Lohfelden

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Lohfelden
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Coordinates: 51 ° 17 '  N , 9 ° 33'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : kassel
County : kassel
Height : 203 m above sea level NHN
Area : 16.57 km 2
Residents: 14,220 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 858 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 34253
Primaries : 0561, 05608, 05605
License plate : KS, HOG, WOH
Community key : 06 6 33 017
LOCODE : DE LFL
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Lange Strasse 20
34253 Lohfelden
Website : www.lohfelden.de
Mayor : Uwe Jäger ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Lohfelden in the Kassel district
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Lohfelden is a municipality in the northern Hessian district of Kassel , it is in the area of ​​influence of the directly neighboring regional center Kassel , with which it also shares industrial and new construction areas. The historic town centers of Crumbach and Vollmarshausen are characterized by half-timbered houses and as a whole are under monument protection.

geography

The Wahlebach (Fahrenbach) flows through the districts of Vollmarshausen and Ochshausen . The Söhre , a wooded low mountain range, borders on Lohfelden to the south . There are large deposits of sand in the municipality; a. Wall sand, cleaning sand and grit. Some of the pits were filled with excavated earth and rubble and today forms the mountain Tannenkopf . All three historic centers are located in the valley of Bächen, Vollmarshausen and Ochshausen am Wahlebach, Crumbach am Wälzebach.

Development

The main street between Crumbach and Ochshausen was laid out as the new town center , to the south of which is Lange Straße , which ends at the town hall, where the multi-purpose hall and the comprehensive school are also located. Between the districts of Crumbach and Lohfelden there is a park called "Green Center". Due to the size of the community area, buildings are only densely built in the old town centers, Lohfelden is generally more characterized by spacious streets with residential developments as well as adjacent commercial areas and green spaces. The residential development goes seamlessly into Kassel (Forstfeld) and Kaufungen (paper mill), as does the commercial area with Kassel-Waldau.

Lohfelden as a suburb of Kassel (populated area orange)
Location of the districts

structure

The municipality of Lohfelden consists of the districts Crumbach , Ochshausen and Vollmarshausen as well as the two industrial areas Kassel-Waldau and the Lohfeldener Rüssel , which are largely located in the municipality.

Neighboring communities

Lohfelden / Vollmarshausen borders in the northwest on the independent city of Kassel , in the northeast and east on the municipality of Kaufungen , in the south on the municipality of Söhrewald , in the west on the municipality of Fuldabrück (all three in the Kassel district). The community is counted to the "urban zone" of the city of Kassel.

history

Söhrestrasse in the settlement

In the 10th and 11th centuries, the cleared areas to the east of Kassel were given to colonists, and the fields and land were given long leases. These were later given away by the emperor to monasteries. The St. Alban Abbey in front of Mainz owned 1008 rights in Crumbach in the 14th and 15th centuries, then the Archbishop of Mainz , the Kaufungen Abbey, the Weißenstein and Ahnaberg monasteries , the St. Martin 's monastery and the Carmelite monastery. The three places Vollmarshausen, Crumbach and Ochshausen had a common court on the linden tree in Vollmarshausen .

The farmers in the three villages were mostly part-time farmers and earned their living as artisans. The reason for the minor importance of agriculture for the local economy was inheritance law, which made it possible to divide the country. Agriculture was often only practiced for personal use. With the establishment of a large locksmith's shop, industrialization began as early as 1750. The Brothers Grimm visited the three villages in the 1820s; a drawing by Ludwig Emil Grimm showing Crumbach in late summer has been preserved from 1821, another drawing can be assigned to the church of Vollmarshausen.

As early as 1850, the previously rural areas began to change and urbanization began. From then on, part of the population preferred to work in companies in Kassel, or they oriented their business towards them. The subsequent death of the court therefore had hardly any economic consequences. In 1912 the Söhrebahn was put into operation.

On June 1, 1941, the two municipalities of Crumbach and Ochshausen were merged to form the new municipality of Lohfelden by resolution of the Oberpräsident in Kassel. The name goes back to the field names "Auf dem Loh" and "Lohfeld". This describes the gardens and corridors between Crumbach and Vollmarshausen. Fieseler Flugzeugbau Kassel , known for building the Fieseler Storch, was located in the area of ​​the municipality, at what was then the Kassel airfield . The street Am Fieseler Werk is a reminder of this to this day .

