Rauschenberg is a town in the north of

Marburg-Biedenkopf Marburg-Biedenkopf is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Waldeck-Frankenberg, Schwalm-Eder, Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen, Lahn-Dill, Siegen-Wittgenstein. History The district was created in 1974 when th ...

district in

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Geography

Location

Rauschenberg lies at the southern edge of the ''Burgwald'', a low mountain range, near

Marburg Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximate ...

and

Kirchhain Kirchhain () is a town in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Kirchhain is located in the heart of the state of Hesse in Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Geographically, it is surrounded by the Amöneburg Basin on the southeast ...

Neighbouring communities

Rauschenberg borders in the north on the town of Rosenthal (

Waldeck-Frankenberg Waldeck-Frankenberg is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Höxter, Kassel, Schwalm-Eder, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Hochsauerland. History The district was created in 1972 by merging t ...

) as well as on the communities of

Wohratal Wohratal is a municipality in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hessen, Germany. Geography Wohratal lies between the ''Kellerwald'' (forest) in the east and the ''Burgwald'', a low mountain range, in the west, on the river Wohra. Among the bigger ne ...

(Marburg-Biedenkopf) and

Gilserberg Gilserberg is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Gilserberg lies at the foot of the Kellerwald, a low mountain range, nestled in the Kurhessen Highland on Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B ...

(

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Schwalm-Eder-Kreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Kassel, Werra-Meißner, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Vogelsberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, and Waldeck-Frankenberg. History In 1821 districts were created ...

), in the east on the town of

Stadtallendorf Stadtallendorf is a town in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany. It lies about east of Marburg. In 2010, the town hosted the 50th Hessentag state festival. Geography Location Under the German system of ''Naturräume'', Stadta ...

, in the south on the town of

, in the southwest on the community of

Cölbe Cölbe () is a municipality in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. Location Cölbe's municipal area lies on the southern edge of the ''Burgwald'', a low mountain range and part of the ''Hessisches Bergland'' (Hessian Highland), an ...

, and in the west on the town of Wetter (all in Marburg-Biedenkopf).

Municipality divisions

Rauschenberg consists out of following villages: * Albshausen * Bracht * Ernsthausen * Josbach * Rauschenberg (town) * Schwabendorf * Wolfskaute

History

Even as far back as 1000, a castle was built in what is now Rauschenberg. After a fire about 1250, almost the whole settlement was destroyed. Shortly after Rauschenberg was founded by the Counts of Ziegenhain, it was granted town rights. When the "von Ziegenhain" family died out in 1450, the castle and the town fell to the House of Hesse. In this time, the castle was expanded and made into a hunting lodge. During the

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, Rauschenberg was mostly destroyed and thoroughly plundered by

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troops. Ever since the castle was blown up at a Kassel colonel's behest two years before the war ended, there has been nothing left of it but a ruin.

Politics

Town council

Results of municipal election on 6 March 2016:

Coat of arms

Rauschenberg's civic

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might be described thus: Party per fess; above, in sable a six-pointed star argent; below in Or. It matches the arms used by the town's old overlords, the Counts of Ziegenhain. An eight-pointed star in a modification of the Counts coat of arms.

Town partnership

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Culture and Sightseeing

Buildings

There has not been much left of the castle, later stately home, of Rauschenberg since it was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. The ruins on the hill over the constituent community – also known as Rauschenberg – are open and free to all.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Rauschenberg is connected to the road network by Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 3 between

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

and

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...

, and by ''Bundesstraße'' B 62. As for public transportation, there is a

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connection to Kirchhain which runs many times daily.

Personalities

People born in Rauschenberg

Johannes Hinderbach Johannes Hinderbach (15 August 1418 – 21 September 1486) was Prince-Bishop of Trent from 12 May 1466 until his death. He was by birth a member of the Austrian nobility. Prior to his appointment as Bishop, he served as an advisor to the court of ...

(1418-1486), Bishop of Trento *

Gustav Simon Gustav Simon (2 August 1900– 18 December 1945) was a Nazi Party official who served as ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Moselland from 1931 to 1945 and, from 1940 until 1942, as Chief of Civil Administration in occupied Luxembourg. Early years Gustav ...

(1878-1962), administrative official

Personalities who have lived or worked in Rauschenberg

Peter Janich Peter Janich (4 January 1942 – 4 September 2016) was a professor of philosophy at the University of Marburg. He was born in Munich. Janich studied physics, philosophy and psychology at the Universities of Erlangen and Hamburg. He attained a doct ...

(1942-2016), philosopher and co-founder of Methodical Culturalism, died in Rauschenberg

In pop culture

A Finnish industrial music group, named Rauschenmaschine (German for noisemaschine) has a song on their website called Rauschenberg.

References

External links

Town's official website

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