Habichtswald (municipality)

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '  N , 9 ° 20'  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	kassel
Height :	348 m above sea level NHN
Area :	28.21 km 2
Residents:	5114 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	181 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	34317
Area code :	05606
License plate :	KS, HOG, WOH
Community key :	06 6 33 011
Address of the municipal administration:	Breiter Weg 4 34317 Habichtswald
Website :	www.habichtswald.de
Mayor :	Thomas Raue ( SPD )
Location of the community Habichtswald in the district of Kassel

Habichtswald is a municipality in the northern Hessian district of Kassel . The municipal administration is located in the Dörnberg district .

geography

location

The municipality of Habichtswald is located in the Habichtswald Nature Park about 10 km (as the crow flies ) west of Kassel, north of the Essigberg (approx.  597.5  m above sea  level ), south of the Hohen Dörnberg ( 578.7  m ) and southeast of the Großer Bärenberg ( 600, 7  m ). The western municipality area is traversed by the warmth and the northern by its tributary Lubach .

Neighboring communities

Habichtswald borders in the north on the city of Zierenberg and the community Ahnatal (both district of Kassel), in the east on the independent city of Kassel , in the south on the community of Schauenburg , and in the west on the cities of Zierenberg and Wolfhagen (all in the district of Kassel).

structure

Districts of the community Habichtswald are - with an approximate altitude in meters (m) above sea ​​level (NHN):

• Dörnberg (335 m)
• Ehlen (330 m) with Gut Bodenhausen (310 m)

history

Both districts were first mentioned in 1074 in a deed of donation from Hasungen Monastery.

As part of the Hessian regional reform , Dörnberg and Ehlen merged on December 31, 1971 to form the new municipality of Habichtswald.

politics

Community representation

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

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016     A total of 23 seats SPD : 15 CDU : 5th WGH : 3	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	63.9	15th	73.6	17th	65.1	15th	67.4	21st
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	19.8	5	26.4	6th	34.9	8th	32.6	10
	WGH	Habichtswald voter community	15.2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
	FDP	Free Democratic Party	1.1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
	total		100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	31
	Voter turnout in%		53.9		53.8		50.6		61.1

mayor

In September 2014, with a turnout of 44.8 percent, Thomas Raue (SPD) was confirmed in office with 77.5% of the votes.

badges and flags

On June 20, 1980 the Hessian Minister of the Interior approved a coat of arms with the following blazon for the community: "The coat of arms of the community Habichtswald shows the black flight image of a hawk in a golden shield over a fir-cut green shield base."

On August 30, 1982 the Hessian Minister of the Interior approved a flag with the following flag description for the municipality : "The flag of the municipality of Habichtswald shows the municipality's coat of arms on the flag strip that is quartered after the upper two sevenths of the flag length of green and yellow."

partnership

The Habichtswald community has had a partnership with Solt in Hungary since 2001 .

The legend of the werewolf belt

One man in Ehlen was said to be a werewolf. Some men wanted to investigate and examined the family home. They did not find the werewolf, but found barrels of meat that he had collected in the basement of the house. One of the children explained that the father could fly if he tied a strap on. Curious, one of the men put on the said strap. Immediately he flew out through the front door and was gone. It wasn't until four weeks later that he was found dead in the forest.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Wilhelm Schulz (1805–1877), German-Spanish geologist and mining engineer

Web links

Commons : Habichtswald  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Habichtswald (municipality)  - travel guide

Wikivoyage: Eco path cultural history Habichtswald  - travel guide

• Habichtswald (official homepage)
• "Habichtswald, District of Kassel". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

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. ^ 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. 411 .
3. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
4. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Final result of the municipal election on March 27, 2011 , on statistik-hessen.de
5. ↑ Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt: Final result of the municipal election on March 26, 2006 , on statistik-hessen.de
6. ↑ Habichtswald voter community (official homepage)
7. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the municipality of Habichtswald, district of Kassel from June 20, 1980 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1980 No. 27 , p. 1204 , point 752 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.6 MB ]).
8. ^ Approval of a flag for the municipality of Habichtswald, district of Kassel, dated August 30, 1982 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1982 No. 37 , p. 1654 , point 947 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.0 MB ]).
9. ^ Heinz Rölleke: The great German saga book . Vienna 2001.