Gieselwerder

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Gieselwerder
community Wesertal
Coat of arms of Gieselwerder
Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 57 ″  N , 9 ° 33 ′ 2 ″  E
Height : 108 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.6 km²
Residents : 1300 approx.
Population density : 283 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st February 1971
Incorporated into: Upper Weser
Postal code : 34399
Weser cycle path between Oedelsheim and Gieselwerder

Gieselwerder is - next to Lippoldsberg - an administrative seat of the community Wesertal in the north Hessian district Kassel .

Geographical location

Gieselwerder is located in Northern Hesse in the Upper Weser Valley, directly on the left or western bank of the Weser . The place is located on the wooded northern roof of the Reinhardswald , in which the Langenberg and Hahneberg mountains rise not far from Gieselwerder . Beyond the Weser, the Kiffing ridge stretches out , which is followed by the Bramwald to the south and the Solling to the north .

Gieselwerder is located 8 km southeast of Bad Karlshafen , 9 km southwest of the small town of Uslar , 27 km west of Göttingen and 31 km north of Kassel (all information as the crow flies ).

history

Gieselwerder square with town hall
Christ Church

Gieselwerder was first mentioned in a document in 1093. At that time it belonged to the district of St. Peter's Monastery in Nörten . The part of the word Werder in the place name suggests that Gieselwerder was originally on an island.

Located directly on the Weser is the terrain the Gieselwerder is called, a former moated castle , the castle Gieselwerder , from any parts of the perimeter of the foundation and the keep remain. A manor house with outbuildings and a keep has stood on the historical site of the old moated castle since the 11th century .

After the Landgraves of Hesse had shown strength by expanding the Zapfenburg and temporarily occupying Castle Plesse , Gieselwerder finally fell to Hesse in 1583, while Hemeln remained for the Welfen . As early as 1462 the place was pledged to Hesse. Therefore, it was not Gieselwerder, but the expanded Zapfenburg that became the seat of the Gieselwerder office, which was then named after the castle. In 1722, Landgrave Karl von Hessen founded the two villages of Gewissenruh and Gottstreu on the left bank of the Weser for Piedmontese Waldensians .

The Christ Church was consecrated in 1813. In 1899 the construction of the first bridge over the Weser began. During the work on it, remains of oak planks were found on the Wesergrund , in which several iron cannon balls from the time of the Thirty Years' War were stuck.

The names and family relationships of the inhabitants are published in a local family register from 1643 (beginning of the church registers) to around 1950 .

Territorial reform

On February 1, 1971, Gieselwerder merged with several surrounding and previously independent municipalities as part of the regional reform in Hesse to form the new large municipality of Oberweser , which merged with Wahlsburg to form the municipality of Wesertal on January 1, 2020 .

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Gieselwerder was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

Population development

Occupied population figures up to 1970 are:

• 1585: 37 households
• 1747: 90 households
Gieselwerder: Population from 1834 to 1970
year     Residents
1834
  
 786
1840
  
 823
1846
  
 822
1852
  
 848
1858
  
 831
1864
  
 880
1871
  
 845
1875
  
 874
1885
  
 944
1895
  
 976
1905
  
 1.003
1910
  
 1.005
1925
  
 965
1939
  
 1.102
1946
  
 1,501
1950
  
 1,481
1956
  
 1,377
1961
  
 1,320
1967
  
 1,399
1970
  
 1,362
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources:

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 936 Protestant (= 99.68%), 3 Catholic (= 0.32%) residents
• 1961: 1107 Protestant (= 83.86%), 160 Catholic (= 12.12%) residents

religion

  • Ev. Parish Christ Church
  • Kath. Filialkirche zum Guten Shepherd
  • New Apostolic Church

politics

Local advisory board

Since the last local election, the SPD has 8 seats and the CDU 1 seat.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Gieselwerder
 Blazon : "In blue a lion divided nine times from silver and red, holding a golden fish in its paws."

The coat of arms was approved on September 11, 1954 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.

Culture and sights

Miniature watermills in the open-air museum "Mühlenplatz"

Sights are u. a. the Mühlenplatz , a miniature park with miniature replicas of z. B. Mills, castles and palaces in the region and the maritime museum at the campsite.

The half-timbered town hall is located on the Gieselwerder site.

The Trumbach, sometimes also called Lumbach, has its source in the Reinhardswald, above Gieselwerder. A special feature of the stream is the impression that the water seems to flow uphill, which is based on an optical illusion. The stream crosses the Mühlenplatz in Gieselwerder and flows into the Weser after approx. 750 m.

For the cultural monuments of the place under monument protection see the list of cultural monuments in Gieselwerder .

Economy and Infrastructure

Wolfgang Stremmel Bridge over the Weser

traffic

The federal highway 80 runs through Gieselwerder . A Weser bridge located in the center of the village connects the village with state road 561, which leads south to Hann. Münden leads. South near Oedelsheim and further north near Lippoldsberg and Wahmbeck , yaw ferries lead over the federal waterway Weser . At Hann. Münden, Göttingen and Warburg are the next connections to the A 7 and A 44 .

There are regional train stations in Hann. Münden , Hofgeismar and Bodenfelde ; ICE / IC stop at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe train station , in Göttingen and Warburg .

There are airports in Hanover-Langenhagen and Kassel-Calden .

Economic structure

The area around Gieselwerder is poor in large industrial companies, and agriculture and forestry are now neglected.

One of the most important economic pillars is the service sector with small craft businesses and tourism . Gieselwerder is a state-approved resort in the Weser Uplands with numerous half-timbered buildings that are well worth seeing. Until 2011, the place carried the title climatic health resort . There are around 140 guest beds in inns, guest houses and holiday apartments in the village. There is also a campsite. The Weserradweg leads through Gieselwerder. On the Weser there is a canoe station and a landing stage for excursion boats on the Weser. Furthermore, there is an outdoor pool and a Kneipp facility in Gieselwerder .

Honorary citizen

Web links

Commons : Gieselwerder  - Collection of images
Wikivoyage: Gieselwerder  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The location on the Oberweser municipality's website , accessed in August 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Gieselwerder, District of Kassel. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ↑ Eberhard Michael Iba: In the footsteps of the Brothers Grimm from Hanau to Bremen. Fairy tales, sagas, stories . Pustet, Regensburg 1978, ISBN 3-7917-0536-9 , pp. 146 .
  4. ↑ Klaus Kunze : Ortssippenbuch Gieselwerder , Uslar-Fürstenhagen 2005. ISBN 3-933334-15-2 and ders .: Ortssippenbuch Oedelsheim together with Weißehütte until 1905 and Gieselwerder until 1705 , Uslar 2003. ISBN 3-933334-13-6
  5. ^ 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. 398 .
  6. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  7. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms for the community of Gieselwerder, Hofgeismar district, Kassel administrative district from September 11, 1954 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1954 No. 39 , p. 922 , point 946 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3,4 MB ]).
  8. ↑ Website of the open-air museum "Der Mühlenplatz"
  9. ↑ 77th meeting of the specialist committee for health resorts, recreation places and healing wells in Hesse on November 17, 2011 . In: State pointer for the state of Hesse . No. 7 , 2012, ISSN  0724-7885 , p. 221 .