The settlement was built between the two districts ; it was planned as early as 1919 and was then realized at the end of the 1930s based on designs by Hannsgeorg Oechler . The architectural design was as an urban garden city with classicist quotations. The reason for the planning was the development of Lohfelden into a Kassel suburb. In the final stage, the settlement should have 12,000 inhabitants and also house a district hospital. Areas in the Fulda valley in the direction of Kassel were deliberately kept free in order not to disturb future local recreation areas with a sea of ​​houses. Ultimately, the construction of the motorway (today's A 7) cut unrestricted access to these areas. Although a town hall was inaugurated in 1951, the Second World War had made the ambitious plans for a large garden city obsolete. In 1966 the Söhrebahn was discontinued and the route was converted into a cycle path and green spaces.

In Lohfelden, the Deutsche Bundespost operated the basic network station Kassel for the second television program from 1961 to 1964 . With the commissioning of the Söhrewald transmitter , the plant was shut down and the 50 m high steel lattice mast was dismantled. The street name Am Sender is reminiscent of the location where there is now a smaller steel lattice mast for mobile communications.

Territorial reform

On December 1, 1970 , as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the communities of Vollmarshausen and Lohfelden voluntarily merged to form the large community of Lohfelden. The new town hall was built on Lange Straße between the previous Lohfelden and Vollmarshausen. Kassel strove to incorporate the rich suburb and submitted corresponding applications to the Ministry of the Interior. With two votes (one in the municipal council and one in a public assembly), Lohfelden was able to prove the opposite will of the people, but in return had to cede some of the districts to Kassel in 1975. Together with the city of Kassel, two business parks were developed in 1971 and 2009.

Population development

The Kassel region has generally seen a decline in population. On the other hand, Lohfelden is with just over 6% after Baunatal the community with the second largest increase in population between 1995 and 2006. Both places are also the only ones in the region that show continuous growth.

religion

The Evangelical Church in Ochshausen around 1910
The Catholic St. Johannes Bosco Congregation on Langen Strasse

The Reformation was officially introduced in 1526 with the Homberg Synod. There is the Evangelical Church Community Lohfelden for the districts Crumbach and Ochshausen and the Evangelical Church Community Vollmarshausen . The eastern part of the Kassel-Land parish has been part of the Kaufungen parish since 1982. The expanding industry of Kassel led to an influx of Catholics, for example from the Westerwald and Saarland. From 1939 Catholic services were held in the Protestant church in Crumbach, the new St. Johannes Bosco church was inaugurated at Christmas 1949, followed in 1977 by a new building designed by Josef Bieling .

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 37 seats
Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 51.0 19th 56.1 21st 66.2 24 * 69.6 26th
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 23.1 9 22.4 8th 25.8 10 22.4 8th
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens 11.9 4th 12.5 5 5.9 2 5.7 2
ULL Independent list Lohfelden 14.0 5 8.1 3 2.2 1 - -
FDP Free Democratic Party - - 0.8 0 - - 2.4 1
total 100.0 37 100.0 37 100.0 37 100.0 37
Voter turnout in% 52.1 45.5 47.3 54.8
The town hall

mayor

After the Hessian municipal constitution is the Mayor Chairman of the Municipal Board , the nine volunteer in the community Lohfelden next to the Mayor Councilor belong. Uwe Jäger (SPD) has been mayor since June 1, 2016. His predecessors were

  • until 2016 Michael Reuter (SPD)
  • until 2004 Bernhard Blank (SPD)
  • until 1992 Walter Knoche (SPD)
  • until 1970 Gerhard Kühne (SPD)
  • until 1965 Wilhelm Richter (SPD)
  • until 1952 Heinrich Malsch (SPD)
  • 1945 to 1950 Paul Althans (SPD)

Note: The mayors until 1970 refer only to the old community (Crumbach and Ochshausen), then also to the district of Vollmarshausen.

household

Until 2009 Lohfelden had a steady budget. For the first time for 2010, a budget was presented that is not balanced. Of the 24.5 million euros, 1.5 million were taken from the reserve, which was thus used up to 1 million. The largest single items were the development of the Lindenberg development area, sewer rehabilitation, construction work in the outdoor pool / panorama area and road renovations. The cause was an unexpected drop in trade tax by 3 million euros.

A year later, the originally planned deficit of 1.1 million euros was closed with a surplus of 142,000 euros, a contract with Kassel after the assignment of land only had a term of 35 years for participation in trade tax, but this began (and thus ended) Year later than expected, as the parish treasurer inquired.

