Antrifttal
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Location of Antrifttal within Vogelsbergkreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°46′N 9°11′E / 50.767°N 9.183°ECoordinates: 50°46′N 9°11′E / 50.767°N 9.183°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| Admin. region | Gießen | |
| District | Vogelsbergkreis | |
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| • Mayor | Johannes Averdung | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 26.592 km2 (10.267 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 298 m (978 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 1,919 | |
| • Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 36326 | |
| Dialling codes | 06631, 06635 und 06692 | |
| Vehicle registration | VB | |
| Website | www.antrifttal.de | |
Antrifttal is a community in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.
Antrifttal lies, as its name suggests, in the valley (Tal) of a brook called the Antrift, a tributary to the Schwalm, between the Vogelsberg in the south and the Knüllgebirge in the northeast (low mountain ranges).
The municipal area of 26.59 km² is 54% agricultural (14.3 km²).
Antrifttal borders in the north on the community of Willingshausen (Schwalm-Eder-Kreis), in the east and south on the town of Alsfeld, in the west on the town of Kirtorf, and in the northwest on the town of Neustadt (Marburg-Biedenkopf).
Ohmes is presumably based on a settlement already in existence by Roman times, making it one of the oldest places in the Vogelsbergkreis, and the oldest in the Katzenberg, a mediaeval court district in this area. Ohmes had its first documentary mention in 1240 under the name Omeza. It got its name from a body of water called the Omena that welled up just below the village.
In 1240, a third of the village came into the ownership of the Hersfeld Monastery. There was a noble family, the Lords of Ohmes, but they died out in the 13th century. The other two thirds of the village belonged to the court district of Katzenberg under the Counts of Ziegenhain, with its seat at Ruhlkirchen. The one constant in Ohmes's history during the Middle Ages was change, and the village saw a whole series of rulers, from various lords who held the Katzenberg, to the Teutonic Knights, to Hans von Dornberg the Landgrave of Hesse, and above all the Archbishopric of Mainz.
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