Kefenrod

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	Darmstadt
County :	Wetteraukreis
Height :	260 m above sea level NHN
Area :	30.66 km 2
Residents:	2733 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	89 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	63699
Primaries :	06049, 06054
License plate :	FB, BÜD
Community key :	06 4 40 013
LOCODE :	DE KEF
Community structure:	5 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Hitzkirchener Str. 19 ; 63699 Kefenrod
Website :	www.gemeinde-kefenrod.de
Mayoress :	Kirsten Frömel (independent)
Location of the municipality of Kefenrod in the Wetterau district

Kefenrod is a German municipality in the Wetterau district in Hesse .

geography

Kefenrod is located in the Wetterau district on the edge of the Vogelsberg .

Neighboring communities and districts

Kefenrod borders the town of Gedern in the north, the municipality of Birstein ( Main-Kinzig-Kreis ) in the east, the municipality of Brachttal (Main-Kinzig-Kreis) in the southeast, and the town of Wächtersbach (Main-Kinzig-Kreis) in the south. , in the southwest to the city of Büdingen and in the west to the city of Ortenberg .

Community structure

The municipality of Kefenrod consists of the districts Bindsachsen , Burgbracht , Helfersdorf , Hitzkirchen and Kefenrod.

history

On March 25, 1377, Kefenrod was first mentioned as Keberode . Other historical forms of the name were Kemfenrod, von (1380), and Kefenrode (1398) .. Barrows and finds, however, show that the area was already settled between 500 and 1300 AD.

In 2008 the 100th anniversary of the Kefenrod gymnastics club took place.

Incorporations

As part of the regional reform in Hesse on December 31, 1971, the previously independent communities of Bindsachsen, Burgbracht and Hitzkirchen were incorporated . On August 1, 1972, the municipality of Helfersdorf was added by state law.

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 15 seats SPD : 6 CDU : 6 FWG : 3	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	39.8	6th	42.5	6th	37.8	9	37.3	9
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	38.2	6th	39.1	6th	50.3	12	49.6	11
	FWG	Free community of voters	22.0	3	18.4	3	10.2	2	13.1	3
	NPD	National Democratic Party of Germany	-	-	-	-	1.7	0	-	-
	total		100.0	15th	100.0	15th	100.0	23	100.0	23
	Voter turnout in%		52.9		54.7		48.7		54.6

mayor

The past mayoral elections produced the following results:

year	Candidates	Political party	% Result
2013	Rudolf Kessler	CDU	55.2
2013	Julia Pilz	SPD	44.8
Voter turnout in%		78.7
2007	Bernd Kling	SPD	92.7
Voter turnout in%		51.2
2001	Bernd Kling	SPD	85.2
2001	Horst Liebner		14.8
Voter turnout in%		57.0
1995	Bernd Kling	SPD	80.0
1995	Norbert Faust		20.0
Voter turnout in%		75.2

Rudolf Kessler was elected on September 22, 2013 with 55.8% of the vote. His predecessor was Mayor Bernd Kling (SPD, 1990–2013). Kessler took office on January 1, 2014.

Parish council

The community board consists of three members of the CDU, two members of the SPD, who were elected with a joint list of all three parliamentary groups, and the mayor (CDU). The first alderman is Karl-Wilhelm Siebert (SPD)

coat of arms

On May 10, 1968, the municipality of Kefenrod in what was then the district of Büdingen was given a coat of arms with the following blazon : In the shield, divided by a golden diagonal wavy bar, two crossed silver swords above in black, two crossed silver hooks in green below.

religion

The Ev. Church from 1740

In Kefenrod is the Ev. Church in Hitzkirchener Str. 20. The parish office is in Kefenrod / Hitzkirchen , Kirchberg 3

Culture and sights

Buildings

Regular events

Kefenrod organizes annual events such as the Italian Evening or the Backhaus Festival.

Personalities

Friedrich Dettweiler (born August 28, 1864 in Bindsachsen; † May 9, 1939 at Reichenberg Castle (Odenwald) ), animal breeder
Alfred Druschel (born February 4, 1917 in Bindsachsen, † January 1, 1945 near Aachen ), Colonel in the Air Force

literature

Literature on Kefenrod in the Hessian Bibliography
Literature by and about Kefenrod in the catalog of the German National Library

Web links

Commons : Kefenrod - collection of images, videos and audio files

Internet presence of the municipality of Kefenrod
Kefenrod, Wetterau district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Link catalog on the topic of Kefenrod at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

↑ 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 ).
^ Heinrich Reimer , document book on the history of the Lords of Hanau and the former province of Hanau. Part 4. No. 50, p. 48.
↑ “Kefenrod, Wetteraukreis”. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of April 2, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on November 2, 2014 .
↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Büdingen and Friedberg (GVBl. II 330-19) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 230 , § 10 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for 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. 353 .
^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .

↑ approval of a coat of arms and a flag of the municipality Kefenrod, district Budingen, Darmstadt Region of 10 May 1968 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1968 No. 22 , p. 855 , point 625 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3,9 MB ]).

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-HE-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] Heinrich Reimer , document book on the history of the Lords of Hanau and the former province of Hanau. Part 4. No. 50, p. 48.

[lagis-3] “Kefenrod, Wetteraukreis”. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of April 2, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on November 2, 2014 .

[4] Law on the reorganization of the districts of Büdingen and Friedberg (GVBl. II 330-19) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 230 , § 10 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).

[5] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for 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. 353 .

[6] Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .

[7] roval of a coat of arms and a flag of the municipality Kefenrod, district Budingen, Darmstadt Region of 10 May 1968 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1968 No. 22 , p. 855 , point 625 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3,9 MB ]).