Hagsfeld
quarter of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Hagsfeld is a district in the north east of Karlsruhe, Germany. Hagsfeld borders the Stutensee district of Blankenloch in the north, Weingarten in the northeast and the Karlsruhe districts Grötzingen in the east, Durlach in the southeast, Rintheim in the south and Waldstadt in the west.
The district is further divided into Alt-Hagsfeld and Westlicher Teil.
History
In 991 Hagsfeld was mentioned for the first time as "Habachesfelt". According to tradition, the name comes from the fact that a new community was built on a field full of "Habachen" (probably trees).
On December 2, 1261, Pope Urban IV confirmed that "Hagesvelt" and all its farms belonged to Gottesaue Monastery. Margrave Jakob I bequeathed Hagsfeld to his son George of Baden in 1453. The Laurentius Church and the cemetery were also mentioned in 1499 as the property of Gottesaue Monastery.
The Thirty Years' War also claimed many victims in Hagsfeld, so that in 1650 there were only 45 residents left. In 1851 Hagsfeld comprised 110 houses in which a total of 908 residents lived.
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