Elfershausen (Malsfeld)

Elfershausen Malsfeld municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 43 ″ N , 9 ° 30 ′ 19 ″ E
Height :	305 (268–329) m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.4 km²
Residents :	450
Population density :	132 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Postal code :	34323
Area code :	05661

Place view

Elfershausen is a part of the municipality of Malsfeld in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse .

geography

Elfershausen is west of the main town in northern Hesse at the foot of the Falkenberg. On the south-western outskirts of the village, the state roads 3224 and 3435 meet with the county road 28. In the west, further away, the federal motorway 7 runs .

history

In 1253 the village was first mentioned as Elfershusen . In 1345 the place, which had fallen desolate in the meantime, was settled again. The church is mentioned for the first time in 1585 .

On February 1, 1971, Elfershausen was incorporated into the municipality of Malsfeld as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

Population development

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1345:	desolate
• 1524:	Court mentioned as a fief. Then the village apparently grown again
• 1585:	19 house seats
• 1747:	31 households

Elfershausen: Population from 1834 to 2010
year		Residents
1834	258
1840	259
1846	292
1852	257
1858	265
1864	283
1871	244
1875	260
1885	257
1895	246
1905	268
1910	299
1925	319
1939	311
1946	482
1950	469
1956	396
1961	373
1967	347
1970	378
2010	450
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Further sources:; Malsfeld municipality

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885:	257 Protestant (= 100.00%) residents
• 1961:	327 Protestant (= 87.67%), 43 Catholic (= 11.53%) residents

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Elfershausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , point 328, paragraph 45 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 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. 405 .

literature

Literature about Elfershausen in the Hessian Bibliography
Search for Elfershausen (Malsfeld) in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library

Web links

Elfershausen district on the website of the municipality of Malsfeld.
Elfershausen. Local history, information. In: www.elfershausen-online.de. Private website; accessed on July 24, 2018
Elfershausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[lagis-1] Elfershausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , point 328, paragraph 45 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 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. 405 .