Erzhausen is a village and a municipality in southern Hesse, Germany. It is part of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg. It has about 7,900 inhabitants (2020). Wixhausen, a borough of the City of Darmstadt, is just South of Erzhausen.
History
Settlement in the area dates back to about 1500 B.C., as shown by several cairn burial sites found some kilometres west of the town.
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 Lorsch codex 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. There is a small seminary of the German Pentecostalism BFP movement situated in the town, Bible School Beröa also called Theologisches Seminar Beröa .wordpress.com, Pentecostal Heritage Center, Jan, 29, 2014 wordpress.com, Pentecostal Heritage Center, History of the BFP, Jan, 3, 2010
Historic names 10. century: Erhardeshusen about 1200: Erhardeshusen about 1250: Erharteshusen 1264: Erardishusen 1273: Erharthusen 1273: in villa Erharthusen 1282: Eradeshusen 1282: Erndeshusen; Ebrathshusen 1331: Erarshusen 1331: Irtzhusen 1413: Ebrichshusen; Erarthusen 1413: Ehartzhusen 1440: Eretzhusen 1446: Erhartzhusen 15. century: Erczhussen 1451: Erhartshusen 1452: Erhartshusen 1453: Erhartshusen 1454: Erhartßhussen 1454: Erhartßhußen 1497: Ertzhusen 1506: Erhartzhausen 1526: Ertzhusen 1541: Erhartshaussen 1549: Erhartshausen 1576: Ertzhaussen 1579: Ertzhausen today: Erzhausen
Demography Demography
Year Population 1618 ca. 250 1622 ca. 200 1629 29 "Hausgesessene" 1641 ca. 50 1648 uninhabited 1669 73 1771 559 1829 559 1834 567 1840 596 1846 643 1852 692 1858 726 1864 787 1871 829 1875 898 1885 1.053 1895 1.151 Year Population 1900 1.244 1905 1.390 1910 1.556 1925 1.872 1933 2.258 1939 2.342 1946 2.859 1950 3.086 1956 3.471 1961 4.098 1967 5.296 1970 5.663 1981 6.208 2004 7.186 2011 7.503 2012 7.578 2013 7.699 2014 7.716 Year Population 2015 7.864 2016 8.126
Twin towns – sister cities
1997 Mnichovo Hradiště, Czech Republic 2006 Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy 2013 Malgrat de Mar, Spain 2017 Ivanychi, Ukraine
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