Amöneburg () is a town in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. It lies on a mountain and is built around the

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of the same name, ''Burg Amöneburg''.

Geography

Location

Amöneburg lies on a basalt cone that can be seen from a great distance, below which flows the river

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, a tributary to the Lahn. From the Vogelsberg massif in the southeast, Amöneburg is split by the Amöneburg Basin, a hollow suspected of being a meteorite crater

In the southwest rise the Lahn Mountains.

Neighbouring communities

In the north, Amöneburg borders on the town of Kirchhain, in the east on the town of Stadtallendorf (both in Marburg-Biedenkopf), in the southeast on the town of Homberg ( Vogelsbergkreis), and in the west on the community of

Ebsdorfergrund Ebsdorfergrund is a municipality consisting of eleven villages in the southeast of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. The community's municipal area extends over the ''Ebsdorfer Grund'' in the valley of the Zwester Ohm and the areas ar ...

(Marburg-Biedenkopf).

Communities within town

* Erfurtshausen * Mardorf * Roßdorf * Rüdigheim

Coat of arms

Amöneburg's coat of arms, like many throughout western Germany, depicts the Wheel of Mainz and Saint Martin of Tours patron saint of the diocese of Mainz cutting off a piece of his cloak for a poor man.

History

Findings from digs have suggested that the area was already settled in the New Stone Age. It is supposed that in

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ic times there was a town (or '' oppidum'') here. In 721,

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built a small monastery and a church below the castle. Burg Amöneburg De Merian Hassiae

At the beginning of the 12th century, much of Hesse belonged to Thuringia. The Thuringian lands, however, were so widely scattered that quite often they were interspersed with estates belonging to the

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and its vassals. The parish of Amöneburg belonged to the archbishopric until 1803. Amöneburg's rectangular market square was laid out in this shape in the 18th century. Also worth seeing is the ''Mainzer Hof'' with its barn and manor house at the Lindauer Tor (gate). The adjoining church is a neo-Gothic basilica. On its north side stands the 14th-century church tower with its

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cupola. Around the knoll that forms the townsite runs the town wall, still preserved to a great extent. A loop road offers good views of the surrounding countryside. At the southeastern foot of the crags on which the town is built lies the ''Brückermühle'', and old mill, with an old stone bridge (''Ohmbrücke'') across the river Ohm, which was an historically important crossing. It is known from the Hessians' and Brunswickers' fight against the

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in 1762, recalled nowadays by a Baroque obelisk in the yard outside the ''Brückerwirtshaus'' ( inn). In June 1646 Imperialist forces took the town by treaty. Amoneburg St Johann

Abandonments

Around Amöneburg, the abandoned communities of Brück, Brunsfort, Gerende, Heuchelheim, Lindau, Radenhausen and Wanehusen may be found.

Politics

Mayors

*1996-2002: Oliver Haupt *2002-2005: Anders Arendt *2005-today: Michael Richter-Plettenberg

Town council

As of municipal elections held on March 6, 2016, town council seats are apportioned thus:

Transport

Somewhat north of Amöneburg runs Federal Highway B 62 ( Biedenkopf - Alsfeld) with connections to B 454 to Schwalmstadt and B 3 towards Marburg. The nearest railway connections is 5 km north, in Kirchhain.

Regular events

* Kirchweihfest (Church dedication festival, yearly, last weekend in August, organized by local clubs)

Museums

Museum Amöneburg: Prehistory and early history of the Amöneburg Basin, agricultural history, mediaeval fortifications and finds from digs, models and dioramas with explanatory notices, and in the attic rooms a nature preservation information centre.

Personalities

(around 673-754 or 755), founded 721 founded a monastery cell below the castle Amöneburg and began the Christianization of Upper Hesse from Amöneburg *Johannes Eisermann, (1486-1558), (born in Amönenburg), called Ferrarius Montanus, religious scholar,

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and first rector of the University of Marburg. *

Ludwig Schick Ludwig Schick (born 22 September 1949) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Bamberg from 2002 to 2022. He was auxiliary bishop of Fulda from 1998 to 2002. Life Born in Marburg, Schick was ordained to the prie ...

(born 1949), auxiliary bishop in

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. History ...

from 1998 to 2002, since 2002 Archbishop of

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...

, visited in Amöneburg the seminary St. Johann.

Town partnerships

* Château Garnier, France, since 1974 *

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, Austria * Tuoro sul Trasimeno, Italy, since 1987 There has also been a common "ring" partnership among these towns since 1997.

References

External links

Official website

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