Hesperinghausen

Hesperinghausen City of Diemelstadt Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 27 ″ N , 8 ° 54 ′ 24 ″ E
Height :	336 (331-350) m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.74 km²
Residents :	458 (Jun 30, 2020)
Population density :	97 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	34474
Area code :	02992

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

Geographical location

Hesperinghausen is located in the west of Diemelstadt on the border with North Rhine-Westphalia in the so-called Red Land . To the north of the village are the Büchenberg and Platzberg nature reserves near Hesperinghausen and the Büchenberg and Platzberg nature reserves near Hesperinghausen .

history

The village probably originated around 500 AD. The place was first mentioned in 1246 AD. In the 18th century, miners settled in the place who worked in the nearby copper mines . The last mine in Marsberg was closed in 1945. In 1996 the village anniversary "750 years of Hesperinghausen" took place. Ten years later (2006) a festival called "750 + 10" took place, which followed on from the annual harvest festival.

At 31 December 1971 Hesperinghausen was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse on a voluntary basis in the city Diemelstadt incorporated .

Worth seeing

• Church (Protestant): There are only remnants of the medieval church building in the tower and in the west wall of the nave. In 1761 a new half-timbered ship was added and probably rebuilt around 1840. Complete restorations took place in 1900, 1933 and 1997.

societies

The place Hesperinghausen is characterized by a lively club life. The place is currently home to 6 active clubs.

Shooting club: The shooting festival in Hesperinghausen is held every two years. In particular, the type of bird shooting is a specialty here. The wooden bird is shot at with a crossbow. In 2019 the shooting club celebrated its 150th anniversary, for which a chronicle (based on the shooting chronicle from 1994) was created.
Choral society: The highlight of the year is the singing festival.
Shanty choir
fire Department
Sports club: There has been a game community with the neighboring towns of Helmighausen and Neudorf in the Red Land since the 1990s. The SG currently provides 2 senior teams (Kreisliga A and Kreisliga C Waldeck).
DRK Hesperinghausen

literature

Heinrich Bodenhausen and Friedrich Hübel: The Red Land. Helmighausen - Hesperinghausen - Kohlgrund - Neudorf . Arolsen: Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein 2014 (= Waldeckische Ortssippenbücher 88)
Literature about Hesperinghausen in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b statistics. In: website. City of Diemelstadt, accessed August 2020 .
↑ 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 ]).

Web links

District Hesperinghausen. In: Website of the city of Diemelstadt.
Hesperinghausen. Local advisory board, information. In: diemelstadt.hesperinghausen.de. Private website; accessed on August 6, 2020
Hesperinghausen, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[DF-1] 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 ]).