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Eschbach (Usingen)
Eschbach is a borough of Usingen in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hessen. The once almost entirely agriculturally based village at the northern edge of the ''Usinger Becken'' first appeared in 1280 in the County Cleeberg under the name of Ketteneschbach.Eberhard Schrimpf: Bilder einer Stadt - Usinger Straßen, Plätze und Gebäude im Wandel der Zeit. Hrsg.: Stadt Usingen. Zweiter Bildband. Usingen July 2015, S. 80. The current district of Usingen was known far beyond the Taunus already early through good catering, later through the campsite in the forest and the former weekend-settlement below the Eschbacher Klippen. Geographical setting The village is located on the eponymous Eschbach (Usa), river at the northern edge of the Usinger Becken. Hence situated at the northeastern border of the Taunus, it is surrounded by mixed coniferous forest, fields and meadows. It is located 2 km north of Usingen and 32 km north of Frankfurt am Main. In the north borders Michelbach (Usingen), M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usingen
Usingen is a small town in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hessen, Germany. Until 1972, this residential and school town was the seat of the former district of Usingen. Coat of arms The earliest seal whose appearance is known – there had been earlier ones, but what they looked like is unknown – dates from 1277 and shows the four lions (golden ones denoting Nassau; silver ones denoting Saarbrücken), since the town was ruled then by the Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken. Later seals did not show the billets and crosses with which the fields are spangled, but they reappeared in 1935, when the current arms were conferred. An earlier town symbol, a cloverleaf (or heraldically, a trefoil), may explain the charge on the inescutcheon. This was also added to the arms in 1935. Geography Geographical setting Usingen lies on the Usa River in the Usinger Becken at the north-eastern edge of the Taunus. It is located about 30 km north of Frankfurt am Main, 27 km south of Wetzlar and 38&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
