Erzhausen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Erzhausen is a village in southern Hesse, Germany. It is part of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg. It has about 7.000 inhabitants.

[edit] History

Erzhausen train station building, now a public library.

Fields south of Erzhausen, showing a typical South-Hesse countryside during autumn.

Settlement in the area dates back to about 1500 B.C., as shown by several cairn burial sites found nearby.

The settlement itself is mentioned in documents from 900 A.D. onward under various names like 'Erardishusen', 'Erhartzhausen', 'Ebrichshusen' or 'Erndeshusen'. The oldest document of the Codex Aureus of Lorsch names it as 'Erhartshausen' ('Houses of Erhart').

After remaining a mostly unimportant farming village until the early 20th century, it grew strongly after the railway line from Frankfurt to Darmstadt was built several kilometers to the east of it. The habitation spread out towards it, and workers employed in the nearby cities (which could now be reached a lot easier) settled here.

Today, it is still mostly a residential village, with some commerce and office activities.

This Hesse location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Coordinates: 49°57′N 8°38′E