Edermünde

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Schwalm-Eder district
Height :	197 m above sea level NHN
Area :	25.83 km 2
Residents:	7332 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	284 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	34295, 34225
Primaries :	05603, 05665
License plate :	HR, FZ, MEG, ZIG
Community key :	06 6 34 002
LOCODE :	DE UEU
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Brückenhofstrasse 4 ; 34295 Edermünde
Website :	edermuende.de
Mayor :	Thomas Petrich (independent)
Location of the municipality of Edermünde in the Schwalm-Eder district

Edermünde seen from above

Edermünde is a municipality in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder district at the confluence of the Eder in the Fulda .

geography

Location and districts

Edermünde is in the north of the Schwalm-Eder district, south of Kassel . The community consists of the districts of Besse , Grifte , Haldorf and Holzhausen . The municipal administration is located in the centrally located district of Holzhausen.

The district of Besse nestles against the Langenberge towering in the Habichtswald nature park to the west , Grifte lies directly west of the confluence of the Eder and Fulda, Holzhausen lies on the Hahn basalt peak, and Haldorf lies a little above the Edertal. The municipality is traversed by the western Eder tributary Pilgerbach . The first village community center in Hessen was built in Haldorf in 1951.

Neighboring communities

Edermünde has a short border to the community of Schauenburg in the extreme northwest , to the north to the city of Baunatal (both in the district of Kassel ), to the east, with the Fulda or Eder as the border, to the community of Guxhagen , to the south to the city of Felsberg and in the southwest and west to the city of Gudensberg (all three in the Schwalm-Eder district).

history

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Edermünde was newly formed on December 31, 1971 through the merger of the previous municipalities of Grifte, Haldorf and Holzhausen am Hahn (officially: Holzhausen a. Hahn). On January 1, 1974, Edermünde and the previously independent municipality of Besse were merged by state law to form the new large municipality of Edermünde . No local districts were established.

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 31 seats SPD : 16 Greens : 3 CDU : 6 FW : 6	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	51.0	16	55.0	17th	60.3	19th	61.3	19th
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	20.5	6th	16.3	5	19.3	6th	19.8	6th
	FWG	Free voter community Edermünde	18.6	6th	14.8	5	12.9	4th	13.7	4th
	GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	9.9	3	13.9	4th	7.5	2	5.2	2
	total		100.0	31	100.0	31	100.0	31	100.0	31
	Voter turnout in%		54.4		57.9		59.1		68.0

mayor

Thomas Petrich has been (independent) mayor in Edermünde since 2014.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on November 18, 1980 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.

Blazon : "A silver, four-leaf clover in the red shield under a raised silver wave cap."

The municipality chose a heraldic representation of the confluence of the Eder and Fulda rivers in the shape of a wave goblet as the coat of arms, the four districts of the municipality are symbolized by a four-leaf clover. The Hessian colors red and white were chosen as the colors.

The design of the coat of arms was in the hands of the Bad Nauheim heraldist Heinz Ritt .

Community partnerships

Edermünde has had a partnership with the South Tyrolean municipality of Terenten since 1989 .

Culture and sights

Museums

Local history museum in the district of Haldorf (in the former shepherd's house)
Dorfmuseum Holzhausen in the village community center (Association for Culture and History Holzhausen)

Buildings

Fortified churches in Besse and Grifte

Natural monuments

Rooster basalt tip in Holzhausen

Hahn: From the basalt dome of Hahn ( 255.8 m above sea level ) in Holzhausen there is an excellent view of the surrounding area. The way to the plateau was restored by wooden houses in 1999 and 2000 and is therefore easy to hike.

traffic

Edermünde has a connection to the Main-Weser Railway in the Grifte district .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Ekkebrecht von Grifte (* 1342? At Grifte Castle in today's Edermünde; † after 1406), knight, known for the successful defense of the Gudensberger Obernburg in 1387
August Franke (born February 14, 1920 in Haldorf; † October 21, 1997), politician ( SPD ), district administrator of the Fritzlar-Homberg and Schwalm-Eder districts , member of the Hessian state parliament
Willi Rausch (born June 3, 1936 - † January 16, 2015 in Besse), politician ( SPD ), member of the Hessian state parliament
Günter Rudolph (born March 13, 1956 in Haldorf), politician ( SPD ), member of the Hessian state parliament
Fritz Scheffer (born March 20, 1899 in Haldorf; † July 1, 1979 in Göttingen ), German soil scientist

People associated with the community

Edgar Franke (* 1960), politician ( SPD ), member of the German Bundestag
Paul Heidelbach (1870–1954), dialect poet
Rebekka Knoll (* 1988), writer
Peer Schröder (1956–2019), writer

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Edermünde - Travel Guide

Website of the municipality of Edermünde
Edermünde, municipality, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ 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 ).
↑ 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 , § 20 ( 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. 392-393 .
^ 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] 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 , § 20 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).

[3] 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. 392-393 .

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

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

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