Kraftwood

Kraftwood City of Bad Berleburg Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 22 ″  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 12 ″  E
Height :	580–700 m above sea level NN
Residents :	15  (Aug 1 2007)
Postal code :	57319
Area code :	02750

Kraftsholz is a hamlet in a small district of Bad Berleburg in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The hamlet now consists of three houses. The main source of income for the residents is agriculture and forestry.

location

Kraftsholz lies on a ridge of the Rothaargebirge , halfway between the villages of Wunderthausen and Wemlighausen .

history

The settlement emerged as a canon settlement at the beginning of the 18th century. During this time, on the instructions of the Wittgenstein Counts, the soft forest areas were settled.

Until the regional reform in 1975, the hamlet belonged to the independent municipality of Wunderthausen and the Berleburg office . In terms of church, the small settlement was assigned to the parish of Girkhausen until the middle of the 19th century . In 1900 the place had eleven inhabitants.

The name Kraftsholz is a so-called clearing name . The first part of the word refers to one of the first settlers named Craft . The second part stands for forest .