Blickershausen
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Blickershausen
City of Witzenhausen
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 55 " N , 9 ° 47 ′ 38" E
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| Height : | 131 (131-160) m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 3.21 km² |
| Residents : | 210 (Dec 2015) |
| Population density : | 65 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 |
| Postal code : | 37217 |
| Area code : | 05545 |
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Blickershausen is a north-western district of Witzenhausen in the Werra-Meißner district in North Hesse .
geography
location
Blickershausen is located on the northern roof of the Kaufunger Forest near the northern border of the geo-nature park Frau-Holle-Land (Werra Valley.Meißner.Kaufunger Wald) . The Münden Nature Park extends northwest of the village . It is located just under 500 m south of the border with Lower Saxony in the north and around 9.5 km west of the border triangle Hessen-Lower Saxony-Thuringia . The core town of Witzenhausen is 6.3 km to the southeast and the Hann. Mündener district Hedemünden about 2 km (depending on the beeline ) northwest. The 130 to 160 m above sea level is flowed through . NN high-lying village of Rautenbach coming from the direction of Ziegenhagen , which flows into the Werra on the eastern edge of the village .
Transport links
Blickershausen can be reached from the Hedemünden junction of the federal motorway 7 via the federal highway 80 , the Hann. Münden in the west-northwest connects with Heiligenstadt in the east and from which the 3238 road leads to Blickershausen near Gertenbach .
In Gertenbach there is a connection to the Kassel - Göttingen railway line . The cycle path from Hann runs through Blickershausen. Münden to Eschwege , which is part of the Werratal cycle path .
history
Blickershausen belonged to the Hessian office Ludwigstein / Witzenhausen until 1821 and then to the district of Witzenhausen . During the French occupation, the place belonged to the canton of Witzenhausen in the Kingdom of Westphalia (1807-1813).
On 1 January 1974 Blickershausen was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse powerful state law in the city Witzenhausen incorporated .
Population development
Source: Historical local dictionary
| • 1575: | 22 house seats |
| • 1585: | 22 house seats |
| • 1681: | 30 teams |
| • 1747: | 42 teams with 43 fireplaces |
| Blickershausen: Population from 1834 to 2015 | ||||
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| year | Residents | |||
| 1834 | 350 | |||
| 1840 | 369 | |||
| 1846 | 366 | |||
| 1852 | 346 | |||
| 1858 | 232 | |||
| 1864 | 285 | |||
| 1871 | 271 | |||
| 1875 | 255 | |||
| 1885 | 243 | |||
| 1895 | 216 | |||
| 1905 | 247 | |||
| 1910 | 201 | |||
| 1925 | 208 | |||
| 1939 | 217 | |||
| 1946 | 354 | |||
| 1950 | 355 | |||
| 1956 | 289 | |||
| 1961 | 280 | |||
| 1967 | 276 | |||
| 1970 | 288 | |||
| 2015 | 210 | |||
| Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources: | ||||
Religious affiliation
Source: Historical local dictionary
| • 1885: | 243 Protestant (= 100.00%) residents |
| • 1925: | 199 Protestant (= 95.67%) residents |
| • 1961: | 216 Protestant (= 77.14%), 57 Catholic (= 20.36%) residents |
Culture and sights
Village church
The Evangelical Village Church is a building that defines the townscape .
societies
There are many associations in Blickershausen, for example: Freiwillige Feuerwehr Blickershausen e. V., rural women association e. V., Heimat und Kulturverein e. V., the youth group Blickershausen, shooting club and others.
Regular events
Fair: Blickershausen is the only village in the vicinity of Witzenhausen that has held a fair every year (third weekend in May) - for more than 100 years. A tent disco takes place on Friday evenings from 9 p.m. and the serenade play takes place throughout the village on Saturday . A band will play on Saturday evening from 8 p.m. The fair ends on Sunday morning with the Blickershausen morning pint , where a brass band plays.
Oktoberfest: For several years now, the Blickershausen youth group has been organizing an Oktoberfest with Bavarian food and drinks in September and / or October.
Potato / village festival: Every year a village and potato festival is organized by the rural women’s association in Blickershausen .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Blickershausen, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of February 10, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ Blickershausen district on the city of Witzenhausen's website, accessed in October 2018.
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Eschwege and Witzenhausen (GVBl. II 330-21) 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. 353 , § 10 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 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. 410 .
Web links
- Blickershausen district on the city of Witzenhausen's website.
- Blickershausen, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Blickershausen in the Hessian Bibliography
