Weight (rotten)

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Weights
community Morschen
Coat of arms of Wichte
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 26 "  N , 9 ° 35 ′ 4"  E
Height : 240 m above sea level NHN
Area : 1.01 km²
Residents : 245  (2014)
Population density : 242 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Incorporated into: Old Morsch
Postal code : 34326
Area code : 05664

Wichte is a district of the municipality of Morschen in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder district .

geography

Wichte is located in the northeastern Knüllgebirge in the valley of the Wichte , a left, western tributary of the Fulda . The highest point, next to the Großer Steinkopf (449 m), is the Sengeberg (420 m).

State road 3225 runs through the village . The route of the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg crosses the western part of the district in the Sengebergtunnel (2807 m) and over the Heidelbach valley bridge (390 m).

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1196. The Spieskappel monastery became the owner of the village in 1235 and also held the patronage of the church. In 1237, the Kappel monastery received market rights for weight from the Counts of Ziegenhain. From 1266 at the latest, Wichte was a parish village.

In 1282 the Kappel Monastery sold the jurisdiction and parts of its property in Wichte to the Haydau Monastery . In 1362 the Kappel monastery also sold the remaining parts of its property to the Haydau monastery.

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1971 Wichte was incorporated into the municipality of Altmorschen as part of the regional reform in Hesse . The municipality of Morschen was formed on January 1, 1974 by virtue of state law through the merger of the previously independent municipalities of Altmorschen, Heina, Konnefeld and Neumorschen. Altenmorschen became the seat of the municipal administration and local districts were set up for all former municipalities . At the same time as the merger to form the Morchen community, it changed to the newly formed Schwalm-Eder district.

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1585: 19 households
• 1747: 29 households
Weight: Population from 1834 to 2014
year     Residents
1834
  
 292
1840
  
 312
1846
  
 328
1852
  
 393
1858
  
 288
1864
  
 295
1871
  
 248
1875
  
 276
1885
  
 276
1895
  
 258
1905
  
 236
1910
  
 247
1925
  
 289
1939
  
 228
1946
  
 377
1950
  
 363
1956
  
 335
1961
  
 298
1967
  
 296
1970
  
 304
2011
  
 273
2014
  
 245
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; Morschen community

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 275 Protestant (= 99.64%), one Catholic (= 0.36%) residents
• 1961: 277 Protestant (= 92.95%), 21 Catholic (= 7.05%) residents

Historical place names

In the historical documents, the place is documented under the following place names (the year of mention in brackets):

  • Weight (1196)
  • Wigthe (1219-1225)
  • Wihte (1235)
  • Withe (1263)

coat of arms

Description : "In silver a red-leaved lady's slipper flower with a golden calyx, the edge of which is green."

The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Heinz Ritt from Bad Nauheim and approved on August 26, 1970 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.

Personalities

  • Jürgen Ellenberger (* 1960), lawyer, Vice President of the Federal Court of Justice, born in Wichte

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief portraits of the districts. In: Internet presence. Morschen community, archived from the original on December 19, 2014 .;
  2. ↑ a b c d e Wichte, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of July 29, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on August 6, 2015 .
  3. ^ Wichte - Regiowiki. In: regiowiki.hna.de. Retrieved October 12, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen and Ziegenhain (GVBl. II 330-22) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 356 , §§ 14 and 27 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
  5. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 405-406 .
  6. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the municipality of Wichte, district of Melsungen from August 26, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 37 , p. 1785 , point 1670 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3,9 MB ]).

literature

Web links

Commons : Wichte  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files