Gelnhausen: Difference between revisions

|image_plan = Gelnhausen in MKK.svg

|state = Hessen

|district = Main-Kinzig-Kreis

|elevation = 180 - 312

According to the ''[[Institut Géographique National]]'' from 1 January 2007 until July 2013 the [[Geographical centre of Europe|geographic centre of the European Union]] was located on a wheat field outside the town.

 

 

==History==

|native_name = ''Reichsstadt Gelnhausen''

|conventional_long_name = Imperial City of Gelnhausen

|common_name = Gelnhausen

|era = Middle Ages

|status = Free Imperial City

 

* Medieval town center with historic buildings like the ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Gotisches Haus (Gelnhausen)|de|3=Gotisches Haus (Gelnhausen)|lt=Gotisches Haus}}'' and the ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Romanisches Haus (Gelnhausen)|de|3=Romanisches Haus (Gelnhausen)|lt=Romanisches Haus}}''

*The ''[[Imperial Palace, Gelnhausen|Kaiserpfalz Gelnhausen]]''. The castle was erected at the time of Gelnhausen's foundation southeast of the town on an island in the Kinzig river. The groundwork is stabilized by 12,000 logs, driven into the earth. Today it is the best preserved ''Kaiserpfalz'' from this era.

*The ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Marienkirche (Gelnhausen)|de|3=Marienkirche (Gelnhausen)|lt=Marienkirche}}'', the most recognizable landmark of Gelnhausen. It shows both [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] (like the six-storey west tower) and [[Gothic architecture]] (the octagonal crossing tower and the east towers) elements. The church was built from local [[Buntsandstein|bunter]] between 1170 and 1250 by Selbold Abbey, replacing a simple chapel from ca. 1100 of which some traces remain. In 1543, Gelnhausen [[Reformation|turned Protestant]] and the church became the Protestant parish church.<ref name="Zeitreise">{{cite book |last1=Schumacher|first1=Karin|last2=Schumacher |first2=Hans-Jürgen|title=Zeitreise durch den Spessart (German) |publisher=Wartberg Verlag|year=2003 |pages= |isbn=3-8313-1075-0}}</ref>{{rp|18}}