Mandern (Bad Wildungen)

This article describes the Mandern district of Bad Wildung. For the local community Mandern in Rhineland-Palatinate, see Mandern . The French commune of Manderen in the Moselle department also bears the German name of Mandern.

Mandern City of Bad Wildungen Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 31 ″  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 57 ″  E
Height :	192 m
Residents :	645  (December 31, 2018)
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	34537
Area code :	05621
Mandern from the northeast

Mandern is an eastern district of Bad Wildungen, located directly on the Eder , and the easternmost town in the North Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg . The place currently has around 650 inhabitants.

geography

The district extends from the Eder in the north to the Sengelsberg in the south. To the east, it borders on the Fritzlar district of Ungedanken in the Schwalm-Eder district , to the west on that of the Wildung district of Wega , to the south on that of Wenzigerode , a district of Bad Zwesten in the Schwalm-Eder district.

history

The first documented mention of the "Ederdorf" Mandern ("Mandium") comes from the year 1044. However, it is assumed that there was already settlement in the area of ​​today's Manderns during Carolingian times .

In the 13th century, Tammo von Beltershausen owned Mandern. In 1240 he donated a farm to the Berich monastery in Mandern, and in 1255 he reached an agreement with the Berich monastery about the payment of annual interest from Mandern.

On December 31, 1971, Mandern became part of Bad Wildungen as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

Culture and sights

Houses and the tower of the church in Mandern

Buildings

Sights in the village include the church, old half-timbered houses and the so-called "Edermuschel", a pavilion in the shape of a shell . The latter was Mandern's contribution to the 2006 State Garden Show in Bad Wildungen.

societies

The sports club (SV) Blau-Weiß Mandern, founded in 1952, offers sporting activities in Mandern. Since 1991 a men's soccer team of the club and the club has been participating in games as a game community out of Unthought . In addition to the football department, there is also a gymnastics department .

Other associations are the Carnevals Club, which has existed since 1969, the music association, the mixed choir and the community of fairground boys and girls. The music association was founded in 1960 and made Mandern famous in the region for its good music. There is also a volunteer fire brigade .

Regular events

The most important annual events in Mandern are the carnival event , the fair in spring and the village festival on the last weekend in August.

traffic

The Mandern stop is on the Ederseebahn ( Bad Wildungen - Wabern (Bz Kassel) ) .

literature

• Otto Mette: Mandern . Arolsen: Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein 1989 (= Waldeckische Ortssippenbücher 40); Covered period 1679–1989, 1672 families
• Literature about Mandern in the Hessian Bibliography
• Search for Mandern (Bad Wildungen) in the archive portal D of the German Digital Library

Web links

Commons : Mandern  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mandern district. In: Internet presence. City of Bad Wildungen 
• Mandern. Local history, information. In: www.mandern.de. Private website 
• Mandern, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City of Bad Wildungen in figures , accessed on February 8, 2019
2. ↑ Documents for the Naumburg Office ( Memento from September 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 408 .