Gemünden (Wohra)

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Gemünden (Wohra)
Map of Germany, position of the city of Gemünden (Wohra) highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 58 '  N , 8 ° 58'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : kassel
County : Waldeck-Frankenberg
Height : 249 m above sea level NHN
Area : 58.67 km 2
Residents: 3830 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 65 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 35285
Primaries : 06453, 06456Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : KB, FKB, WA
Community key : 06 6 35 012
LOCODE : DE GNW
City structure: 7 city ​​districts or districts

City administration address : 		Marktstrasse 10
35285 Gemünden (Wohra)
Website : www.gemuenden-wohra.de
Mayor : Frank Gleim ( independent )
Location of the town of Gemünden (Wohra) in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district
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Gemünden (Wohra) [ ɡəˈmʏndn̩ ] is a town in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northern Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

Gemünden is located approx. 30 km northeast of Marburg on the Burgwald bordering to the west and the Kellerwald rising to the northeast . The Wohra flows through the place. The Holzbach flows into the Schweinfe and the Schweinfe into the Wohra.

Neighboring communities

Gemünden borders in the north on the community Haina (district Waldeck-Frankenberg), in the east on the community Gilserberg ( Schwalm-Eder district ), in the south on the community Wohratal ( district Marburg-Biedenkopf ) and in the west on the city Rosenthal (district Waldeck-Frankenberg).

City structure

The city consists of the districts Ellnrode , Gemünden, Grüsen , Herbelhausen , Lehnhausen , Schiffelbach and Sehlen .

history

Evangelical parish church from 1435–1485

Gemünden is said to have emerged from seven villages: Holzbach, Giebelingsbach, Burghardshausen, Ernstdorf, Steigershausen, Osterbach and Katzbach.

The first documentary mentions under the name "Zegemunde" come from the years 750-779. The second written mention was in 1223. Gemünden was first mentioned as a city in 1253. At that time, Gemünden belonged to the Counts of Ziegenhain . This affiliation is also expressed in the city coat of arms: a red-armored black rooster with a goat's head is depicted in a white field; under the wings of the heraldic animal there are two six-pointed stars. When the Ziegenhain family of counts died out in the male line in 1450, the county of Ziegenhain and with it Gemünden fell to the Landgraviate of Hesse ,

In the 16th century, the city experienced a greater period of prosperity: a large fountain was built in 1523, the school was built in 1541, a town hall was built on the market square in 1564, and the first water pipe made of wooden pipes was built in 1587. The Jewish cemetery, which is also used by neighboring Jewish communities, e.g. B. the one in Rosenthal was used.

The catastrophes from the late 16th to the 18th centuries claimed heavy casualties. The fire of 1583 caused great damage, the plague of 1584 killed ⅔ of the population. The Thirty Years 'War and the Seven Years' War also demanded the utmost from the citizens through billeting and financial contributions. Not least because of this, there were repeated disputes between the city council and the rest of the citizenry over questions of the local budget.

In 1714, at the instigation of Landgrave Karl, a reformed mother church was set up in Gemünden, where a reformed parish was established in 1689.

In the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia , the city was the administrative seat of the canton of Gemünden .

After the German War in 1866, Gemünden and the former Electorate of Hessen-Kassel became part of the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau .

From 1909 to 1914 the Wohratalbahn was built, the water pipeline association founded (Gemünden receives a new, more modern water supply), and a new school was built. The water supply for the city and the villages of Altenhaina , Halgehausen , Bockendorf , Sehlen and Grüsen is based on the water pipeline from the Kirschgarten spring to Gemünden and the pumping station in Kirschgarten built in 1967 by the Gemünden-Bunstruth Water Management Association .

From 1933 to 1943 the city was the seat of the district court of Gemünden (Wohra) .

1972 the passenger traffic by the railway was stopped. In the winter of 1980/81 the cessation of freight traffic and the dismantling of the tracks followed. The station building has been preserved and is today a cultural monument used for gastronomy according to the Hessian Monument Protection Act .

Incorporations

On December 31, 1971, the previously independent municipalities of Grüsen, Herbelhausen, Lehnhausen and Sehlen were incorporated as part of the Hessian regional reform . On January 1, 1974, Ellnrode and Schiffelbach ( Marburg district ) were added by virtue of state law. Local districts with local advisory councils and local councilors were formed for all formerly independent communities .

Population development

1834 1885 1910 1925 1933 1939 1950 1961 1970 2009 2019
Gemünden core city 1309 1315 1599 1715 1781 1753 2813 2351 2467 3209 2918
Ellnrode 77 55 54 47 57 49 74 54 38 39 26th
Greetings 288 328 292 299 303 290 429 336 373 365 320
Herbelhausen 148 126 134 127 126 107 171 117 123 92 77
Lehnhausen 166 164 128 135 133 144 218 130 108 110 96
Schiffelbach 356 335 336 298 326 321 455 344 347 296 249
Sehlen 272 224 239 225 270 250 365 250 287 257 246
total 2616 2547 2742 2846 2846 2921 4525 3582 3743 4364 3932

politics

The coat of arms shows the goat head eagle .

City Council

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the 2016 city council
   
A total of 23 seats
  • SPD : 5
  • CDU : 9
  • BL : 9
 Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 41.3 9 39.5 9 56.2 13 49.6 11
BL Citizen List 38.4 9 36.3 8th 14.9 3 8.2 2
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 20.3 5 24.2 6th 28.9 7th 37.5 9
FWG Free community of voters Gemünden - - - - - - 4.7 1
total 100.0 23 100.0 23 100.0 23 100.0 23
Voter turnout in% 52.1 56.7 53.2 58.5
The town hall from 1824

mayor

Frank Gleim was confirmed in office in July 2014 with 72.9% of the votes.

