Germerode

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Germerode
community Meissner
Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 42 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 21 ″  E
Height : 298  (283-325)  m
Area : 10.54 km²
Residents : 900
Population density : 85 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 37290
Area code : 05657

Germerode is a district of the municipality of Meißner in the Werra-Meißner district in Hesse ( Germany ).

Geographical location

Germerode is located in the Frau-Holle-Land Geo-Nature Park (Werratal.Meißner.Kaufunger Wald) in the southeastern foreland of the Hohe Meißner . Neighboring places are Vockerode in the north, Abterode in the northeast, Alberode and Vierbach in the southeast and Rodebach in the southwest. The Vierbach flows through it .

history

Germerode was first mentioned in 1186. The monastery Germerode was mentioned as early as 1154/55 . It was the home monastery of many members of the Lower Hessian nobility. The Norbertine - Double Monastery is one of the most important buildings in northern Hesse . The Mönchhof estate used to be an outbuilding of the monastery.

  • Former monastery Germerode 2015

  • Former monastery before 1900

On December 31, 1971, as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the previously independent communities of Abterode, Alberode, Germerode, Vockerode, Weidenhausen and Wellingerode merged to form the new large community of Meißner.

"Mohndorf" Germerode

Opium poppies with accompanying flora in Germerode: View of the Hohe Meißner.

The poppy cultivation in Germerode am Hohen Meißner began in 2009 on an area of ​​1.5 hectares, which belonged to the landlord of the Landhotel Meißnerhof, who owned some fields as a farmer and already operated an oil mill for rapeseed oil production. The morphine-poor opium poppy was grown , the seeds of which can be used in many ways in the kitchen for sweet and savory dishes. Thanks to their high fat content, the poppy seeds are also used to produce oil . Because the opium poppy is included in the Narcotics Act , cultivation is only permitted with the approval of the Federal Opium Agency .

Poppy cultivation established itself in just a few years. The cultivation area increased every year: in 2012 to 5.5 hectares, in 2013 to around nine hectares. In 2015 the pink cultivated poppy bloomed on an area of ​​15 hectares and in 2018 around 20 hectares were cultivated. The poppy requires a constant change of fields. If poppies were grown in a field in one year, poppy seeds should not be sown again in the same area for at least three years.

As the number of fields grew, so did the number of visitors. In 2017 it should have been 25,000, those responsible estimated. Thanks to the clever tourist marketing of the Frau-Holle-Land Geo-Nature Park , the poppy region has now achieved a high level of awareness throughout Germany.

The fields are not fenced and freely accessible. On a three to four kilometer path, with paths underlayed in places with straw, visitors can hike through the blooming splendor of several poppy fields and their colorful accompanying fields. Every year there is an extensive program of events around the flowering, which usually does not start before the end of June. Covered wagon rides, guided poppy flower hikes, “Proseccon nights” and a small poppy seed café became the “Mohntenne”.

The website of the Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land and a "poppy phone" provide information on how far the poppy flowers have already developed.

Culture and sights

  • To the south-west of the village is the Meißner mountain game park .
  • In summer pink poppy fields bloom around the village.

Infrastructure

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Germerode, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 388 .
  3. ↑ Werra-Rundschau from September 19th, 2017 - Poppy blossom: 25,000 visitors came ; accessed on May 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ Leaflet on the poppy blossom 2018 on the website of the Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land; accessed on May 28, 2018.
  5. ^ Poppy blossom in the Frau-Holle-Land Geo-Nature Park on the website of the Frau-Holle-Land Geo-Nature Park; accessed on May 28, 2018.

Web links

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