Dipperz

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Fulda
Height :	355 m above sea level NHN
Area :	30.05 km 2
Residents:	3499 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	116 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	36160
Area code :	06657
License plate :	FD
Community key :	06 6 31 003
LOCODE :	DE DZZ
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Am Dorfbrunnen 2 ; 36160 Dipperz
Website :	www.dipperz.de
Mayor :	Klaus-Dieter Vogler ( independent )
Location of the municipality of Dipperz in the Fulda district

Dipperz is a municipality in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

geography

location

Dipperz is about 10 km east of the district town of Fulda in the Rhön .

Due to its favorable location to the city of Fulda and the proximity to the beauties of the Rhön, Dipperz developed into a popular residential community.

Neighboring communities

Dipperz borders in the north and east on the municipality Hofbieber , in the southeast on the municipality Poppenhausen , in the southwest on the municipality Künzell and in the northwest on the municipality Petersberg (all in the district of Fulda).

structure

The community of Dipperz consists of the districts Armenhof , Dipperz, Dörmbach , Finkenhain , Friesenhausen , Kohlgrund , Wisselsrod and Wolferts as well as the single farmstead Alschberg.

history

Dipperz was first mentioned in a document in 1261. The district of Friesenhausen is much older, the first documentary mention goes back to the year 824.

Territorial reform

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the eight previously independent municipalities of Armenhof, Dipperz, Dörmbach (Fulda), Finkenhain, Friesenhausen, Kohlgrund, Wisselsrod and Wolferts were formed into the new municipality of Dipperz on August 1, 1972. At that time the number of inhabitants was 2,300.

religion

The majority of Catholics live in Dipperz. The brick building of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Antonius was built from 1895 to 1896 in neo-Romanesque style after the previous church fell victim to the village fire of 1892. The sculptor Johannes Kirsch from Petersberg created two sculptures over the side portals for the church . The font is late Gothic .

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 CDU : 8 BLGD : 7	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	51.5	8th	52.6	8th	55.6	11	57.1	13
	BLGD	Citizens list of the Dipperz community	48.5	7th	47.4	7th	44.4	8th	42.9	10
	total		100.0	15th	100.0	15th	100.0	19th	100.0	23
	Voter turnout in%		61.7		58.3		59.0		64.5

Culture and sights

The church in the Friesenhausen district

Buildings

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Antonius and St. Placidus is a brick building built between 1895 and 1896 in neo-Romanesque style. The sculptor Johannes Kirsch from Petersberg created two sculptures over the side portals for the church . The font is late Gothic .

Personalities

Wolfgang Gutberlet (* 1944), entrepreneur
Winfried Schwab (* 1964), Catholic clergyman

literature

Michael Mott : The oldest baptismal font in our homeland? / Discovery in the Dipperzer parish garden: The Romanesque baptismal font from the Catholic castle church is a unique treasure. in: Fuldaer Zeitung, Nov. 8, 1990, p. 10 (series: DENK-mal!).
Michael Mott: The death of an old farmhouse / Irrevocably abandoned / Once the farmer's pride, today a ruined building (Dipperz-Dörmbach). in: Fuldaer Zeitung, April 23, 1992, p. 13 (series: DENK-mal!).
Michael Mott: Gothic fish bubbles as witnesses / "stepchildren" of art history: stones that could tell a lot / A remnant of the old Dipperzer chapel in the cemetery wall. in: Fuldaer Zeitung, December 21, 1995, p. 13 (series: DENK-mal!).
Literature about Dipperz in the Hessian Bibliography