Rasdorf
Rasdorf is a municipality in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 3.1 Municipal Council
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 Structures
- 4.2 Point Alpha memorial
- 4.3 Railway
- 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
Geographical Location
Rasdorf is situated in a vast open terrain in the midst of " Kuppenrhön " ( in the region of Hesse skittles called ), close to the Hesse-Thuringia border in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve.
Neighboring communities
Rasdorf bordered to the north by the municipality of pus field ( district Fulda), to the east by the municipality Buttlar, the city Geysa and the community Rockstuhl (all three in the Thuringian Wartburg district), in the south on the community Nüsttal, and in the west of the city Hünfeld ( both in the district of Fulda).
Structure
The municipality consists of the villages Rasdorf, Setzelbach and Grüsselbach.
History
The Saxon missionary to the Carolingian period thanks to the monastery of Fulda, and the branch monastery Rasdorf its existence. Abbot of Baugulf ( 779-802 ) received in return 781 " Haunfeld " ( Hünfeld ) and the village Rasdorf with all its hallways.
The place Rasdorf must have existed as a " village " before 781. A branch monastery Rasdorf is mentioned 815. 32 to 34 monks and monastery about 20 students are demonstrated in the 9th century in the branch monastery Rasdorf. In 845 Rabanus and King Ludwig met d German reconciliation in Rasdorf. Rhabanus had been in dispute between King Lothar and his brothers Louis and Charles on the "wrong " side, namely on Tommy's side. As Mr. Ludwig was on the East Frankish kingdom, abbot Rabanus withdrew and lay down the abbatial office. Thanks to the Rasdorfer reconciliation, which took place at the initiative of the king, was appointed Rabanus 847 as archbishop of Mainz. Abbot Rabanus ( Raban ) specifies that is to preach in German language, under a provision of Charlemagne, " that the people is to proclaim the Word of God in his own language ".
The branch monastery Rasdorf was converted to 877 in a collegiate.
On 21 May 977 Otto II visited the monastery of Fulda, and received a deputation from the collegiate Rasdorf under the leadership of his chancellor, the Imperial Chancellor Egbert.
The Collegiate Church in Rasdorf is considered one of the most architecturally significant parish churches in Hesse.
Rasdorf gained importance due to its location on the historic trade route Frankfurt am Main - Eisenach - Leipzig.
Incorporations
On April 1, 1972, the formerly independent communities Grüsselbach and Setzelbach were incorporated.
Policy
Municipal council
The municipal election held on March 27, 2011 showed the following distribution of seats:
Coat of arms
On May 25, 1971, the municipality Rasdorf was awarded a coat of arms with the following blazon in the former county Hünfeld: About a red, right enclosed by a fortified tower wall in silver black fuldische cross.
Attractions
Structures
- The Rasdorfer collegiate church was built in 831 by the abbot of the monastery of Fulda, Rabanus Maurus. In 1274 the church was rebuilt. Here, while maintaining the plan and using old Romanesque components created a new, Gothic in appearance Church. Art History valuable the Gothic columns. The eight columns with their capitals are the main attractions in the collegiate church. Art historians believe that these highly significant art historical columns and capitals dating back to Byzantine influence. Six Greek-style columns share the basilica ( nave and two aisles ). Two squat pillars (Romanesque ) with rare Tierkapitellen in the western part of the Basilica belong to the oldest parts of the church. The baptismal font is reminiscent in shape to a representation of St.. Boniface at a heath baptism.
- A preserved to this day system of a military cemetery, which is provided with a high wall and four towers with loopholes, offered in uncertain times for the protection Rasdorfer population.
- Northwest of Rasdorf is on the Gehilfersberg the chapel " St. Mary and Fourteen Holy Helpers "
- The central village square is the largest Anger Hesse. There is also the municipal administration.
- In Rasdorfer district Grüsselbach since 1980 reminds a 2.20 -meter-high monument of limestone am Lindeneck to the residents of the Office Geysa (Thuringia ), which were forcibly relocated after 1945 or fled to the west. The monument made by the sculptor John Kirsch on behalf of the "home circle of the former Geisaer Office " to.
Point Alpha memorial
The Point Alpha memorial is located on the border between Hesse and Thuringia Rasdorf and Geysa in the Rhön. Here was more than four decades as a lookout of the U.S. Army. Two clubs want to get here on the Hessian side observation posts and Thuringian side a piece of the East German border fortifications in order to keep alive the memory of the unfortunate division of Germany and the confrontation between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The American observation tower offers a magnificent view over the Kuppenrhön and Ulster.
Railway line
The railway line nfeld- Wenigentaft - Mansbach ran from December 1, 1906 to 28 May 1972 in near Rasdorf. On the route is long since 2007, the 27 km, leading by Rasdorf skittles Bike Trail.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Josef Budenz (1836-1892), linguist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Endertplatz Adalbert (1850-1906), born in the district Setzelbach, theologian, Roman Catholic Bishop of Fulda
- Georg Stieler (1886-1955), politician
- Johann Adam Förster (1795-1890), born in the district Grüsselbach, champion of democracy
- Franz Herzig (* 1849) was born in the district of New Mountain, pastor
- Gregor Richter (1874-1945), born in the district Grüsselbach, Professor
- Eduard Hartmann (1874-1952), priest, professor