Oberhaun
Hauneck is a municipality in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany. Geography Location The town of Bad Hersfeld lies right nearby to the north. Some 35 km away lie Fulda to the south and Alsfeld to the west. The community stretches along the Haune. A few kilometres to the north, the Haune flows into the Fulda River, Fulda. Constituent communities The community's ''Ortsteile'' are Bodes, Eitra, Fischbach, Oberhaun, Rotensee, Sieglos and Unterhaun. Neighbouring communities These are Bad Hersfeld, Schenklengsfeld, Eiterfeld, Haunetal and Niederaula. History In 972 came the first documentary mention of a chapel. It is believed to have served as a pilgrimage place. The village developing here had its first documentary mention in 1217 in a document from the abbot of Hersfeld Abbey, Ludwig I to the ''Vogt'' (roughly “reeve”) Bertho von Buchenau, in which the place is named as Cruceberc. The chapel served over the centuries that followed as a village churc ...
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