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the
framework church
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glad living
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To the upper
Allna approximately 400 Seelendoerfchen which were situated, for the
first time in a document from the year 1366 as " Fronhausen in the
court Gladenbach " one mentioned.
One however the first
Frankish colonization counts its establishment time, (400 to 600 A.d..)
too, as live also with all remaining places in the periphery on end.
One assumes that the
name is derived from the medieval word " Fron ", which " gentleman "
means and was the first address here a " Fronhus ", a gentleman master
of a noble one.
At the Franconia realm
the country was divided into gaus. Our area belonged to Lahn gau,
starting from that 10. Century then to the land county Hessen and at
13. Century ignored it into the possession of the Marburger land count.
At the 30jaehrigen war
(1618-1648) remained our homeland in the first 20 years, up to which
spares epidemics, which were brought in by the war peoples and who
required many victims, but in the last 10 years also our area the whole
fright of the war met.
At the Westfaeli peace
1648 it was determined that the hessian hinterland, which came offices
battery mountain, Biedenkopf, Gladenbach and Koenigsberg to Hessen
darmstadt.
Further years of
different wars followed, and the time around 1800 became beyond that
the " bloom time " the Wegelagerer and gangs of robbers.
1811 were removed the
body characteristic, which meant however still for a long time no
prosperity, since our fields were a little productive.
Thus ever more village
citizen occupation relating to crafts turned; Glad-lives thus never was
a correct farmer village.
1866, after the
GermanAustrian war, we became Prussian and belonged to the province
Hessen Nassau.
During the large
emigration wave in the middle 19. Century left six glad houses their
homeland.
1974 13 independent municipalities
were united under it also to glad living, to the greater Gladenbach.
 Text
developed following the anniversary publication
to the 60jaehrigen anniversary of the freiwilligen
fire-brigade glad living
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