Breckenheim
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Administrative region | Darmstadt |
| District | Wiesbaden |
| Population | 3,572 (2004) |
| Elevation | 161 m |
| Coordinates | 50°4′ N 8°22′ E |
| Postal code | 65207 |
| Area code | 06122 |
| Licence plate code | WI |
| Website | breckenheim.de |
Breckenheim, Germany is one of Wiesbaden's eastern suburbs, and was incorporated into the city of Wiesbaden on 1 January 1977 as Wiesbaden-Breckenheim. It has a population of about 3,600.
[edit] History
The first known mention of Breckenheim is from a charter dated 1 May 950 in which King Otto I donates land in the Königssondergau in Breckenheim, nearby Wallau and Nordenstadt to the count Gerung. The document reads in Latin: "in villa Wanaloha et Brechenheim in pago Kunigessundera vocato in comitatu prefati Gerung comitis."
In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Lords of Eppstein from 1137. It was sold in 1492 to William I, the landgrave of Hesse, and was passed to Hesse-Marburg in 1567, then in 1604 to Hesse-Kassel, then to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1624. The church at the center of the old village was completed in 1724, replacing the original which was destroyed along with most of Breckenheim in the Thirty Years' War. In 1803 the village was passed to Nassau and in 1866 was annexed by Prussia.
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