Hohenroda

Hohenroda is a community in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse ( Germany ) on the border with Thuringia.

2.1 Amalgamations

3.1 Municipal Council
3.2 Mayor
3.3 Coat of Arms

4.1 Museums
4.2 Structures

Geography

The municipality is located in the so-called Kuppenrhön. The highest elevation of the Hessian cone game, the Soisberg located on the western boundary of the municipality.

The next largest cities are Bad Hersfeld ( about 20 km north-west ) and Fulda ( about 32 km south-west ).

Neighboring communities

Hohenroda borders in the north on the community Philippstal ( in Hersfeld -Rotenburg ), to the east by the municipality Unterbreizbach, in the southeast on the community Buttlar (both in the Thuringian Wartburg district), in the south on the community of pus field ( district Fulda), in the West to the community Schenklengsfeld and to the northwest by the municipality of Friedewald (both in Hersfeld -Rotenburg ).

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Ausbach, Glaam, Mansbach, Oberbreitzbach, Ransbach and Soislieden.

History

The community Mansbach was in 1232 the first mentioned and is probably dependent since their emergence from the buchischen knighthood of Mansbach. Ransbach followed with its first mention in 1254, a village of the Office Landeck.

The Lords of Mansbach built here on a semi- self employed small rule, where they could exploit relations with neighboring abbeys of Fulda and Hersfeld and the Landgrave of Hesse.

The Mansbach castle was destroyed by Abt Bertho IV of Fulda 1274-1286. After the reconstruction it was in the 14th and 15th centuries, at times, a fief and once a allodium. In 1364 the Mans Bach from the Abbey of Fulda received jurisdiction over the place. In 1662 bought the Lords of Geyso land of the Mans Bach and built here a castle. Until the mediatization 1806, the village was occupied by the abbey of Fulda as landsässig, but there was practically free from three rich manors.

Beginning of the 20th century was the producer Adolf Hupertz (then also owned the castle Rieneck ) owner of 1,700 morning land between Mansbach, Glaam and Oberbreitzbach. He turned it into a manor house, called the Good, or the Gutsbezirk Hohenroda that belonged henceforth to the municipality Oberbreitzbach. Between 1907 and 1909, Hupertz a mansion with parks left in Gutsbezirk build. He called the system lock Hohenroda. As the greater community was founded on February 1, 1971 the name of the farming estate and the castle was transferred to the municipality. Since 1988 there is also the administrative headquarters of the church in the old manor house.

Incorporations

The community Hohenroda was taken on February 1, 1971 through the merger of the municipalities Mansbach ( county Hünfeld ) and Ransbach. On 1 February 1972, he was added in the community Ausbach.

Prior Glaam was incorporated into Ransbach on 1 September 1968 Soislieden was incorporated on January 1, 1970 and Oberbreitzbach on 1 July 1970 after Mansbach.

Policy

Municipal council

The municipal election held 27 March 2011 yielded the following results:

Mayor

Since 1 September 2013, Andre Stenda ( independent) Mayor of Hohenroda. He was elected mayor in the election of 12 May 2013, a vote share of 70.7 %. The turnout was 74.3 %.

Stenda was the youngest mayor of Hesse when he took office.

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In silver and red six- bar as geständertem shield, a six-blade in confused colors. "

Meaning: The six leaves symbolize the merger of six independent municipalities to a greater community. The leaves belong to an apple tree and thus refer to the type of apple Ausbacher red apple, which is named after the district Ausbach and is still often grown in the area of orchards. The colors silver and red are derived from the coat of arms of the lords of Mansbach, the Electorate of Hesse and the community Ransbach. The Ständerung comes in turn from the arms of the von Mansbach.

Culture and sights

Museums

Heimatstube timbered cultivation of Geyso Castle in Mansbach
Heimatstube in the district Ausbach
Museum in Ransbach
Border documentation center ( to the border of the former GDR )

Structures

Baroque village church Mansbach ( choir in 1280, former grave chapel of the family of Mansbach )
Unterhof ( Blue Castle ) in 1569 ( the residence of the family of Mansbach )
Castle Geyso (1577-1578) in Mansbach
Grasburg at Mansbach ( from the 8th century )
Jewish Cemetery Mansbach

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