Erzhausen
Erzhausen | |
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 Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Erzhausen within Darmstadt-Dieburg district  | |
  Erzhausen  Erzhausen | |
| Coordinates: 49°57′N 08°38′E / 49.950°N 8.633°E / 49.950; 8.633 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Darmstadt-Dieburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2018–24) | Claudia Lange[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.4 km2 (2.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 112 m (367 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,153 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 64390 |
| Dialling codes | 06150 |
| Vehicle registration | DA |
| Website | www.erzhausen.de |
Erzhausen is a village and a municipality in southern Hesse, Germany. It is part of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg. It has about 7,900 inhabitants (2020). Wixhausen, a borough of the City of Darmstadt, is just South of Erzhausen.
History
Settlement in the area dates back to about 1500 B.C., as shown by several cairn burial sites found some kilometres west of the town.
The settlement itself is mentioned in documents from 900 A.D. onward under various names like 'Erardishusen', 'Erhartzhausen', 'Ebrichshusen' or 'Erndeshusen'. The oldest document of the Lorsch codex names it as 'Erhartshausen' ('Houses of Erhart').
After remaining a mostly unimportant farming village until the early 20th century, it grew strongly after the railway line from Frankfurt to Darmstadt was built several kilometers to the east of it. The habitation spread out towards it, and workers employed in the nearby cities (which could now be reached a lot easier) settled here.
Today, it is still mostly a residential village, with some commerce and office activities. There is a small seminary of the German Pentecostalism BFP movement situated in the town, Bible School Beröa also called Theologisches Seminar Beröa .[3] [4]
Historic names
- 10. century: Erhardeshusen
- about 1200: Erhardeshusen
- about 1250: Erharteshusen
- 1264: Erardishusen
- 1273: Erharthusen
- 1273: in villa Erharthusen
- 1282: Eradeshusen
- 1282: Erndeshusen; Ebrathshusen
- 1331: Erarshusen
- 1331: Irtzhusen
- 1413: Ebrichshusen; Erarthusen
- 1413: Ehartzhusen
- 1440: Eretzhusen
- 1446: Erhartzhusen
- 15. century: Erczhussen
- 1451: Erhartshusen
- 1452: Erhartshusen
- 1453: Erhartshusen
- 1454: Erhartßhussen
- 1454: Erhartßhußen
- 1497: Ertzhusen
- 1506: Erhartzhausen
- 1526: Ertzhusen
- 1541: Erhartshaussen
- 1549: Erhartshausen
- 1576: Ertzhaussen
- 1579: Ertzhausen
- today: Erzhausen
Demography
Demography
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Twin towns – sister cities
- 1997
Mnichovo Hradiště, Czech Republic - 2006
Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy - 2013
Malgrat de Mar, Spain - 2017
Ivanychi, Ukraine
Gallery
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Erzhausen from the air (2010)
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Evangelical Lutheran Church (2007)
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Erzhausen train station building, now a public library (the railway station itself is still active) (2010)
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Monument Dankmal (2015)
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Half-timbered house (2015)
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Half-timbered house (2015)
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Wooden house (2007)
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Nature reserve Faulbruch (2016)
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Fields south of Erzhausen, showing a typical South-Hesse countryside during autumn (2005)
References
- ^ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
- ^ wordpress.com, Pentecostal Heritage Center, Jan, 29, 2014
- ^ wordpress.com, Pentecostal Heritage Center, History of the BFP, Jan, 3, 2010
External links
Media related to Erzhausen at Wikimedia Commons
Erzhausen travel guide from Wikivoyage
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