret with a bell.

Since 1999 there has been a newly founded Protestant free church in the village, which has moved into the former “Schedetal” inn. Founded as “Free Christian Community Hann. Münden eV ”, the church has been called“ Kraft-Werk-Kirche ”since 2017 and is a federal congregation of the Federation of Free Church Pentecostal Churches (BFP) . An extension was inaugurated in 2017, which now offers space for up to 200 visitors.

Culture and sights

Southwest portal of the Volkmarshausen tunnel

The townscape of the village center is characterized by two-story half-timbered buildings from the 18th and early 19th centuries, some of which are still slightly protruding. Eight of these houses have been included in the list of architectural monuments .

To the south and east of the village runs on the slopes of the Blümer Mountain, part of the Dransfelder Rampe , which was closed in 1995 , and a section of the former Göttingen – Dransfeld –Hann railway belonging to the Hanover Southern Railway. Münden. Part of the ramp was the 325.5 m long Volkmarshausen tunnel under the Hünenburg elevation . It was built from 1852 to 1855 and was the only tunnel on the Hanover Southern Railway. It is still preserved with two elaborately designed portals. The railroad tracks are dismantled and the tunnel can be entered. A former stop at the southwest portal can still be seen in small remnants.

societies

The SV Schedetal 1907 Volkmarshausen eV is active as a sports club in the village. The categories handball, climbing, tennis, martial arts, hiking, health sports, body fitness, outdoor fitness and children's gymnastics are offered.

The local rifle club is the SV Gut Ziel Volkmarshausen eV with small-caliber and large-caliber shooting ranges as well as an archery division , the Shadow-Hunters Volkmarshausen, whose focus is on 3D archery . In 2008, 2010, 2015 and 2017 the association hosted the German championships of the German Archery Association .

Other associations in the village are the volunteer fire brigade founded in 1938 with the fire brigade association and the Volkmarshausen choir community

Economy and Infrastructure

Haendler & Natermann Sport , among others, has its headquarters in the industrial park on Bundesstrasse 3 , and Nordfrost has warehouses there.

Web links

Commons : Volkmarshausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Volkmarshausen on the website of the city of Hann. Münden, accessed on March 4, 2016
  2. ↑ Statistical data of the city of Hann. Münden , accessed on March 4, 2016
  3. ↑ a b c d Kirstin Casemir, Uwe Ohainski, Jürgen Udolph: The place names of the district of Göttingen . In: Jürgen Udolph (Hrsg.): Lower Saxony Place Name Book (NOB) . Part IV. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2003, ISBN 3-89534-494-X , p. 405 f .
  4. ^ History of the village of Volkmarshausen on the website www.volkmarshausen.de by Peter Crepon, accessed on March 4, 2016. There cited after Geliebtes Land an Fulda, Werra, Weser , Münden district 1972
  5. ↑ Theodor Sickel (Ed.): Diplomata 13: The documents Otto II and Otto III. (Ottonis II. Et Ottonis III. Diplomata). Hannover 1893, p. 669 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
  6. ↑ Harry Bresslau , Hermann Bloch , R. Holtzmann a . a. (Ed.): Diplomata 14: The documents of Heinrich II. And Arduins (Heinrici II. Et Arduini Diplomata). Hanover 1900–1903, p. 521 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
  7. ↑ a b c Peter Ferdinand Lufen: District of Göttingen, part 1. Altkreis Münden with the communities of Adelebsen, Bovenden and Rosdorf . In: Christiane Segers-Glocke (Hrsg.): Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony . tape 5.2 . CW Niemeyer, Hameln 1993, ISBN 3-87585-251-6 , p. 208-210 .
  8. ^ 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. 213 .
  9. ↑ About us , website of the Christ Congregation Volkmarshausen, accessed on March 4, 2016
  10. ^ SVS Volkmarshausen eV Accessed on October 13, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Shadow Hunters. Schützenverein Gut Ziel Volkmarshausen e. V., accessed on October 13, 2019 .