Ländchen

The little country is a historic area east of Wiesbaden. It included the ten villages Breckenheim, Delkenheim, Diedenbergen, Igstadt, Long Grove, mass home, Medenbach, North City, Wallau and Wildsachsen, as well as the domain Mechtildshausen. It was as Hessian exclave three centuries between nassauischem area in the west and kurmainzischem area in the east.

The place Lorsbach is not expected despite the historical territorial cohesion to the little country. Some sources also cling Long Grove from.

Although it is often incorrectly referred to as, the little state must not be confused with the Blue Country in Nastaetten.

History

The later Ländchen was to the 12th and 13th centuries, part of the so-called Königssondergaues, stretched from Kriftelbach in the east to the west Walluf. Since the end of the 12th century the Lords of Eppstein in the East had held the Mechtild houses district court as a royal fief; in the West, the Counts of Nassau were invested with the jurisdiction of the High Reichshofes Wiesbaden. After the feud of Nassau - Eppsteinischen this ownership were confirmed in 1283; the territory of the former Gaus was thus divided into two parts. With the division of the house Eppstein in two lines the eastern half for the most part fell in 1433, the line Eppstein coins mountain, except the villages Wicker and low Because Bach, who came to Eppstein - Königstein.

After various splits in the 15th century - as did, for example, Bierstadt in 1441 to the Counts of Nassau, Hochheim 1478 at Kurmainz - the little state was finally, along with other parts of the rule Eppstein, in 1492 by Count Gottfried IX. (X. ) of Eppstein coins mountain to the Landgrave Wilhelm III. " The Younger " of Hesse sold.

Landgrave Philip I " the Magnanimous " led in 1526 the Reformation in the county of Hesse country, and until the 20th century, the territory of the little country could be regarded as purely Protestant. So in the census of 1 December 1910 by 7818 residents were only 248 Catholics and 133 Jews. In contrast, the adjacent to the north, east and south territories were predominantly Catholic.

In the Thirty Years' War, the population fell to only 400 citizens in 1630. In 1821, 4805 residents were counted.

In the course of the Marburg succession dispute in 1623, the area came to Hesse- Darmstadt. In 1643 Wallau became the Amtsort.

With the Imperial Diet in 1803 the little state, as well as the adjacent kurmainzischen territories, to the Principality of Nassau- Usingen, which rose in 1806 in the Duchy of Nassau fell. When entered into force on July 1, 1816 new division of the Duchy in 28 offices Wallau was confirmed as Amtsort. In April 1817, the Office was renamed Wallau with small changes in the administrative district office in Hochheim and Wallau lost his official residence.

In 1866 the Duchy of Nassau, and thus also the Wall Auer Ländchen of Prussia was annexed. In 1879 the Ländchesbahn was opened, which now has a railway station in Igstadt and the breakpoint Auringen - Medenbach.

As part of local government reform in the province of Hesse -Nassau all the churches of the little country (except Long Grove ) came in 1885 to the district of Wiesbaden, which was closed in 1928. After further administrative reforms and reorganizations Breckenheim, Delkenheim, Igstadt, Medenbach and north of the city are now suburbs of Wiesbaden. Diedenbergen, Long Grove, Wallau and Wildsachsen are districts of Hofheim am Taunus; Mass home is a district of Hochheim am Main.