Hohenroda
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Hohenroda | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Hohenroda
within Hersfeld-Rotenburg district  | |
 Location of Hohenroda | |
  Hohenroda  Hohenroda | |
| Coordinates: 50°48′28″N 9°55′22″E / 50.80778°N 9.92278°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Hersfeld-Rotenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–25) | Andre Stenda[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.75 km2 (13.80 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 340 m (1,120 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,113 |
| • Density | 87.08/km2 (225.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 36284 |
| Dialling codes | 06676 |
| Vehicle registration | HEF |
| Website | www.hohenroda.de |
Hohenroda (German pronunciation: [hoːənˈʁoːda]) is a municipality in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany lying right on the boundary with Thuringia.
Location
The municipality lies between the Rhön and the Thuringian Forest (ranges) in the so-called Kuppen Rhön. The highest elevation in the Hessian Skittles (a range of volcanic mountains), the Soisberg, stands at the western municipal limits.
The nearest major centres are Bad Hersfeld (some 20 km to the northwest) and Fulda (some 32 km to the southwest).
Neighbouring municipalities
Hohenroda borders in the north on the municipality of Philippsthal (in Hersfeld-Rotenburg), in the east on the municipality of Unterbreizbach, in the southeast on the municipality of Buttlar (both in Thuringia's Wartburgkreis), in the south on the municipality of Eiterfeld (in Fulda district), in the west on the municipality of Schenklengsfeld and in the northwest on the municipality of Friedewald (both in Hersfeld-Rotenburg).
Constituent communities
Hohenroda's districts are Ausbach, Glaam, Mansbach, Oberbreitzbach, Ransbach and Soislieden.
History
Mansbach was first mentioned in documents in 1232 and is believed to have been associated with the Buchonian knightly order of Mansbach since its founding. Ransbach followed, with its first documentary mention occurring in 1254 as a village within the Amt of Landeck.
The Lords of Mansbach built up a half-independent lesser lordly house in which they could take advantage of relations with the neighbouring Hersfeld and Fulda Abbeys and the Landgraves of Hesse.
Mansbach Castle was destroyed by Abbot Bertho IV of Fulda between 1274 and 1286. After it had been built up once again, it was at times in the 14th and 15th centuries a fief or an allodial holding. In 1364, the Mansbachs acquired jurisdiction over the community. In 1662, the Lords of Geyso bought lands from the Mansbachs and built a palatial residence here. Until Mediatization in 1806, the village was claimed by the Fulda Abbey as a territory without Imperial immediacy, although in practice, it consisted of three knightly estates that did have Imperial immediacy.
In the early 20th century, the manufacturer Adolf Hupertz (then also owner of Rieneck Castle) became owner of 1,700 morgen of land between Mansbach, Glaam and Oberbreitzbach. He made a farming estate out of it and named it Hohenroda, which for ever thereafter belonged to the community of Oberbreitzbach. Between 1907 and 1909, Hupertz had himself a manor house with parkland built on the estate. This he called Schloss Hohenroda. When the greater community was founded on 1 February 1972, the estate's and manor house's name was also applied to it. Since 1988, the community's administrative seat has been housed at the old manor house.
Amalgamations
With municipal reform, the new community of Hohenroda came into being in 1971 and 1972 through the merger of the communities of Ausbach, Mansbach and Ransbach.
In the leadup to this, Glaam was amalgamated with Ransbach in 1968, while Oberbreitzbach and Soislieden were amalgamated with Mansbach in 1970.