In October 2012, a surplus of 490,000 euros was reported for the year just ended

Town twinning

Lohfelden maintains partnership relationships with

coat of arms

On January 13, 1967, the municipality of Lohfelden was awarded a coat of arms with the following blazon : In a shield divided by gold and green, three (1: 2) bell-shaped oak leaves in mixed up colors.

Culture and sights

The history of the three old villages of Crumbach, Ochshausen and Vollmarshausen is made accessible with the ECO path, Kulturgeschichte Lohfelden , along which information boards are attached. In total there are 8 works of art on the ARS Natura x-Weg in the municipality. With the " fairy tale of someone who set out to learn to be afraid ", Lohfelden is connected to the Märchenlandweg .

Buildings

The districts of Crumbach and Vollmarshausen are each classified by the monument protection as a complete complex , in addition, 33 buildings in Vollmarshausen are also cultural monuments .

Source: Eco path cultural history Lohfelden

Natural monuments

There are a total of 5 natural monuments in Lohfelden, all of which are trees.

societies

  • FSC Lohfelden
  • The Free Sports and Cultural Association (FSK) Lohfelden offers many different sports. These include football, gymnastics, athletics, badminton, tennis, dancing, table tennis, winter sports and handball.
  • FSK Vollmarshausen
  • HSG Lohfelden Vollmarshausen, handball

Lohfelden in literature

  • In the novel Until the End of the B-Side by Jamal Tuschick, a child drowns in the Lohfelden outdoor pool.
  • Lohfelden appears in two works by Matthias P. Gibert : In the thriller Nervenflattern “the address in Lohfelden in the southwest of Kassel turned out to be a lonely two-family house at the end of a cul-de-sac.” In circus air: Lenz's third case is about a suspect who at times was reported in Lohfelden.

Two folk tales have their origin or references to Lohfelden-Crumbach: The apparition in Crumbach and the fairy tale of one who set out to learn to fear .

Naming

The geranium Storchenschnabel Lohfelden is named after the place (Geranium cantabrigiense Lohfelden) it was bred by the perennial gardener Heinz-Richard Klose, after whom the Viola Klose is named.

Economy and Infrastructure

The Söhreschule
The multipurpose hall

Schools / care

Lohfelden has two primary schools, the rainbow school in Crumbach and the primary school in Vollmarshausen. There is also a comprehensive school in Ochshausen (Söhreschule). In addition, there are five kindergartens, two day nurseries, two senior citizens' homes and a nursing home in Lohfelden. (As of December 31, 2007)

Sports facilities

Lohfelden has four sports halls and two football stadiums:

  • the multi-purpose hall on Langen Strasse, built in 2003
  • the sports hall of the Söhreschule
  • the Wilhelm Richter Hall of the Rainbow School
  • the sports hall Vollmarshausen
  • the Nordhessenstadion (one grass pitch, two artificial turf pitches)
  • the football field Vollmarshausen (a grass field, an artificial grass field, a "football field")

There is also an outdoor pool and a small indoor pool in the primary school in Lohfelden.

traffic

Autohof Lohfeldener Rüssel

Road traffic

In the north-south direction, the A 7 leads past Lohfelden, the A 44 branches off at the Kassel Süd triangle and the A 49 at the Kasseler Kreuz Mitte. The A 7 separates Kassel from Lohfelden to the east. The B 7 leads north towards Kaufungen. The Kassel Ost motorway service station is on the municipal area, as is the Lohfeldener Rüssel truck stop .

Lohfelden is directly connected to the neighboring municipalities of Kassel (Waldau), Kaufungen (Niederkaufungen), Söhrewald (Wellerode) and Fuldabrück (Bergshausen) via main roads. The distance to the center of Kassel is 5.5 km.

Rail transport

The Söhrebahn ran through the village until 1966 . The reactivation of the route to Vollmarshausen, which had been converted into a cycle path, as a tram was rejected by the municipality. Criticisms of the old plan from 1998 are the only partial connection of the place, an alternative in the new discussion since 2010 is the continuation via Vollmarshausen to Söhrewald, so that bus routes can also be replaced.

An industrial trunk line has been leading into the industrial area since 1983 . In 2001 a freight center (GVZ) was built there, which in 2004 achieved a throughput of 11,841 wagons.

Local public transport

The bus lines 35 and 37 of the DB Regio Bus Mitte run every 7–8 minutes to Lohfelden during rush hour. The journey time from Königsplatz to Vollmarshausen with line 37 is 25 minutes.

