Hornel

Hornel City of Sontra Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 20 ″ N , 9 ° 54 ′ 31 ″ E
Height :	247 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.57 km²
Residents :	112 (Feb 3, 2020)
Population density :	44 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1938
Postal code :	36205
Area code :	05653

Hornel is a district of the city of Sontra in the Werra-Meißner district in North Hesse .

history

Hornel was mentioned as Harnayl in 1297. Another mention from this period as Harnalle is dated to 1308. In the Sontra hereditary registers from 1458 to 1471, the spelling Harnagel is used. The place is named Harnoll in 1585. The current spelling of the name has been used since 1747. For a long time Hornel was shaped by agriculture and mining.

Hornel was incorporated into Sontra in 1937. In the same year copper slate mining began. Hornel had a one-class school until 1966.

Web links

City part Hornel In: Website of the city of Sontra.
Hornel. Local history, information. In: www.hornel.de. Association communities Hornel; accessed on August 12, 2018
Hornel, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Hornel in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Hornel In: Website of the city of Sontra. Accessed July 2020.

[DF-1] Hornel In: Website of the city of Sontra. Accessed July 2020.