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21-515: Freigericht has an elevation of 140 to 371 m in a side valley of the Kinzig river. In the southern parts of the town several pre-historical cairns have been found. On 19 June 1930 a tooth of a 40,000-year-old mammoth was discovered during building works in Somborn. It was transferred to the county seat Gelnhausen . Since the opening of Freigericht's local museum several attempts have been made to get

42-478: A document from ca. 1190, referred to as Sodin . Around 152, the abbot of Fulda Abbey had Burg Stolzenberg (see below) erected. Town rights were bestowed in 1296 (Soden, but called Stolzenthal ) and 1320 (Salmünster), by King Adolf and Emperor Ludwig , respectively. In 1536, the Huttenschloss (see below) was built. In medieval times, salt works were an important source of local income at Soden. Since

63-748: A few metres towards the northwest where it unites with a longer headstream. From its source, the Kinzig runs northwest and forms the boundary between the Hessian Rhön Nature Park and the Hessian Spessart Nature Park as far as Schlüchtern . West of Schlüchtern the Kinzig flows in a southwesterly direction and separates the Vogelsberg hills to the north from the Spessart to the south. Between Steinau and Ahl

84-576: A higher share. Elections in 2016: This Hesse location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kinzig (Main) The Kinzig is a river , 87 kilometres long, in southern Hesse , Germany . It is a right tributary of the Main . Its source is in the Spessart hills at Sterbfritz, near Schlüchtern . The Kinzig flows into the Main in Hanau . The Main-Kinzig-Kreis (district)

105-531: A part of Bad Soden. Ahl and Eckardroth followed on 1 April 1972. Alsberg and Hausen were merged with Salmünster on 1 January 1970 followed by Kerbersdorf and Romsthal on 1 December 1970 and Katholisch-Willenroth on 1 July 1972. Since 1974, the town has been part of the Main-Kinzig district, it was previously part of the Schlüchtern district. The mayor is Dominik Brasch. The town has direct access to

126-461: A spa. The first Kurhaus (spa building) was erected in 1889, by which time the region had become a part of the Kingdom of Prussia . Soden has been a Heilbad (spa) and therefore called "Bad Soden" since 1928. The current town was created only on 1 July 1974 when the towns of Salmünster and Bad Soden bei Salmünster merged. During earlier Gebietsreformen , as of 1 December 1970 Wahlert had become

147-519: A surprise ambush. As a reward, the Kaiser granted them with "free jurisdiction", hence the name "Freigericht". The town council consists of 37 members, all of which are elected for a five-year term. The CDU has been the leading party in Freigericht, although it has suffered severe losses in the recent elections. Independent groups, which have been strong prior to the incorporation of Freigericht, get

168-576: Is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse , Germany . It is situated on the river Kinzig , between Fulda and Hanau . It has a population of around 13,000. The municipality is located on both sides of the Kinzig river in the Main-Kinzig district of Hesse . Its territory extends into the hills of the Vogelsberg to the north and into the Spessart to the south. The two main population centres, Bad Soden and Salmünster, are both situated in

189-430: Is currently controversy over plans to build additional towering wind farms on the wooded peaks. A number of these have already been built in the neighbouring town of Wächtersbach very close to the municipal boundary. Environmentalists and many locals reject these plans due to the destruction of forests and animal habitats, possible health risks to residents, as well as threats to local property values and, in particular, to

210-456: Is divided into five villages, which have been independent villages until 1970. On 1 January 1970 the five villages voluntarily incorporated into a new municipality named Freigericht. The name Freigericht (lit. Free Court) had been unofficially used for the villages for several centuries. According to legend, it states that farmers from the areas between the rivers Main and Kinzig stood and defended their Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) , during

231-578: Is separated from the rest of the municipal territory by the Gutsbezirk Spessart . It also borders on Forst Aura  [ de ] (another unincorporated wooded area and part of the Main-Spessart district of Bavaria ) and Jossgrund . Salmünster as a settlement likely dates to the 9th century, but is first mentioned in a document from around 1000, as Salchenmunster . Soden, probably created by Fulda Abbey ca. 909, appears in

