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municipality Hofbieber
Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 45 ″  N , 9 ° 52 ′ 52 ″  E
Height : 451 m
Area : 7.49 km²  [LAGIS]
Residents : 525  (December 31, 2014)
Population density : 70 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 36145
Area code : 06657
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District of Elters:
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Elters is a district of the municipality Hofbieber at an altitude of 468 m in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda . Steens , a hamlet made up of four farm groups and a hotel, belongs to Elters. The Hahnershof is also part of it.

history

The place is about 800 years old. In 1170 , the then abbot Bernhard von Fulda left a certain Villem Elderich land here for clearing . The village of Elters, whose name is clearly derived from Villem Elderich, soon emerged here. Today (2014) it has about 535 inhabitants.

On December 31, 1971, the previously independent municipality of Elters was incorporated into the municipality of Hofbieber.

politics

The head of the village is Christina Dehler.

Attractions

  • the parish church from 1890, consecrated to Saints Vitus and Anna
  • Local history museum of the Rhön Club

Infrastructure

Once a year the 70 km long Hessian-Bavarian cycle tour “Ochsentour” starts in Elters. The “Rhön-Verein” founded in 1955 has a branch in Elters. There is also the “Trachtenkapelle Elters” founded in 1926, which represented the State of Hesse at the state ceremony “60 Years of the Federal Republic of Germany”. In the village there is also the “Feldbogensport Elters” and an inn (Pension Birkenbach). There is also the traditional tent fair every other year in Elters.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Figures, data, and facts of the municipality of Hofbieber" , accessed in September 2015.
  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. 394 .
  3. ↑ Trachtenkapelle Elters / Rhön at the state ceremony

Web links

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