Altenstadt, Hesse

Altenstadt

Altenstadt, Schwarzer Adler Inn

Coat of arms
Altenstadt

Coordinates: 50°17′08″N 8°56′42″E / 50.28556°N 8.94500°E / 50.28556; 8.94500Coordinates: 50°17′08″N 8°56′42″E / 50.28556°N 8.94500°E / 50.28556; 8.94500
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Wetteraukreis
Government
 • Mayor Norbert Syguda (SPD)
Area
 • Total 30.08 km2 (11.61 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 11,859
 • Density 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 63674
Dialling codes 06047
Vehicle registration FB
Website www.altenstadt.de

Altenstadt is a municipality in the district Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated in the Nidder valley, approx. 27 kilometers north-east of Frankfurt am Main

History

Altenstadt was part of the Limes, the former border of the Roman Empire, that passes through the town. According to excavations, Altenstadt was a Roman garrison in the first half of the second century.

The first documented mention of Altenstadt took place only in the year 767, which makes Altenstadt the oldest municipality of Upper Hesse.

Division of the municipality

The municipality consists of 8 districts:

  • Altenstadt
  • Heegheim
  • Höchst an der Nidder
  • Lindheim
  • Enzheim
  • Oberau
  • Rodenbach
  • Waldsiedlung

Notable persons

One of the inhabitants of Altenstadt was the justice inspector Friedrich Kellner, who alternated his work-week between Laubach and Altenstadt during World War II. Kellner recorded the misdeeds of the Nazis in a ten-volume diary which was on display in 2005 at the George Bush Presidential Library. A Canadian documentary, My Opposition: the Diaries of Friedrich Kellner, was produced in 2006.[2]

The Lutheran missionary Georg Heinrich Schwarz was born in Höchst an der Nidder in 1868. He laboured in the Cape Bedford Mission, North Queensland, Australia, for 55 years. The anniversary of his arrival is still celebrated there each year in September and known as Muni Day.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). August 2016.
  2. ↑ Altenstadt Bürgernah, pp 10-11
  3. ↑ Schwarz, Georg Heinrich (1868-1959)

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