Cornberg

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Height :	275 m above sea level NHN
Area :	23.36 km 2
Residents:	1323 (December 31, 2019)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	36219
Area code :	05650
License plate :	HEF, ROF
Community key :	06 6 32 005
Community structure:	3 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Am Markt 8 ; 36219 Cornberg
Website :	www.cornberg.de
Mayor :	Achim Großkurth ( independent )
Location of the municipality of Cornberg in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg

The municipality of Cornberg on the upper reaches of the Sontra is located in the northeast of Hesse in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg . Cornberg is the smallest municipality in the district in terms of population and the third smallest municipality in Hesse.

geography

View over the municipality of Cornberg

Geographical location

The community is located between the cities of Bad Hersfeld in the south and Eschwege in the north, each 27 km away . The municipality is located between the Stölzinger Mountains and the Richelsdorf Mountains . The Sontra flows through the districts of Rockensüß and Königswald . The brook Cornberger Wasser flows through Cornberg itself and flows into the river Sontra at Berneburg (district of Sontra ).

The lowest point in the community is 254 m above sea level. NN a little below the Untermühle on the Sontra, between Rockensüß and Berneburg. The highest point in the municipality is 485.8 m above sea level. NN high Mosenberg . The district boundary to the neighboring town of Rotenburg an der Fulda (district of Dankerode ) runs over this mountain, about two kilometers northeast of Königswald .

Neighboring communities

Cornberg borders the town of Waldkappel in the north, the town of Sontra in the east (both in the Werra-Meißner district ), in the south-east with the municipality of Nentershausen , in the south with the town of Bebra and in the west with the town of Rotenburg an der Fulda (all three in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg).

Community structure

In addition to the administrative headquarters in Cornberg, there are the two districts of Rockensüß and Königswald to the northwest, in the Sontra valley .

history

Gothic monastery church (northern wing of the monastery area) with the attached western wing

The district Rockensüß was first mentioned in 1274 and the district Königswald in 1351. The actual Cornberg settlement was only created from 1938 to 1941 for the miners and smelters in the copper slate mining in the Richelsdorf Mountains and was then in the district of Rockensüß. It is the only new settlement in the old district of Rotenburg since the Thirty Years War . On April 1, 1954, the new community Cornberg was formed from this settlement and parts of the previous districts of Rockensüß, Mönchhosbach and Rautenhausen.

A Benedictine monastery had existed here since 1296 , a subsidiary of the Hersfeld Abbey , which had previously been located in Bubenbach as the St. Nikolai Monastery . The Cornberg monastery was abolished in 1526 and converted into an agricultural estate for the Hessian landgraves.

In 1574 Philipp Wilhelm von Cornberg , an illegitimate son of Landgrave Wilhelm IV of Hesse-Kassel , received the former monastery and its lands from his father as a hereditary fiefdom and named himself after it. Philipp Wilhelm sold it in 1598 to his half-brother, Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel, who handed it over to the sons from his second marriage in 1627 as part of the Rotenburger Quart . It was a bailiwick that until the extinction of the Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg was in 1834 in their possession and then to Kurhessen fell back.

The former monastery was a state domain until 1964, and from 1946 it was owned by the State of Hesse. The dilapidated commercial and residential buildings around the monastery were demolished between 1957 and 1973. Only the Gothic monastery area has been preserved; it was repaired from 1990 to 1994. The former two-aisled church (north wing of the monastery area) with the still preserved nuns' gallery is used today as a cultural stage. The community center and the museum are housed in two further wings. There is a restaurant in the east wing.

From 1945 to 1949, the whole of Cornberg and the former UNRRA monastery were DP camps . Mainly former slave laborers from the Soviet Union and Poland were housed here. Many of them emigrated from here to Canada or the USA.

Incorporations

On October 1, 1971, the old communities Cornberg and Rockensüß merged as part of the regional reform in Hesse . On August 1, 1972, the previous municipality of Königswald was incorporated.

politics

Community representation

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016 A total of 11 seats SPD : 6 CDU : 1 CBL : 4	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	51.8	6th	64.5	10	61.0	9	45.0	7th
	CBL	Cornberger citizens list	33.4	4th	20.5	3	24.0	4th	39.5	6th
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	14.7	1	14.9	2	15.0	2	15.5	2
	total		100.0	11	100.0	15th	100.0	15th	100.0	15th
	Voter turnout in%		50.6		52.0		50.7		63.4

mayor

The non-party Achim Großkurth was elected on 20 October 2002 with a vote share of 52.5% to the mayor. He was re-elected on June 1, 2008 with 91.7% of the vote.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “The coat of arms is divided. Above in silver a striding red lion. Below is a shaft of red and silver arranged in three rows of five places. " The coat of arms was awarded to the community by the Hessian Minister of the Interior on February 26, 1981.
	Justification of the coat of arms: The municipal coat of arms is borrowed from the family coat of arms of the Barons von Cornberg and is only slightly different in color. The striding lion represents the family's descent from the House of Hesse . The chess stands in the family coat of arms for a chessboard and is held in the family coat of arms in the colors blue, red and silver.

Culture and sights

Museums

Local history museum and sandstone museum Cornberg monastery
Quartzite sand quarry with mineral storage facility; Locations of prehistoric tracks found by small dinosaurs from the Zechstein Age and the Permian with the Cornberger track plate .

Buildings

Cornberg Monastery (built 1292–1296)
Rittershain Castle

traffic

The B 27 and the Bebra – Göttingen railway line run through the Cornberg district . From Cornberg the county road K 52 leads to Rockensüß, from there the K 57 to Königswald.

Web links

Commons : Cornberg - Collection of Images

Website of the municipality of Cornberg
Cornberg, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Search for Cornberg in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library
Link catalog on the subject of Cornberg at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

References and comments

↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
^ New formation of an independent community Cornberg in the district of Rotenburg / Fulda, administrative district of Kassel on March 12, 1954 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1954 No. 13 , p. 306 , point 275 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3,9 MB ]).
↑ On March 29, 1597 in Prague, Philipp Wilhelm received the imperial nobility letter from Emperor Rudolf II as "von Cornberg".
^ DP camp in Cornberg
↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Hersfeld and Rotenburg (GVBl. II 330-13) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 217 , § 4 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 406 f .
^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .

^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011

^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-HE-1] Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).

[2] New formation of an independent community Cornberg in the district of Rotenburg / Fulda, administrative district of Kassel on March 12, 1954 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1954 No. 13 , p. 306 , point 275 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3,9 MB ]).

[3] On March 29, 1597 in Prague, Philipp Wilhelm received the imperial nobility letter from Emperor Rudolf II as "von Cornberg".

[4] DP camp in Cornberg

[5] Law on the reorganization of the districts of Hersfeld and Rotenburg (GVBl. II 330-13) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 217 , § 4 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).

[6] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 406 f .

[7] Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .

[8] Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011

[9] Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006