Economic structure

The structural change from a rural area to an urban settlement took place as early as the 19th century. Previous farmers adjusted to the needs of the young industry and workshops. The Crumbacher Müle was built in Crumbach, from which Kassel was supplied with flour. For a long time, the Fieseler-Werke were an important employer, after 1945 the Adam Richter machine factory was built near what is now the center of the town , after the company was sold to the Quandt Group, Alstom took over the site and produced chemical plants, and in 2011 it was acquired by ZEED New Energy GmbH . From 1985 to 1991 ERK Solartechnik manufactured electric vehicles in Lohfelden.

In 1971 the development of the Kassel-Waldau industrial park began , which is mainly located in the municipality. From 1665 employees in 1975 the number rose to 4100 in 2002. From 2009, the city of Kassel again opened up a second industrial park, the Lohfeldener Rüssel . The term goes back to the beginning of the A 49 , which is colloquially called that. This is also known for the truck stop of the same name. In the new 205,000 m² industrial area, u. a. Mechanical engineering companies, hotels and truck service centers are located.

media

The daily newspaper Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine reports on Lohfelden . In Lohfelden, Blickpunkt Lohfelden has been published since 1981 , which is also the community's announcement sheet and is distributed free of charge to all households in the community every week.

Personalities

literature

Web links

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

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. ↑ Angela Pitzschke: Lohfelden. Three villages - one place. History and Stories , p. 145 1996
  3. ↑ H. Schroedel, in: Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning: For the demarcation and internal structure of urban settlement agglomerations, p. 142, 1976
  4. ↑ Angela Pitzschke: Lohfelden. Three villages - one place. History and Stories , p. 83 1996
  5. ↑ Mainzer Urkundenbuch, Volume 1: The documents up to the death of Archbishop Adalbert I (1137) , edited by Manfred Stimming, Darmstadt 1932 (ND 1972), No. 439.
  6. ↑ forays through 900 years of history Crumbach and Ochsenhausen 1102-2002 , published by the parish council of the municipality Lohfelden., 2001
  7. ↑ Angela Pitzschke: Lohfelden. Three villages - one place. History and Stories , p. 269 1996
  8. ^ Walter Reuter: A late summer day 1821 in Crumbach, in the yearbook of the Brothers Grimm Society, 1991
  9. ↑ Ludwig Emil Grimm: Drawings and paintings: Catalog raisonné (p. 375?)
  10. ↑ Angela Pitzschke: Lohfelden. Three villages - one place. History and Stories , p. 17 1996
  11. ↑ Angela Pitzschke: Lohfelden. Three villages - one place. History and stories. 1996, p. 279
  12. ↑ Amalgamation of the municipalities of Lohfelden and Vollmarshausen in the Kassel district to form the municipality of "Lohfelden" on November 13, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 48 , p. 2253 , point 2249 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5,6 MB ]).
  13. ^ 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. 400 .
  14. ↑ Angela Pitzschke: Lohfelden. Three villages - one place. History and Stories , p. 346 1996
  15. ↑ Festschrift
  16. ^ Michael Glatthaar: City-regional associations. Solving the steering dilemma in shrinking regions. P. 68 Source Statistics Hessen
  17. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  18. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  19. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
  20. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Direct elections in Lohfelden
  21. ^ Adoption and introduction of the mayor of Lohfelden
  22. ↑ HNA: 1.5 million euros are missing , article from December 19, 2009.
  23. ↑ HNA: Black numbers in Lohfelden , from October 31, 2011.
  24. ↑ HNA: Surplus of 490,000 euros in Lohfelden , from October 28, 2012.
  25. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the municipality of Lohfelden, district of Kassel, administrative district of Kassel from January 13, 1967 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1967 No. 5 , p. 154 , point 107 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3,4 MB ]).
  26. ↑ Listed buildings according to districts
  27. ↑ Eco path cultural history Lohfelden
  28. ↑ Young Giants ( Memento from November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  29. ↑ Jamal Tuschick: Until the end of the B-side, Suhrkamp 2003
  30. ^ Matthias P. Gibert: Nervenflattern, p. 282, 2007
  31. ↑ Burckhard Garbe: The most beautiful sagas from Hessen, 2017
  32. ↑ Lohfelden community information statistics ( Memento from April 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  33. ^ HNA: Tram to Lohfelden. The decision on the feasibility study will be made in autumn on March 22nd, 2010.
  34. ↑ HNA: Million Project: ZEED GmbH builds center for renewable energies , from November 2nd, 2011.
  35. ↑ Commercial area Kassel-Waldau ( Memento from August 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )