Figures and Maps
Figures
1
Ludwig Knaus, Fire in the Village, 1854. Image: public domain
2
The church in Schreufa. Image: Wikimedia Commons
3
Gravestone, likely fifth or sixth century, found in Wiesbaden. Image courtesy of © Reichert
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View of Amöneburg and surrounding countryside, 1640. image from matthaeus merian, topographia hassiae et regionum vicinarum/landesgeschichtliches informationssystem hessen
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Family plowing and sowing seed in a Hessian field, likely circa 1940. Image courtesy of © Helmut Serowy, Waldsolms-Brandoberndorf/ Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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Grain harvest in Roth, circa 1950. Image courtesy of © Anni Dienstbach, Weimar-Roth/Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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The Linden tree in Himmelsberg. Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, Karten no. b 158; image courtesy of Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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View of Schweinsberg and neighboring villages, 1631. Artist: unknown; image from Daniel Meisner/Eberhard Kieser, Thesaurus Philopoliticus Oder Politisches Schatzkästlein vol. 2/ Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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Detail of a 1574 map of Fulda abbey. Artist: Wolfgang Regerwill, from Regerwill’s map “Der Buchavia Oder des Hochstifts Fulda”; image: public domain
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View of Hersfeld, circa 1592. Artist: Joist Moers; image from Werner Engel, “Joist Moers im Dienste des Landgrafen Moritz Von Hessen,” Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 45/ Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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The mill in Argenstein. Photo, date: Harald Busch, 1955; image courtesy of © Bildarchiv Foto Marburg/Art Resource, NY
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View of Fronhausen, early nineteenth century. Artist: unknown; Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, slg. 7/c no. 499, image courtesy of Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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The timber-framed church in Rossberg. Image: Hydro/Wikimedia Commons
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Ludwig Knaus, The Baptism, circa 1850. Image: public domain
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View of the Lahn River and the countryside surrounding Roth, 1949. Image courtesy of © Anni Dienstbach, Weimar-Roth/ Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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Confirmation in Lohra, 1922. Image courtesy of Landesamts für Denkmalpflege Hessen, Außenstelle Marburg/ Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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Otto Piltz, Sunday School, 1880. Image: public domain
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In the balcony of a village church. Artist: Otto Piltz, Before the Worship Service in the Village Church, 1881; image: public domain
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Wedding couple leading a procession to the church in Nausis, 1938. Photo: Carl Eberth; image courtesy of © Museum der Schwalm, Schwalmstadt-Ziegenhain/Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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Confirmands in procession, heading to the church in Großseelheim, 1936. Photo: Ludwig Ph. M. Marck; image from Mathilde Hain, Das Lebensbild Eines Oberhessischen Trachtendorfes. von Bäuerlicher Tracht und Gemeinschaft/Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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Women in procession along a path outside Mardorf, 1936. Photo: Ludwig Ph. M. Marck; image from Mathilde Hain, Das Lebensbild Eines Oberhessischen Trachtendorfes. von Bäuerlicher Tracht und Gemeinschaft/Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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“Peasant baroque” in the Ronshausen church sanctuary. Image courtesy of © Gemeinde Ronshausen
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The local church in Ebsdorf nestled in the agricultural world, estimated 1935. Photo: Braun-Elwert; image courtesy of © Landesamts für Denkmalpflege Hessen, Außenstelle Marburg/ Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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The 1696 gravestone of the Steinhausens in Stausebach. Photo, date: author, 2015
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Inscription above the door of a 1585 communal building in Sachsenberg. Photo, date: Ludwig Bickell, 1888; image courtesy of © Bildarchiv Foto Marburg/Art Resource, NY
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Kratzputz on a barn in Holzhausen. Photo, date: unknown, 1939; image courtesy of © Bildarchiv Foto Marburg/Art Resource, NY
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The church and the tavern. artist: adriaen van ostade, peasants carousing outside, in front of an inn, 1670. Image: public domain
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Villages in and around parish Oberweimar. Detail of Schleenstein’sche map, 1705–1715; image courtesy of Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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Ludwig Knaus, Hessian Funeral in Winter, 1871. Image: public domain
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Otto Piltz, In a Hessian Village School, 1882. Image: public domain
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The church in Haddamshausen. Date of photo: 2016; image: Hydro/ Wikimedia Commons
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Construction of a bridge over the Lahn River by Roth, 1902–1903. Image courtesy of © Anni Dienstbach, Weimar-Roth/ Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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Ludwig Knaus, Visit with the Village Minister, date unknown. Image: public domain
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Carl Bantzer, Sacrament in a Hessian Village Church, 1892. Image: public domain
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Schlüchtern and its cloister. Artist and date: unknown; image courtesy of © Stadtarchiv Schlüchtern
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The Catholic and evangelical churches in Burghaun. Image courtesy of © Bildersammlung, Elisabeth Sternberg-Siebert, Burghaun krs. Fulda
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View of Frankenberg, looking southward, 1581. Image from Georg Braun/Franz Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum/Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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The church in Roda. Photo: roland pieper; image courtesy of © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen
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View of Buchenau, 1833. Artist: G. Francke; georg Landau, Die Hessischen Ritterburgen und Ihre Besitzer vol. 2/ Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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View of Ramholz and the Steckelberg ruins, 1850. Illustrated by Karl Christian Köhler, engraved by Friedrich Foltz; image from Das Kurfürstenthum Hessen in Malerischen Original Ansichten/ Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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The parish house and church in Gronau in 1814. Artist: Carl Philipp Fohr; image courtesy of © Kupferstichkabinett. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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View of Windecken, circa 1800. Artist: Ludwig Wörner; image courtesy of © Städtische Museen Hanau
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Reinhard’s church in Altenhaßlau. Photo, date: Rudolf Stricker, 2011; image: Wikimedia Commons
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Otto Piltz, Women Praying the “Our Father,” 1882. Image: public domain
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Frankenberg’s Town Church, 1850. Illustrated by August Wenderoth; engraved by Friedrich Foltz; image from Das Kurfürstenthum Hessen in Malerischen Original-Ansichten/ Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
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Otto Piltz, Boys’ Choir, 1880. Image: public domain
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The church in Haubern. Photo: unknown; image courtesy of © Horst Hecker
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Dedication of a new cemetery and a soldiers’ memorial in Allendorf, 1928. Photo: unknown; image courtesy of Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
Maps
1
Places mentioned in Chapters 1 and 2 (Created by author)
2
Abandoned and surviving settlements around Schreufa (Created by author; Based on “Schreufa, Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg” in Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen)
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Places mentioned in Chapters 3–5 (Created by author)
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Places mentioned in Chapters 6–11 (Created by author)