Maintal-Hochstadt
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Geography
Hochstadt is located in the geographic center of Main valley at an altitude of 127 m above sea level. Frankfurt am Main is located about 15 kilometers west, Hanau about 5 kilometers southeast of Hochstadt.
Hochstadt is bordered to the west by the district of Bishop Home, to the south by the district Dörnigheim, to the east of Hanau High - fir, on the northeast by the neighborhood Wachenbuchen and in the north on the community Schoeneck.
History
Middle Ages
The oldest surviving mention high Forbidden City is located in a document from the year 846
Hochstadt belonged to the Electorate of Mainz, but was awarded as fief to Hanau. In the reign and later county of Hanau, 1458 from: county of Hanau - coins mountain high city belonged to the Official Büchertal. Around 1350, the still largely existing perimeter wall was built. The main activities in this period were agriculture and viticulture.
1375 a priest and a vicar be mentioned. The later deserted Groschlag was the parish according to Hochstadt. The patron had the Lords of Karben, held since 1510, Georg Church in Friedberg. Church Safety Authority was the Archdeacon of the provost of St. Maria ad Gradus in Mainz, Country Chapter Roßdorf.
At today's Hochstädter district was located in the middle ages with Groschlag another village. Groschlag but was already before the start of the Thirty Years' War to the deserted village.
Historical forms of the name
- Hohunsteter marca ( 846 )
- Hohstat ( 1256)
- Hohinstat ( 1265 )
Early Modern Times
The Reformation continued in the county of Hanau coins mountain in the middle of the 16th century, initially in its Lutheran expression by. In a " second Reformation ", the denomination of the county of Hanau coins mountain was changed again: Count Philipp Ludwig II from 1597 pursued a decidedly Reformed Church policy. He made the Jus reform andi use his right as a sovereign to determine the denomination of his subjects, and continued this for the county through largely as binding, as well as in Hochstadt. During the period of Konsistorialverfassung the supervising over the parish priest of high priest in Bergen city officiated. As of the end of the 17th century there were in Hochstadt next to the reformed again a Lutheran congregation. Their pastor was also in charge of the Lutheran church in Kesselstadt. The Lutheran and Reformed congregations of the former county of Hanau - Miinzenberg 1818 were united in Hanau Union.
After the death of the last Count of Hanau, Johann Reinhard III. , 1736, inherited Landgrave Frederick I of Hesse -Kassel due to an inheritance contract made in 1643 the county of Hanau coins mountain and thus the office Büchertal and Hochstadt.
Modern Times
In the 1930s, a settlement west of the town center was built in the 1960s, the first major multi-family homes to the east and to the last turn of the millennium the residential area on the grounds of the former company Kling.
On 1 July 1974, the municipalities Hochstadt, Bishop Home, Wachenbuchen and the city Dörnigheim were merged by law to Main Valley City in the course of municipal reform in Hesse.
Population Development
Economy
Hochstadt is located in the Rhine -Main region, a good business location. In the south Hochstadt is adjacent to the commercial area Main Valley Center, where many businesses are located. Today, Norma Rasmussen GmbH, a specialist on connection technology supplier to the automotive industry, the largest enterprise on the scene. Has its origins in the work of the " Zschopauer Maschinenfabrik JS Rasmussen " (brand: DKW ).
In Hochstadt is since 1779 the country Höhl winery, one of the oldest apple wineries in Germany.
Kling was the leading veneer plant in Europe, but it is closed today.
Transport and Infrastructure
The Main Valley East railway station located in the south of the district on the railway line Frankfurt- Hanau and is served by regional trains of the relation Frankfurt- Main valley Hanau ( -Aschaffenburg ). The railway line separates high city of Dörnigheim.
The Federal Highway 66 also passes through the district and separates the village from the commercial area and the residential area " Klingsee ", which was built up around 2002 on the site of the former veneer factory. Highways other Hanau Maintaler Districts and High - fir are reached in a few minutes.
Attractions
Landmarks of the district are the elevated position Upper Gate, part of a medieval, still largely intact city walls and the north located in the orchards Protect house from the early modern period.
Most important monument is the location near the upper gate fortified church of St. Kilian. Major parts of the church and its surrounding wall date back to the time before the first millennium. The interior is furnished with valuable ceiling and wall paintings. Unusually, a memorial stone for the 1642 born at the place, who died tragically after a few days Siamese twins Schernink. The tower at the entrance to the church bell and clock tower is today. The original church tower no longer exists.
Hochstadt is part of the Hessian apple wine road that leads from Frankfurt to Hanau. It opens up the largest contiguous orchards region of the country. Particular importance in the district Hochstädter remaining old Speier compact trees.
The Church can not be called " St. Kilian's Church ", because this term is only used in a document of the Bishopric of Würzburg from before 1500, which is intended to underline the claim of Würzburg on the Church (Peter Heckert ).