Town twinning

In 1975 the city of Gemünden committed itself to the European idea and concluded the following city ​​partnerships :

Since these partnerships were concluded, numerous mutual visits have been carried out at the club level, which has resulted in the partnership relationships being supported by the population of Gemünden.

Worth seeing

The city wall and the witch tower

In 1253 Gemünden was granted city rights and it is believed that a high stone ring wall including four half-shell towers was built to secure the city on this occasion . Due to the further development of weapons in the 16th century, walls , gates and towers lost their actual function. They could not be dispensed with, however, as they offered protection from wandering robbers and beggars . In 1818 there was a big fire in Gemünden after which large parts of the stone ring wall were removed and used for reconstruction. The only tower that remained was the Witches Tower , which served as a watchtower and prison . The witch tower is located on the grounds of the Protestant rectory.

The Protestant town church

The core of the Gemündener Stadtkirche was built between 1432 and 1485 as a late Gothic hall church . 1803-1806 the nave of the church was thoroughly rebuilt due to dilapidation and a classical hall building was created . During this renovation, the altar and pulpit found their place in the middle of the nave, while the organ was placed in the east gallery. From 1886 to 1952/53 the altar was placed under the organ on the east side of the building, but in 1952/53 the altar was moved back to the center of the nave. The church tower is on the west side of the nave and is 52 meters high. At the main portal there are so-called devil's claws about the origin of which you can tell different stories. As was customary in medieval towns, the area around the church was home to the town cemetery . The burial site in the middle of the city was relocated in the 18th century, however, as a burden for the residents.

The former reformed rectory

After the city ​​fire of 1583, the impressive half-timbered house was built , which today is one of the oldest buildings in the city of Gemünden. The parish acquired the building on the churchyard stairs in 1721 and the reformed pastor lived in the property for 213 years . The reformed elementary school was also housed in this building until 1838 .

The town hall

The town hall of the city of Gemünden was built in 1823 and differed significantly from the rest of the buildings in terms of its design and color. The clearly structured and generously windowed half-timbered construction, dispensing with turrets and elaborate ornaments, made clear the conscious break with princely rule and the move towards a bourgeois society. The town hall became the center of the city administration. From 1834, the newly created community committee and the city ​​council met here to discuss and make decisions with the mayor at the top. The town hall was a multifunctional building. The fire fighting equipment was stored there and weddings were celebrated in the town hall and the annual citizens' ball was held. Also court was held in the town hall. The building was the center of local events. Today these different uses no longer exist. The town hall is purely an administrative building and the official seat of the mayor.

The old train station

In 1911 the train station was built in the north of the city , through which the stop named "Bahnhof Süd" was created. With the construction of this rail link, there were great hopes for the development of the city, as goods and people could be transported faster and cheaper. Mail delivery also improved. However, expectations regarding the profitability of the railway were not fulfilled and passenger traffic was discontinued in 1972. The freight ended in winter 1980/1981 and the dismantling of the tracks followed. What remains are the building of the Gemünden Süd stop and the Gemündener train station, where a restaurant takes care of the well-being of its guests.

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Gemünden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Gemünden (Wohra) in Merian's Topographia Hassiae  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  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. ↑ David Mayes: Communal confessionalization in rural Upper Hesse during the government of Landgrave Karl 1677-1730 ; P. 132
  3. ↑ Gemünden: Water pipeline redeemed women from the yoke, in: Waldeckische Landeszeitung - Frankenberger Zeitung , August 29, 2010
  4. ↑ a b c 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. 389-390 .
  5. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Frankenberg and Waldeck (GVBl. II 330-23) of October 4, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 359 , § 9 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
  6. ↑ main statute. (PDF; 873 kB) §; 6. In: Website. City of Gemünden (Wohra), accessed February 2019 .
  7. ↑ Gemünden municipality (ed.): Residents . Inventory statistics. January 15, 2009 ( HTML [accessed May 9, 2011]).
  8. ↑ Information from the registration office in Gemünden (Wohra)
  9. ↑ a b c d e f Gemünden (Wohra), Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on May 9, 2011 .
  10. ↑ a b c d e f Ellnrode, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  11. ↑ a b c d e f Grüsen, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  12. ↑ a b c d e f Herbelhausen, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  13. ↑ a b c d e f Lehnhausen, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  14. ↑ a b c d e f Schiffelbach, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  15. ↑ a b c d e f Sehlen, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  16. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  17. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  18. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
  19. ↑ https://www.wlz-online.de/frankenberg/frank-gleim-gewinnt-729-prozent-5583852.html
  20. ↑ http://www.gemuenden-wohra.de/city_info/webaccessibility/index.cfm?item_id=851447
  21. ↑ Else Wissenbach was born on February 2, 1898 in Gemünden (Wohra). She spent her childhood in Frankfurt am Main . From 1921 to 1933 she was head of the Office for Youth and Welfare in Diez . With the takeover of power by National Socialism , she was dismissed from office as an early opponent. A stay in Italy to study the language and history of art was as a station of their lives. In 1936 she returned to her native Gemünden. As a poet , she wrote two volumes of poetry and is the author of the book “Vom Dorf zum Stadt” on the history of the city of Gemünden. The book was published in 1953 on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the city of Gemünden. On February 2, 1978, Mrs. Wissenbach acquired the honorary citizenship of the city of Gemünden. A year later she died on February 16, 1979 in Hanover . ( https://www.hna.de/lokales/frankenberg/gemuenden-wohra-ort305246/gemuenden-neuer-treffpunkt-enthaben-am-else-wissenbach-platz-10343786.html )