Helmighausen

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Helmighausen
City of Diemelstadt
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 21 ″  N , 8 ° 55 ′ 34 ″  E
Height : 287 m above sea level NHN
Area : 10.24 km²
Residents : 331  (Jun 30, 2020)
Population density : 32 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1970
Postal code : 34474
Area code : 02992
Aerial photograph (2013)
Aerial photograph (2013)

Helmighausen is a district of the city of Diemelstadt in the northern Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg .

Geographical location

Helmighausen is located in the west of Diemelstadt in the so-called Red Land on the edge of the Teutoburg Forest / Eggegebirge nature park . State road 3198 runs through the village .

history

The village probably originated around 500 AD. The hard-to-work soil, which indicates the color and which was formed by the weathering of red sandstones from the lower red sandstone, gave the region the name “Red Land” . The townscape is characterized by well-preserved half-timbered houses. The church, built around 1300, is worth seeing.

The Helmighausen moated castle was demolished around 1700 and replaced by an estate with a manor house that still stands today .

On 31 December 1970 Helmighausen was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse on a voluntary basis in the city Diemelstadt incorporated .

Attractions

Others

In 1976 Helmighausen was the state winner in the competition Our village should be more beautiful .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b statistics. In: website. City of Diemelstadt, accessed August 2020 .
  2. ↑ Incorporation of the communities Ammenhausen, Dehausen, Helmighausen, Neudorf and Wethen into the city of Diemelstadt in the Waldeck district on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 111 , point 122 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
  3. ↑ Night watchman memorial

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