Hauneck

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Height :	248 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.75 km 2
Residents:	3182 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	179 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	36282
Area code :	06621
License plate :	HEF, ROF
Community key :	06 6 32 007
LOCODE :	DE HH7
Community structure:	7 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Hersfelder Str. 14 ; 36282 Hauneck
Website :	www.hauneck.de
Mayor :	Harald Preßmann ( FWG )
Location of the community Hauneck in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Hauneck is a municipality in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in East Hesse . The city of Bad Hersfeld is in the north, in the immediate vicinity. About 35 km away is Fulda in the south and Alsfeld in the west .

geography

View over the community of Hauneck

The community extends along the Haune . A few kilometers north the Haune flows into the Fulda .

Community structure

The community consists of the districts of Bodes , Eitra , Fischbach , Oberhaun , Rotensee , Sieglos and Unterhaun .

Neighboring communities

Bad Hersfeld , Schenklengsfeld , Eiterfeld , Haunetal , Niederaula

history

Church ruins in the mountain cemetery from the 10th century

In 972 a cross chapel was first mentioned in a document. It probably served as a place of pilgrimage. The developing village was mentioned for the first time in 1217 in a document from the Hersfeld abbot Ludwig I to Vogt Bertho von Buchenau as Cruceberc. The Kreuzkapelle served as the village church in the following centuries. In the 16th century the place became deserted, until the end of the 17th century the place Unterhaun was established here. In 1736 the community received a new village church. As a result, the Kreuzkapelle fell into disrepair on a hill above the town in this century.

In the Middle Ages , the Knights of Buchenau (Buchenaouwe) held the fiefdom of the Schildschlag office and the Johannesberg court from the Hersfeld abbot for a long time . Many of today's districts belonged to these Hersfeld administrative areas. The Hersfeld Abbey also appointed the Buchenau as bailiffs. The bailiwick and the seat of the court were together with that of the provost of St. Johannes on the Johannesberg. Later, under the Hessian landgraves, the administrative areas were ruled from Hauneck Castle , from which the municipality name was derived in 1971.

Church building

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Hauneck was created on December 31, 1971 by merging the towns of Oberhaun, Rotensee, Sieglos and Unterhaun. On August 1, 1972, the previously independent communities of Bodes and Fischbach (until then in the district of Hünfeld ) and Eitra were added.

Population development

year	1830	1939	1961	1970	1987	2001	2012	2015
Residents	1249	2127	2836	2990	3593	3460	3555	3166

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 19 seats SPD : 10 CDU : 3rd FW : 6	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	52.6	10	54.2	10	55.0	13	63.9	15th
	FWG	Free community of voters	31.3	6th	28.0	5	32.7	7th	20.8	5
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	16.1	3	17.7	4th	12.4	3	15.3	3
	total		100.0	19th	100.0	19th	100.0	23	100.0	23
	Voter turnout in%		55.2		56.4		57.5		60.3

mayor

After the Hessian municipal constitution is the Mayor Chairman of the Municipal Board , which in the municipality Hauneck next to the mayor five honorary Associate members. Harald Preßmann ( FWG ) has been mayor since May 1, 2004 . His directly elected predecessors were

1998 to 2004 Ernst Hebig (SPD)

coat of arms

Blazon : “The coat of arms shows a blue right-angled wave bar in silver. In the right upper corner 4 and in the left lower corner 3 red stars. "

The wave bar stands for the haune that flows through the community. The stars symbolize the seven districts of the municipality.

Buildings

Church in Oberhaun from the 14th century
old cemetery in Unterhaun with chapel ruins (from 972) on the Crucaberc (Kirchberg)

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Hauneck is located directly on the federal motorway 4 in the immediate vicinity of exit 32 (Bad Hersfeld). The federal road 27 runs along the Haune through the community. The Bebra – Fulda railway runs through Hauneck .

The closest airports are the international airport Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt am Main and the regional airport Kassel-Calden .