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252-538: Is the Kinzig Dam . In its lower reaches the Kinzig is used by canoeists. Shortly before Hanau the Kinzig flows through the so-called Bulau . This woodland area was formerly used by the US Army as an exercise area and is therefore still very natural. During high water, water flows rapidly through many ditches in the water meadows so that, in spring, extensive bear garlic meadows appear. After about 82 kilometres,

273-674: The Autobahn 66 from Frankfurt to Fulda . It is linked to the rail network by the Bad Soden-Salmünster station (located in the Stadtteil of Salmünster). At Ahl, the Kinzig is dammed by the Kinzigtalsperre  [ de ] , which serves both to control floods and to generate hydroelectric power. Like in other communities in the area, such as Biebergemünd , Flörsbachtal , Bad Orb and Jossgrund , there

294-534: The Rhine in Kehl-Auenheim The source of the Kinzig ( Kinzigquelle ) is located at a height of about 400 m above  sea level (NN) , in the vicinity of an Aussiedlerhof , a recently established farmstead outside a village, south of Sterbfritz in the municipality of Sinntal . It is a small spring, enclosed in sandstone , that has an outflow pipe. The headstream that rises here flows for

315-537: The 12th century the water of the local wells, with a high salt and iron content, was used for salt production. The springs and the village were mortgaged by the abbot of Fulda to the lords of Hutten in 1330, who initially lived at Stolzenfels before moving to a new palace in the mid-16th century. When the Hutten family came into financial difficulties, they in turn mortgaged the area to the Archbishop of Mainz . However,

336-538: The Kinzig valley. The Stadt (town) Bad Soden-Salmünster today consists of the following 11 Stadtteile (boroughs): Ahl  [ de ] , Alsberg  [ de ] , Bad Soden  [ de ] , Hausen  [ de ] , Eckardroth  [ de ] , Katholisch-Willenroth  [ de ] , Kerbersdorf  [ de ] , Mernes  [ de ] , Romsthal  [ de ] , Salmünster  [ de ] and Wahlert  [ de ] . Bad Soden and Salmünster are

357-562: The river empties into the Main in Hanau at a height of about 100 m above  sea level (NN) . Here, there are balcony-like views of the castle of Philippsruhe or the Main river port. The observation platform comprises two interleaved terraces linked by a steel wall. (in downstream order) The Kinzig catchment covers an area of 1,058 square kilometres. Bad Soden-Salm%C3%BCnster#Subdivisions Bad Soden-Salmünster ( German: [baːt ˈzoːdn̩ zaːlˈmʏnstɐ] )

378-521: The temporal organization of the Archbishopric, the Erzstift , was already running salt works at nearby (Bad) Orb. To avoid internal competition, salt production at Soden was ended in the later 16th century. The salt well ( Barbarossaquelle ) was rediscovered in 1837, and in 1838 Robert Bunsen conducted an analysis of the well's water. In 1872, Soden was granted permission to use the wells for

399-461: The tooth back, none of which was successful. Freigericht borders the municipalities of Hasselroth to the north, Linsengericht to the east and Rodenbach to the west. South of Freigericht (already belonging to the Bavarian district of Aschaffenburg are the town of Alzenau , the municipalities of Mömbris and Geiselbach , as well as the unincorporated area of Geiselbach Forest. Freigericht

420-470: The two Kernstadtteile (core boroughs). The current municipality was created in the Gebietsreform  [ de ] of 1970, 1972 and 1974. From the north, clockwise, the neighbouring municipalities are: Birstein , Steinau an der Straße , Gutsbezirk Spessart (an unincorporated area surrounding the Stadtteil of Alfeld), Bad Orb , Wächtersbach and Brachttal . The Stadtteil Mernes

441-590: Was named after the river. The towns along the Kinzig are Schlüchtern, Steinau an der Straße , Bad Soden-Salmünster , Gelnhausen , and Hanau. The Kinzig is first recorded in 815 A.D. as Chinzicha . This river played a part in the Battle of Hanau in October 1813, as Napoleon retreated back to the Rhine, after his defeat at the Battle of Leipzig . There are several German rivers called Kinzig. Another Kinzig flows into

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