Ludwigsau

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Height :	285 m above sea level NHN
Area :	111.93 km 2
Residents:	5514 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	36251
Primaries :	06670, 06621
License plate :	HEF, ROF
Community key :	06 6 32 012
LOCODE :	DE LSU
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Schulstrasse 1 ; 36251 Ludwigsau
Website :	www.ludwigsau.de
Mayor :	Wilfried Hagemann ( independent )
Location of the municipality of Ludwigsau in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district

Ludwigsau is a large municipality in northeast Hesse in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district . With 112 km² it is one of the largest municipalities in Hesse.

geography

Geographical location

The community is located on the Fulda in the city triangle of Bad Hersfeld , Bebra and Rotenburg an der Fulda . The municipality marker is on the edge of the Seulingswald and extends along the Rohrbach and its left tributary Endersbach into the eastern Knüllgebirge . The Rohrbach flows into the Fulda near Reilos. The Rohrbachtal is sometimes called Besengrund, which refers to the basket makers and broom makers. These professions have often appeared here in the past centuries.

Neighboring communities

Ludwigsau borders in the north on the municipality of Alheim and the town of Rotenburg an der Fulda , in the east on the town of Bebra and the municipality of Ronshausen , in the southeast on the municipality of Friedewald , in the south on the town of Bad Hersfeld and in the west on the municipality of Neuenstein (all in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg) and the municipality of Knüllwald, which is part of the Schwalm-Eder district .

Community structure

The community consists of the 13 districts Beenhausen , Biedebach , Ersrode , Friedlos , Gerterode , Hainrode , Meckbach , Mecklar , Niederthalhausen , Oberthalhausen , Reilos , Rohrbach and Tann .

history

Ludwigseck Palace

As part of the Hessian territorial reform in 1971/72, two large communities were founded in the Fulda valley north of Bad Hersfeld, in the Besengrund and adjacent valleys. After a short time, these regional authorities and other previously politically independent villages were merged to form the large community of Ludwigsau.

The naming ultimately refers to Landgrave Ludwig I of Hesse , who initiated the construction of two castles named after him - Ludwigseck Castle and Ludwigsaue Castle (built in 1416) - in what is now the municipality. There are no more visible traces of the last-mentioned castle, it stood at the confluence of the Rohrbach and the Fulda.

Church building

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality Ludwigseck was created with effect from December 31, 1971 , through the voluntary amalgamation of the formerly independent municipalities of Beenhausen, Ersrode, Hainrode and Oberthalhausen. On the same day, the Ludwigsau community came into being through the voluntary amalgamation of the formerly independent communities of Biedebach, Friedlos, Gerterode, Mecklar and Tann. Friedlos in particular was interested in avoiding forced incorporation into the district town of Bad Hersfeld.

Since Niederthalhausen opposed the amalgamation to the municipality of Ludwigseck, the municipality of Ludwigseck was dissolved again by state law on August 1, 1972 and the associated municipalities and Niederthalhausen as well as Meckbach and Rohrbach were forcibly incorporated into the large municipality of Ludwigsau.

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 25 seats SPD : 16 BFL : 9	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	61.5	16	64.4	16	61.2	19th	61.7	19th
	BFL	Citizens for Ludwigsau	37.4	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
	FDP	Free Democratic Party	1.1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	-	-	35.6	9	38.8	12	38.3	12
	total		100.0	25th	100.0	25th	100.0	31	100.0	31
	Voter turnout in%		61.0		59.3		61.1		63.6

mayor

After the Hessian municipal constitution is the Mayor Chairman of the Municipal Board , the seven volunteers in the community Ludwigsau next to the Mayor Councilor belong. Mayor Wilfried Hagemann ( independent ) was elected on April 22, 2018, with 53.2% of the vote for his first term of office until 2024. Mayor Wilfried Hagemann won the election in a runoff election against Daniel Stange.

coat of arms

Blazon : “The coat of arms is divided diagonally with a blue double wavy line. On the top right a red castle on silver and on the bottom left on silver a red mill wheel ”.

Meaning: The 13 blades of the mill wheel stand for the districts of the community and the castle represents Ludwigseck Castle. The double wavy line stands for the Fulda and the Rohrbach .

Ludwigsau maintains partnerships with the French Changé near Le Mans (since 1997) and with the Thuringian Struth-Helmershof (now part of Floh-Seligenthal ) near Schmalkalden (since 1990).

Culture and sights

and display information about the image

View over parts of the municipality of Ludwigsau from the Giegenberg photographed in northern direction

These are buildings of historical importance

Ludwigseck Castle , located between Beenhausen, Ersrode and Sterkelshausen , built around 1400, today owned by von and zu Gilsa and the
Aviation memorial "In der Nonnenrod".

Natural monuments in the area are

Nature reserve "Fuldaaue" with renatured gravel excavation (near Mecklar), that
Landscape protection area Malchustal (near Ersrode),
Landscape protection area Hauksgrund (near Biedebach) and
the Gernkopf (417 m above sea level, above Oberthalhausen).

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The federal road 27 runs through the districts of Mecklar, Reilos and Friedlos . In the Friedlos district there is a stop on the Bebra – Fulda railway , which Cantus (line R5 Kassel - Bebra - Bad Hersfeld - Fulda in the NVV ) serves . The Mecklar station, which included a larger freight station , was closed in the 1980s. The bus line 320 of the ÜWAG runs regularly between all parts of the municipality of Ludwigsau and the district town of Bad Hersfeld .

Bike trails

The following cycle paths through the districts of Friedlos and Mecklar :

The Hessian Radfernweg R1 (Fulda-Radweg) leads over 250 km from the heights of the Rhön along the Fulda to Bad Karlshafen on the Weser .
The D-Route 9 (Weser-Romantic Road) leads from the North Sea via Bremen, Kassel, Fulda and the Taubertal to Füssen in Allgäu (1,197 km).

Established businesses

In the industrial area in the Fuldaaue in Mecklar-Meckbach, the company DHL Supply Chain has been located with its own building since 2007 . In Mecklar-Meckbach there are four gas pipelines nearby and a larger substation is located in the district. As a result, the electricity company Iberdrola decided to build a gas and steam power plant here. In 2011 Ibertrola sold the shares in the Danish energy company Dong Energy . Construction work was originally supposed to start in 2010, but this has been delayed for an indefinite period.