Arnsbach (Borken)

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Arnsbach is a village in the Schwalm - Eder district in northern Hesse and since 1974 a district of Borken. It is first mentioned in 1245 when Arne Bach. The district Arnsbach is located in the west of Borken basin and has a size of approximately 688 hectares. In Arnsbach about 560 people.

Northwest of Arnsbach is the nature Stockelache bathing lake, which was created after the restoration of the first lignite mine ( Altenburg I) in the field of Borken. At the northeastern foot of the near Altenburg is the prehistoric site Blankenhain.

History

Excavations 1936/37, carried out under the direction of Edward Sang champion of the Institute of Prehistory and Early History of the University of Marburg, found a settlement of the Arnsbacher space even for the Neolithic Age (Neolithic ). For the settlement of the close proximity of water and the Lößbedeckung the soil was important. Found in Arnsbach lying parallel large buildings and ceramics are among the most historically significant research products LBK settlement types and were for a long time with the exposed in Cologne Lindenthaler settlement as an example of this culture (5600/5500 BC).

The first mention Arnsbachs in 1245 took place in connection with the possession of the Teutonic Order. The village was owned by the counts of goats Hain, who gave it as a fief to the Lords of Falkenberg. Even in 1423 declared Hans von Falkenberg, that Arnsbach was falk bergisches heritage. After the death of Hans von Falkenberg 1426 his property fell back into Arnsbach to the counts of goats grove. After they died in 1450, their entire county passed to the rural county of Hesse.

At least since 1570 Arnsbach part of the Hessian court Borken .. The court office Borken was assigned to the managed Landgrave possessions and courts.

1585 had 37 households of the village. In the Thirty Years' War it suffered, like all towns in the area, severe devastation. In 1639 there were only ten couples and five widows; there were ten cows, two bulls and a horse counted, pigs and sheep no longer existed. In 1747 the place then had already returned 40 households, and in 1835 there were 392 inhabitants in 52 houses.

On January 1, 1974, until then independent municipality was incorporated with the city of Borken.