Wichdorf

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Wichdorf
City of Niedenstein
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 35 ″  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 4 ″  E
Height : 260  (255–299)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.47 km²
Residents : 1255  (Jun. 30, 2013)
Population density : 281 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 34305
Area code : 05624

Wichdorf is a district of Niedenstein in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder district .

Geographical location

The ev. Village church

The village is located in the Habichtswald Nature Park, immediately south-south-west of the Niedenstein core town. Bathed it from Ems influx Wiehoff . Roads 3219 and 3220 meet in the village .

history

Wichdorf was first mentioned in a document in 957 as Uuihdorpf . The place name , which has not fundamentally changed since then, appears in historical sources in many slightly changing variations, depending on the gusto of the clerk.

After the "Wackermaul", which died out in 1345, the " Hess von Wichdorf ", who are related to them, were the dominant landowners of the village until 1631 .

On December 31, 1971 Wichdorf was incorporated into the city of Niedenstein.

Culture and sights

The inside of the church

Evangelical village church

The Evangelical Church is a simple hall building from 1751 to 1754 with an adjusted tower. It was expanded in 1907 and completely redesigned. Noteworthy are the stone epitaph of Rittmeister Daniel Wilhelm Hess von Wichdorf and his wife Maria von Harenberg, who died in 1584, as well as the tombstone of Maria Wolff von Gudenberg, who was killed by lightning strike in 1576 by the Kassel sculptor Andreas Herber .

Epitaph Hess / Harenberg
Epitaph Maria Wolff von Gudenberg

Today's church had at least two previous buildings, although it is unclear which of these was reused in today's building. A pleban documented in 1234 and a vicepleban documented in 1319 as well as several grave monuments from the 16th century refer to the earliest building from the 13th century. These were reused in the second building in the 1660s, which was probably built after the destruction of the Thirty Years' War mentioned for 1627 and 1631 and contained a Baroque pulpit with Renaissance shapes and stalls dated 1661. Two grave monuments from 1576 and 1584 were incorporated into the new building; A grave slab of the Teutonic Knight Ewald von Hertingshausen , who died in 1571 and was depicted in armor , was reused as an altar plate after the raised parts of the depiction had been removed . Other grave monuments were smashed and used as flooring. In today's third building, the tower of the previous building was taken over as well as three building inscriptions and the first two grave monuments from the 16th century. The altar with the tombstone from 1571 was removed when the church was rebuilt in 1907, and the whereabouts of the tombstone is unknown. The stalls, the pulpit and a (presumably U-shaped circumferential gallery), which are documented in a photo taken before the renovation in 1907, are just as difficult to find today.

Local museum

The "Wichdorfer Heimatmuseum" on the upper floor of the community center, which was opened in June 2007 and is operated by the Wichdorf History and Local History Association, shows an apartment with old furniture and everyday objects, a complete shoemaker's workshop and exhibits from the trades of bakers , carpenters and butchers as well as from house and agriculture. Also on display are a wooden pipe from the first drinking water pipe, the door beam of the first school building, the old church spire, the weather vane of the old castle building, as well as old area maps, documents and photos of residents, houses and events in the village. The museum is open every first Sunday of the quarter from 2pm to 4pm; Special tours are possible on request.

societies

The following associations and communities are active in Wichdorf:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b "Wichdorf, Schwalm-Eder district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 15, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ "Territory, population" on the website of the city of Niedenstein  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 2015.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.niedenstein.de  
  3. ^ 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. 392 .
  4. ^ Ernst Wolfgang Hess von Wichdorf: Contributions to the history of the town of Niedenstein and the Hess v. Family. Wichdorf. In: Hessenland: Journal for Hessian History and Literature , Kassel, 1887, p. 148
  5. ^ Karl Alhard von Drach: The architectural and art monuments in the administrative district of Cassel: District Fritzlar , Volume 2, Elwert, Marburg, 1909, p. 205, note 2
  6. ^ Wichdorf History and Local History Association

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