Lichtenfels (Hesse)

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 10 '  N , 8 ° 47'  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Height :	419 m above sea level NHN
Area :	96.73 km 2
Residents:	4100 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	42 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	35104
Primaries :	05636, 06454 (Dalwigksthal, Münden, Neukirchen, Sachsenberg)
License plate :	KB, FKB, WA
Community key :	06 6 35 016
City structure:	8 districts
City administration address :	Aarweg 10 35104 Lichtenfels
Website :	www.stadt-lichtenfels.de
Mayor :	Henning Scheele ( CDU )
Location of the city of Lichtenfels in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district

Lichtenfels is a collective municipality in the northwest of the North Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg ( Germany ). The community bears the title of “city”, which it inherited from its sub-communities Sachsenberg and Fürstenberg ; the administrative headquarters are located in the largest district of Goddelsheim . Most of the Waldeckian Switzerland is located in Lichtenfels .

Geographical location

Lichtenfels is located at the northeast foot of the Rothaargebirge about 53 kilometers (as the crow flies ) southwest of Kassel , not far from the western end of the Edersee in the southwest of the Waldecker Land . The Medebacher Bay borders to the west , and the Breite Struth to the south . In the northeast it borders on the Ittertal , in the east on the Edertal , behind which the Kellerwald rises, and in the south on the Nuhnetal .

The municipality, in which the districts are widely scattered, is traversed by the Orke and the Wild Aa ("Aar"). With its area of ​​almost 100 km² and a forest share of almost 40%, Lichtenfels is one of the most extensive and densely wooded communities in the district.

Neighboring communities

Lichtenfels borders in the north on the city of Korbach , in the east on the municipality Vöhl , in the south on the city of Frankenberg (all in the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg); and in the west to the cities of Hallenberg and Medebach (both in the Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia ).

history

In the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse , the two cities of Fürstenberg and Sachsenberg and the six communities of Dalwigksthal , Goddelsheim , Immighausen , Münden , Neukirchen and Rhadern merged to form a city called Lichtenfels with effect from October 1, 1971 . For the area of ​​each of the formerly independent municipalities, a local district with a local advisory board and a local mayor was set up.

Historical lore

The Lichtenfels city archive is kept in the Hessian State Archive in Marburg (inventory 330 Lichtenfels). Almost all of the holdings have been developed and can be researched online.

politics

City Council

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the 2016 city council        A total of 23 seats SPD : 5 Greens : 2 GBL : 1 FDP : 4 CDU : 6 WGL : 5	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	28.0	6th	29.2	7th	33.4	8th	31.6	7th
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	23.6	5	23.3	5	30.3	7th	32.4	7th
	WGL	Lichtenfels community of voters	20.8	5	19.4	5	15.8	3	16.1	4th
	FDP	Free Democratic Party	17.3	4th	16.6	4th	17.2	4th	12.6	3
	GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	7.9	2	10.5	2	-	-	7.4	2
	GBL	Green list of citizens Lichtenfels	2.4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	LEFT	The left	-	-	1.0	0	-	-	-	-
	UPL	INDEPENDENT PER LICHTENFELS	-	-	-	-	3.3	1	-	-
	total		100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	23
	Voter turnout in%		60.4		60.8		59.9		62.4

mayor

In September 2019, Henning Scheele (CDU) was elected to succeed Uwe Steuber, who after his third term of office no longer ran for the office of mayor.

Culture and sights

Lichtenfels Castle

• Lichtenfels Castle
• Reckenberg Castle
• Schaaken Monastery

Trivia

The hedgehog festival takes place annually in the Fürstenberg district. It was launched as the Middle Ages , a hedgehog the Landgrave Henry the Iron saved the life when he him on the hunt crossed the path. The count and his horse had to stop abruptly, otherwise they would have fallen down a steep slope. In addition, Lichtenfels Castle is and was the seat of Biodata and its successors.

Web links

Commons : Lichtenfels  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Link catalog on the subject of Lichtenfels at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

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. ↑ municipal area reform in Hesse; Mergers and incorporations of municipalities from September 22, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 41 , p. 1651 , point 1364 para. 10 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.1 MB ]).
3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in 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. 408 .
4. ↑ Overview of the "Stadtarchiv Lichtenfels"  holdings (HStAM holdings 330 Lichtenfels). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), accessed on June 18, 2011.
5. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
6. ↑ Local elections 2011 in Hessen. In: https://statistik-hessen.de . 2011, accessed July 2020 . 
7. ↑ Local elections 2006 in Hessen. In: https://statistik-hessen.de . 2006, accessed July 2020 . 
8. ^ Lichtenfels Green Citizens List on the Internet ( Memento from June 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Henning Scheele wins mayoral election in Lichtenfels. September 29, 2019, accessed March 4, 2020 . 
10. ^ "Dolles Dorf" election 2007 - 16 "dolle" participants from East Hesse on hr television // East Hesse | News. Osthessen, May 5, 2007, accessed on July 31, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Genial beside it , Sat.1 on December 28, 2007