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Godly community Wesertal Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 41 ″ N , 9 ° 35 ′ 13 ″ E
Height :	117 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.85 km²
Residents :	325 approx.
Population density :	114 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Incorporated into:	Upper Weser
Postal code :	34399
Area code :	05574
	God loyal to Reinhardswald

Gottstreu is a district of the Wesertal community in the Kassel district of Hesse .

Geographical location

The small town of Gottstreu is located in northern Hesse on the left bank of the Oberweser on the densely wooded northeastern roof of the Reinhardswald . It is located about 18 km north of Hann. Münden , 29 km northeast of Kassel , twelve kilometers southeast of Bad Karlshafen , nine kilometers south-southwest of Uslar and three kilometers southeast of Gieselwerder , one of the administrative locations of the Wesertal municipality with the next Weser bridge (all information as the crow flies ).

The village of Weißehütte belongs to Gottstreu.

history

Plaque with the names of the first twelve settlers

Gottstreu was founded in 1722 as a “colony” for Waldensian religious refugees from France by Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel , as was the nearby village of Gewissenruh . The landgrave personally chose the religiously influenced names of both places.

The colonies were laid out as street villages with twelve parcels. The new settlers lived from agriculture and forest work. Until 1825 French was spoken in church services and in school lessons. French inscriptions on house beams and French family names still bear witness to the past of the places popularly known as French villages.

Since February 1, 1971, the formerly independent municipality of Gottstreu was part of the municipality of Oberweser, which was newly created as part of the municipal regional reform, 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 and administrative units that were subject to God faithfulness:

until 1803 Holy Roman Empire, Landgraviate Hessen-Kassel , Niederhessen , Office Sababurg
from 1803: Head of State is Elector ( Electorate of Hesse ), Sababurg Office
from 1807: Kingdom of Westphalia , department of Fulda , district of Kassel , canton of Karlshafen
from 1815: German Confederation , Electorate of Hesse , Lower Hesse, Sababurg Office
from 1821: German Confederation, Electorate of Hesse, Province of Lower Hesse , District of Hofgeismar
from 1848: German Confederation, Electorate of Hesse, Kassel district
from 1851: German Confederation, Electorate of Hesse, Province of Lower Hesse, District of Hofgeismar
from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , administrative district of Kassel , district of Hofgeismar
from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, administrative district of Kassel, district of Hofgeismar
from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative District of Kassel, District of Hofgeismar
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Kurhessen , District of Hofgeismar
from 1945: American occupation zone , Greater Hesse , Kassel district, Hofgeismar district
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Kassel district, Hofgeismar district
February 1, 1971: incorporation of Gottstreu as a district in the new municipality of Oberweser
from 1972: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Kassel district, Kassel district

Culture and sights

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

Inscriptions in God faithful and conscience rest remind of the French ancestry.
Waldensian Church in Gottstreu
Lower street in God faithful

Economy and Infrastructure

Gottstreu is the location of the world-famous factory for Plastifol profiles and moldings "Egon Krautheim GmbH". Agriculture and forestry hardly play a role anymore.

tourism

Gottstreu is a state-approved resort and is located on the Weserradweg. Accommodation is available in a guest house on site. In the neighborhood there are outdoor and indoor swimming pools, campsites and other sights such as places with old half-timbered houses and some castles and castle ruins ( Saba , Trendel , Bram and Krukenburg ).

traffic

The federal highway 80 runs directly on the outskirts . At Hann. Münden, Göttingen is the next motorway exit of the A 7 and at Warburg that of the A 44 .

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

Airports of national importance are located near Hanover and Paderborn .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

1895 Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Reich Chancellor

Personalities associated with Godly faithfulness

Hans Otfried Dittmer (1952–2018), writer, lived in Gottstreu

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b The location on the Oberweser municipality's website , accessed in August 2016.
^ 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. 398 .
↑ Gottstreu, District of Kassel. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 17, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
↑ 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 .

Web links

Commons : God Loyal - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

The place on the website of the municipality of Oberweser
Gottstreu, District of Kassel. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature about God loyal in the Hessian Bibliography

[DF-1] The location on the Oberweser municipality's website , accessed in August 2016.

[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. 398 .

[lagis-3] Gottstreu, District of Kassel. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 17, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[4] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[5] 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 .