Drift Valley

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '  N , 9 ° 12'  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	to water
County :	Vogelsbergkreis
Height :	298 m above sea level NHN
Area :	26.59 km 2
Residents:	1814 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	68 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	36326
Primaries :	06631, 06635 and 06692
License plate :	VB
Community key :	06 5 35 002
Address of the municipal administration:	Weihersweg 24 36326 Antrifttal
Website :	www.antrifttal.de
Mayor :	Dietmar Krist ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Antrifttal in the Vogelsbergkreis

Antrifttal is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis in central Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

Antrifttal is located in the valley of the Antrift river , a tributary of the Schwalm , between Vogelsberg in the south and the Knüllgebirge in the northeast.

54% (14.3 km²) of the municipal area of ​​26.59 km² is used for agriculture.

Neighboring communities

Antrifttal borders in the north on the municipality of Willingshausen ( Schwalm-Eder district ), in the east and south on the city of Alsfeld , in the west on the city of Kirtorf and in the north-west on the city of Neustadt ( district of Marburg-Biedenkopf ).

Community structure

The following districts belong to the municipality of Antrifttal:

• Bernsburg
• Ohmes
• Ruhlkirchen (seat of the municipal administration)
• Seibelsdorf
• Vockenrod

history

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the five municipalities of Bernsburg, Ohmes, Ruhlkirchen, Seibelsdorf and Vockenrod merged on December 31, 1971 and have since formed the municipality of Antrifttal.

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 15 seats FWR : 5 BLO : 4 WGB : 2 FWS : 2 WGV : 2	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	FWR	Free voters Ruhlkirchen	30.1	5	37.2	5	30.2	5	27.4	4th
	BLO	Citizens' list Ohmes	27.5	4th	26.3	4th	26.6	4th	27.2	4th
	WGB	Bernsburg voter community	15.0	2	13.9	2	15.0	2	18.6	3
	FWS	Free voters Seibelsdorf	12.9	2	11.3	2	12.6	2	11.7	2
	WGV	Vockenrod voter community	14.5	2	11.3	2	15.6	2	15.1	2
	total		100	15th	100	15th	100	15th	100	15th
	Voter turnout in%		69.3		67.4		67.0		69.8

mayor

The past mayoral elections produced the following results:

year	Candidates	Political party	% Result
2013	Dietmar Krist		87.3
Voter turnout in%		83.3
2007	Johannes Averdung		87.1
Voter turnout in%		52.9
2001	Johannes Averdung		68.8
Voter turnout in%		57.3
1995	Johannes Averdung		94.5
Voter turnout in%		67.4

In the last election on September 22, 2013, the independent candidate Dietmar Krist was elected. He replaced the mayor Johannes Averdung, who had been in office for many years. There were no opposing candidates. The turnout was 83.3%. The new mayor took office on February 1, 2014.

Community partnerships

Rosora in Italy is the partner municipality of Antrifttal.

In addition, the district of Seibelsdorf maintains a friendly partnership with Seibelsdorf near Marktrodach in Upper Franconia .

coat of arms

Blazon : "Two silver axes turned away in red."

economy

In 2013 a was in the district of the district Ruhlkirchen wind park built, consisting of four wind turbines of the type Nordex N117 / 2400 which have been designed as a weak wind turbines especially for inland locations. The turbines each have a nominal output of 2.4 MW, a rotor diameter of 117 meters and a hub height of 140 meters, the total height is almost 198 meters. The wind farm went into operation at the beginning of November 2013 and is expected to supply around 6,600 three-person households with electricity per year.

Attractions

• Half-timbered houses and the medieval Protestant church in Bernsburg
• Remains of a moated castle from the 13th century.
  See also : Burghügel Ruhlkirchen
• Parish church in Ruhlkirchen
• Hofgut of the Teutonic Order with its chapel from the 13th century, the Scharchstein near Ohmes
• Local recreation area of ​​the Antrift dam
• Extensive deciduous and coniferous forests and gentle elevations with meadows and fields shape the image of the low mountain range between Vogelsberg and Knüllgebirge.

education

There is a primary school and a kindergarten in the Ruhlkirchen district.

Personalities

• Alfred Klostermann (1900–1945), member of the Hessian state parliament and German member of the Reichstag ( NSDAP ), district administrator in Gießen , Groß-Gerau , Schrimm and Alzey , teacher in Vockenrod.
• Heinrich Rohr (1902–1997), Catholic church musician and composer, teacher in Ruhlkirchen.
• Eduard Zinßer (1875–1933), born in Seibelsdorf, professor, teacher, Catholic priest of the parish of St. Paul in Offenbach, clergyman, diocesan praeses of the Catholic journeymen's associations in the diocese of Mainz, victim of National Socialist violence.

See also

• Antrefftal

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. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 347 .
3. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
4. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
5. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
6. ↑ 87.3% for Krist in Antrifttal. Alsfelder Allgemeine, accessed on September 25, 2013 . 
7. ↑ WSB Neue Energien Holding GmbH - press release of November 5, 2013: Energiepark Ruhlkirchen am Netz. Retrieved November 7, 2013 . 
8. ^ Geocaching: Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site. Accessed August 10, 2020 (English). 

Web links

Commons : Antrifttal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the municipality of Antrifttal
• Antrifttal at deutsche-staedte.de
• Image documentation Antrifttal-Ruhlkirchen yesterday and today
• Link catalog on the topic of Antrifttal at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )