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Antrifttal is a municipality in the
Vogelsbergkreis The Vogelsbergkreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gießen and Marburg-Biedenkopf. History The district was created in ...
in
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,
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.


Geography


Location

Antrifttal lies, as its name suggests, in the valley (''Tal'') of a brook called the Antrift, a tributary to the Schwalm, between the
Vogelsberg The Vogelsberg () is a large volcanic mountain range in the German Central Uplands in the state of Hesse, separated from the Rhön Mountains by the Fulda (river), Fulda river valley. Emerging approximately 19 million years ago, the Vogelsber ...
in the south and the Knüllgebirge in the northeast (low mountain ranges). The municipal area of 26.59 km2 is 54% agricultural (14.3 km2).


Neighbouring communities

Antrifttal borders in the north on the community of Willingshausen (
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Schwalm-Eder-Kreis is a ''Kreis'' (Districts of Germany, district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Kassel (district), Kassel, Werra-Meißner, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Vogelsbergkreis, Vogelsberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, and Wald ...
), in the east and south on the town of
Alsfeld Alsfeld () is a town in the center of Hesse, in Germany. Located about north of Frankfurt, Alsfeld is part of the densely populated Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, with nearby Lauterbach, Hesse, Lauterbach (about ...
, in the west on the town of Kirtorf, and in the northwest on the town of Neustadt (
Marburg-Biedenkopf Marburg-Biedenkopf is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Waldeck-Frankenberg, Schwalm-Eder, Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen, Lahn-Dill, Siegen-Wittgenstein. History The district was created in 1974 when t ...
).


Constituent communities

* Main town: Ruhlkirchen * Constituent communities: ** Bernsburg ** Ohmes ** Ruhlkirchen ** Seibelsdorf ** Vockenrod


Ohmes

Ohmes is presumably based on a settlement already in existence by
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, making it one of the oldest places in the Vogelsbergkreis, and the oldest in the Katzenberg, a mediaeval court district in this area. Ohmes had its first documentary mention in 1240 under the name ''Omeza''. It got its name from a body of water called the Omena that welled up just below the village. In 1240, a third of the village came into the ownership of the Hersfeld Monastery. There was a noble family, the Lords of Ohmes, but they died out in the 13th century. The other two thirds of the village belonged to the court district of Katzenberg under the Counts of Ziegenhain, with its seat at Ruhlkirchen. The one constant in Ohmes's history during the
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was change, and the village saw a whole series of rulers, from various lords who held the Katzenberg, to the
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, to Hans von Dornberg the
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, and above all the
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. The
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and the
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took their toll on the village with their
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,
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ing,
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, mistreatment and widespread destruction, and while the village had 40 households in 1580, by 1630 it had only 33. In the early 19th century, the village passed from the Archbishopric of Mainz to the Bishopric of
Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. Histor ...
, remaining with it until 1889. On 1 January 1971, the until then independent municipality of Ohmes was amalgamated with Antrifttal At about the turn of the 20th century, the Reverend Williges Kraiger had a church with a vestry built by J. Bensheimer from
Dieburg Dieburg () is a small town in southern Hesse, Germany. It was formerly the seat of the district ("Kreis") of Dieburg, but is now part of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg. History Early mentions of Dieburg date back to the early 13th century, with ...
. It was consecrated ''"Zur Heiligen Familie von Nazareth"'' ("To the Holy Family of Nazareth"), with Williges as its secondary patron. It cost 35,277 marks.


Vockenrod

Vockenrod was presumably founded along with the hereditary estate of ''Erbleihehof Hermannshain'' in the 12th century, and was first named in a document in 1263. In 1283, it was part of the court district of Katzenberg under the Counts of Ziegenhain. In the late 14th century, Vockenrod and Hermannshain were both destroyed in a dispute between the County of Hessen and the Archbishopric of Mainz, and it was a hundred years before anyone settled there again. Vockenrod had the same procession of mediaeval rulers as Ohmes (see above). The same wars also wrought heavy destruction on Vockenrod, reducing the village from 20 households in 1580 to only 12 in 1630. Vockenrod likewise also passed to the Bishopric of Fulda in the early 19th century, remaining with it until 1889, and was amalgamated with Antrifttal on the same day as Ohmes. The church that stands today was built only in 1908 under the leadership of Greifzu, an architect from Mainz (and with significant citizen contributions). It was consecrated ''"Allerheiligsten Jungfrau Maria"'', with
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as its secondary patron. It cost 40,568 marks. Within are to be seen elements of
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as well as a noteworthy
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bearing, among other things, scenes from Saint Boniface's life.


History

The community came into being only on 1 January 1972 through the amalgamation of four communities in the Katzenberg and Bernsburg.


References


External links


Bilddokumentation Antrifttal-Ruhlkirchen gestern und heute ("yesterday and today")
{{Authority control Vogelsbergkreis