Lippoldsberg

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Lippoldsberg
community Wesertal
Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 23 ″  N , 9 ° 33 ′ 16 ″  E
Height : 111  (110-140)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 1668  (Jul 1, 2006)
Incorporation : 1st February 1971
Incorporated into: Wahlsburg
Postal code : 34399
Area code : 05572

Lippoldsberg is a district of the Wesertal municipality in the Kassel district in Hesse . Lippoldsberg is the largest district of the municipality in terms of population and - next to Gieselwerder - one of the two administrative locations.

location

Lippoldsberg is located in the extreme north of northern Hesse in the Weserbergland between Solling (in the north), Kiffing (ridge in the southeast), behind which the Bramwald (in the south-southeast) is, and Reinhardswald (in the southwest). It extends directly south of the Lower Saxon community of Bodenfelde , 6.5 km southwest of Uslar , 7 km east of Bad Karlshafen and 34 km north of Kassel .

Lippoldsberg is located at about 110 to 140  m above sea level. NN on the right bank of the Oberweser , into which the Schwülme coming from the east flows here, which in parts forms the border with Lower Saxony and from which the artificially created Mühlbach branches off above or east of Lippoldsberg.

In Lippoldsberg you can choose the license plates of the district of Kassel (KS, HOG and WOH).

history

At the mouth of the Schwülme in the Weser near Lippoldsberg there was already a ford through the river in early Christian times . There was probably a small settlement here when the Archbishop of Mainz, Lippold von Mainz (from whom the place takes its name), had a small chapel built here in the middle of the 11th century , from which the later Lippoldsberg Monastery emerged .

The Catholic Maria Goretti Church was built in the 1950s .

On February 1, 1971, the two previously independent communities of Lippoldsberg and Vernawahlshausen merged to form the newly founded community of Wahlsburg, which merged with Oberweser to form the Wesertal community on January 1, 2020 .

Lippoldsberg has been a state-approved climatic health resort since 1980 .

Infrastructure and economy

Lippoldsberger Ferry (2008)

traffic

Several district roads run through the village. Lippoldsberg is connected to the federal highway 80 , which runs on the western bank of the Weser, by a yaw ferry and a few kilometers south at Gieselwerder by a bridge over the Weser. The next motorway junctions are at Warburg and Breuna on the A 44 and at Göttingen, Nörten-Hardenberg and Northeim on the A 7 .

Regional train stations are located in Bodenfelde, Vernawahlshausen and Uslar, train stations with stopping of IC and / or ICE trains in Göttingen , Warburg and Kassel.

The next major airports are near Hanover and Paderborn and in Kassel-Calden. There is a small glider airfield in Uslar.

economy

Agriculture is hardly of any importance in Lippoldsberg. The most important employer with over 300 employees is the "Klinik und Rehabilitationzentrum Lippoldsberg gGmbH " located in the Kiffing ridge at an altitude of 200 to 220  m .

Tourism is an important economic factor in the climatic health resort. There are guest beds in hotels, inns and pensions.

Culture

Attractions

Lippoldsberg monastery church

The most important attraction in Lippoldsberg is the Romanesque church of the former Lippoldsberg monastery .

Near the church there is the museum and workshops in the shepherd's house .

In Lippoldsberg there are two trees that are protected as natural monuments.

Events

Cultural events such as concerts, readings and theater performances take place in the monastery church. The folk poet Hans Grimm (“People without Space”), who lives in Lippoldsberg , has been organizing “Poet Meetings” in town since 1934. Right-wing conservative nationalist circles came together here between 1945 and 1981.

education

Sports

  • The fairy tale ferry connects Lippoldsberg with the Vorwerk. There are kilometers of cycling and hiking trails in the middle of the woods, fields and meadows of the Weser Uplands.
  • The Weserradweg leads directly past Lippoldsberg.

Honorary citizen

Personalities

  • Luitpold I († 1059), Archbishop of Mainz. Founded the Lippoldsberg monastery , which was the origin of the place Lippoldsberg
  • Erich Storz (1927–2016), musician and music producer who lived in Lippoldsberg
  • Gustav Siemon (1918–2011), co-founder of the Association of German Officers, 1948/49 member of the People's Chamber of the GDR

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 398 .
  2. ↑ Three months of money for 340 employees HNA article from March 22, 2012
  3. ↑ polunbi.de: Hans Grimm, 1875–1959

Web links

Commons : Lippoldsberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Lippoldsberg  - travel guide