Hagenhufendorf

A Hagen Hufendorf or stream Hufendorf, also Hagen hooves settlement or Haeger hooves settlement is an elongated settlement, similar to the row village, along a road that runs parallel to a stream, where the road is only built on one side, while on the opposite side of the road belonging to the courts towel shaped arable land 20-40 Morning size hooves are. Hagen hooves settlement might be scheduled form of settlement of the High Middle Ages, which consists of rows of possession wide strips. The hooves were as wide as the court situation, and often extended over several 100 meters.

The term probably comes from the Hagen right after the owners had a right to containment of the resulting for the use of ground and soil. Goes even further by the Haeger law that applies to the Haeger hooves settlements. Here there is a Haeger Haeger Junker and special dishes.

The eingehagten plots serve as a cottage garden and small livestock. The rear adjoining brook supplies the necessary water. This type of settlement arose long-drawn street villages such as Auhagen, Wiedensahl Isernhagen, Kathrin Hagen or Rodewald in Lower Saxony. Hagen hooves settlements existed from the Taunus to Western Pomerania. The Haeger hooves settlements of restricted to a small area in the Weser mountain country on the Leinebergland bishin to Lipperland.

Formation

The Hagen hooves Villages were built mainly in the 13th century by planned colonization of forest areas with the aim of reclaiming land. These villages have a locator with a Doppelhufe. The Haeger hooves settlements date back to the Escher houses contract from the 11th century and had no Doppelhufe and no locator, but a special Haeger law.

Dissemination

Hagen hooves villages especially in the area of the flange known, best-known region with a large number of such villages is the region around the city of Hagen, which was itself founded as a planned city in the middle of the level to be colonized between woods and Schaumburg Bückeberg. The Haeger hooves settlements of Ithbörde are no longer visible today in the landscape.

See also: Waldhufendorf, settlement, settlement, development of the land