Stangenrod, Kr. Gießen, Hessen

The first written mention of Stanginrode [sic] is fro a document dated 1320.

From 1604 to 1806, the area encompassing Stangerod was located in the Landgrafschaft of Hessen-Darmstadt.

Today, Stagenrod is administratively part of the municipality of Grünberg.

The 1767 census records that one of the Kutscher families came from the German village of Atzenhain which is located about 2 kilometers northeast of Stangenrod, and just over the boarder into what today is Kreis Vogelsberg.

Church:

There was a chapel consecrated in Stangerod in 1220 and dedicated to Mary, James, & Catherine. However, the Romanesque fortified church located on the hill near the village dates to around 1100. It is a rare example in Upper Hessen of a church with a west tower.

The church was burned in the 1640s by imperial troops. In 1681, the tower vaults and part of the tower were reconstructed, and the church roof was replaced in 1690.