Ritschenhausen

Ritschenhausen is a municipality of the administrative community Dolmar salt bridge in the district Schmalkalden- Meiningen in Thuringia with 174 female and 186 male inhabitants (as of 31 December 2006).

Geography

Ritschenhausen is located about eight kilometers south of Meiningen in a hilly forest landscape in the Valley of Jüchse between acorn mountain in the east and tens mountain in the West.

Adjacent locations are Untermaßfeld and Obermaßfeld - Grimmenthal in the north, and Einhausen Neubrunn in the east, the south and Wölfershausen grave field in the West.

History

The place was first mentioned in the year 906. The town's name is derived from the names of women Ruothswinda. Initially there was Ritschenhausen belonging to the monastery of Fulda, since 1411 to the end of the Counts of Henneberg place belonged to their possession. Between 1500 and 1806 the village was in the Frankish Empire circle. Since 1680 the City of Saxe -Meiningen was one (Official Maßfeld ).

Ritschenhausen 1658-1667 was affected by witch hunts: Three women and a man came in witch trials and were executed. The first victim was Margaret, George Seifert's widow.

1817 vernacular local poet Paul Motz was born in Ritschenhausen.

Ritschenhausen received in 1874 a station on the railway line Schweinfurt -Meiningen The current station building was built shortly after the opening of the railway line. 1884 Ritschenhausen was an important border station between the Bavarian and the Prussian State Railways on the railway line from Erfurt to Schweinfurt continue to Würzburg and Stuttgart.

In 2006 Ritschenhausen celebrated its 1100 anniversary.

Traffic

Ritschenhausen lies on the railway line Schweinfurt -Meiningen ( KBS 815 ) and the railway line Neudietendorf - Ritschenhausen ( KBS 570).

Church

The bell tower of the fortified churchyard has defenses on all sides. The pyramid-shaped spire of the church tower was built in 1594. The present nave was built in 1769. For the parish of Ritschenhausen included not only the castle chapel Henneberg also the places Bibra, Obermaßfeld, Sülzfeld and Wölfershausen. The parsonage of the village, a half-timbered house, was from 1499 to 1768 and tavern, in which the priest held the office of innkeeper.

Partnerships

With Rütschenhausen in the district of Schweinfurt has existed since the wall opening a partnership.

Gallery

Flowering Phacelia before the town

Former Bavarian- Prussian border station

Dorfansicht

Former mill

The Rectory

Church Ritschenhausen

Paul Motz

Paul Motz, a 1817 -born Ritschenhausen German dialect poet, wrote, inspired by the impressive design of the houses Ritsch station, following about his birth:

After Verwoerd - I bet tooth- thousand dollars! - Ons Duerf still ömmer Meae central, Onn wärd at Enn hen Mäninger Lahnd Still Houptschtahd, 's eat scatterbrained horizon bekahnt Enn döütsche whole kingdom, it färn The highest döütsche Lord: Ons Crown Prince Bismarck ah - By Retschehause horizon - Hurrah! - Gatt Achting nutrient - then sixteenth variably Must Mäninge still verkrich, Bann 's time so wärd hässe Off Parcel - on letter - address: ( Bärr keeps them for Schpahs, bear keeps them for Flause ?) Enn Mäninge at Retschehause! "

Then - I bet 10,000 dollars! - Our village is still more central, And at the end Meininger country Even the capital, it is already known In the whole German Empire, drive it The highest German gentleman: Our Crown Prince Bismarck as well - By Ritschenhausen now - hurray! - Give care only - for surely Must Meiningen still crawl, When things get hot over time so On Parcel - and letter - address: (who keeps them for fun, who keeps them for nonsense ?) In Meiningen at Ritschenhausen!

So is still predominantly spoken in Ritschenhausen hen in Bergisch - Franconian dialect.