Knüllwald

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Knüllwald
Knüllwald
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Knüllwald highlighted

Coordinates: 51 ° 0 '  N , 9 ° 31'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : kassel
County : Schwalm-Eder district
Height : 260 m above sea level NHN
Area : 100.68 km 2
Residents: 4289 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 43 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 34593
Primaries : 05685, 05681, 05686, 06677Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : HR, FZ, MEG, ZIG
Community key : 06 6 34 011
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Hauptstrasse 7
34593 Knüllwald
Website : www.knuellwald.de
Mayor : Jürgen Roth (VHF)
Location of the municipality of Knüllwald in the Schwalm-Eder district
Kassel Landkreis Fulda Landkreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg Landkreis Kassel Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg Vogelsbergkreis Vogelsbergkreis Werra-Meißner-Kreis Knüllwald Homberg (Efze) Frielendorf Schwarzenborn (Knüll) Neukirchen (Knüll) Oberaula Ottrau Schrecksbach Willingshausen Schwalmstadt Gilserberg Jesberg Neuental Bad Zwesten Borken (Hessen) Morschen Malsfeld Wabern (Hessen) Felsberg (Hessen) Spangenberg Melsungen Körle Guxhagen Edermünde Gudensberg Niedenstein Fritzlarmap
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Knüllwald is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse (Germany).

geography

Knüllwald is located in the Knüllgebirge between the rivers Efze and Beise south of Kassel . With a community area of ​​10,053 hectares, over 60% of which is forested, Knüllwald occupies one of the top places among the largest municipalities in Hesse.

Neighboring communities

Knüllwald borders in the north on the municipality of Malsfeld , in the east on the municipalities of Morschen (both in the Schwalm-Eder district), Alheim and Ludwigsau , in the south on the municipality of Neuenstein (all three in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg ) and the city of Schwarzenborn , as well in the west to the town of Homberg (Efze) (both in the Schwalm-Eder district).

structure

The community consists of the 16 districts of Appenfeld , Berndshausen , Ellingshausen , Hausen , Hergetsfeld , Lichtenhagen , Nausis , Nenterode , Niederbeisheim , Oberbeisheim , Reddingshausen , Remsfeld (seat of the municipal administration), Rengshausen , Schellbach , Völkershain and Wallenstein .

history

The formation of the large municipality of Knüllwald as part of the regional reform in Hesse took place in two stages. On December 31, 1971, the communities of Appenfeld, Ellingshausen, Hergetsfeld, Oberbeisheim, Reddingshausen, Remsfeld, Schellbach, Völkershain and Wallenstein voluntarily merged to form the new community of Knüllwald.

On January 1, 1974, the municipalities of Berndshausen , Niederbeisheim and Rengshausen became part of the greater municipality of Knüllwald by state law. This created one of the largest municipalities in Hesse. Local districts were set up for all formerly independent municipalities .

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 23 seats
Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 49.3 11 57.1 13 52.6 12 58.6 18th
VHF Independent Knüllwälder voter community 26.6 6th - - - - - -
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 20.5 5 31.6 7th 31.9 7th 29.0 9
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens 3.6 1 6.9 2 6.0 2 5.7 2
FDP Free Democratic Party - - 4.4 1 5.2 1 - -
FWG Free community of voters - - - - 4.3 1 - -
FDP-FWG Free list of citizens FDP - FWG - - - - - - 6.7 2
total 100.0 23 100.0 23 100.0 23 100.0 31
Voter turnout in% 61.0 60.3 59.3 66.5

Attractions

Museums

Buildings

  • Wallenstein castle ruins
  • Fortified church Berndshausen: built in 1729, renovated in 1962
  • Niederbeisheim Church: built in 1775, renovated in 1963
  • Oberbeisheim church: built in 1720, baptismal font, renovated in 1971
  • Remsfeld Church: Gothic church with a late Gothic choir and a late Gothic wall tabernacle and a font
  • Reddingshausen church: built in 1600, half-timbered, paintings. The church was renovated in 1953. Since 2007 the first cyclist church in Hesse directly on the R 17
  • Schellbach Church: built in the 15th century, renovated in 1966/67
  • Völkershain Church: built in 1575, renovated in 1955 and 1971

Web links

Commons : Knüllwald  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  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. ↑ Community portrait Knüllwald
  3. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 391-393 .
  4. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen and Ziegenhain (GVBl. II 330-22) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 356 , § 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
  5. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016
  6. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  7. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006