Meißner (municipality)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 12 '  N , 9 ° 56'  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Werra-Meißner district
Height :	270 m above sea level NHN
Area :	44.81 km 2
Residents:	2943 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	66 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37290
Area code :	05657
License plate :	ESW, WIZ
Community key :	06 6 36 008
Address of the municipal administration:	Hinterweg 4 37290 Meißner
Website :	www.gemeinde-meissner.de
Mayor :	Friedhelm Junghans ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Meißner in the Werra-Meißner district

Meißner is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner district in Hesse .

geography

location

Meissner is on Krösselberg between the Hohe Meissner and the valley of the Werra in Geo-Natural Park Mother Hulda country (Werratal.Meißner.Kaufunger Forest) , about 40 km southeast of Kassel . The nationally known Frau-Holle-Teich is located in the municipality .

Neighboring communities

Meißner borders in the north on the municipality of Berkatal , in the east on the town of Eschwege , in the south on the municipality Wehretal and the town of Waldkappel , and in the west on the town of Hessisch Lichtenau (all in the Werra-Meißner district).

structure

The community consists of the seven districts Abterode (seat of the municipal administration), Alberode , Germerode , Vockerode , Weidenhausen , Wellingerode and Wolfterode .

history

The municipality of Meißner was created on December 31, 1971 in the course of the regional reform in Hesse , through the merger of the previously independent municipalities Abterode, Alberode, Germerode, Vockerode, Weidenhausen and Wellingerode. The municipality of Wolfterode was added on January 1, 1974 by state law.

politics

mayor

The mayor is directly elected for a term of six years. Friedhelm Junghans (SPD) has been Mayor of Meißner since 2002.

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 23 seats SPD : 13 CDU : 6 ÜWG : 4	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	56.5	13	56.1	13	50.0	12	50.0	12
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	24.6	6th	23.4	5	22.8	5	25.5	6th
	ÜWG	Non-partisan voter community Meißner	18.9	4th	20.5	5	27.2	6th	24.5	5
	total		100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	23
	Voter turnout in%		67.0		67.9		69.5		72.8

coat of arms

The municipal council of the Meißner municipality decided to use the current municipal coat of arms on November 3rd, 1997. The coat of arms was developed in cooperation with the Hessian State Archives in Marburg and has the following meaning:

Since all districts of Meißner once belonged to the county of Bilstein and the Premonstratensian monastery of Germerode, founded by the Counts of Bilstein, had rich property there, a coat of arms was chosen that takes these historical facts into account. The coat of arms of the Counts of Bilstein is known from seals from the 13th century. It shows three upright axes 2: 1, with the top two axes facing away from each other. The colors of the coat of arms have not survived. A coat of arms of the Premonstratensian monastery Germerode could not be determined. Since the seals of the monastery in the 13th and 14th centuries always show the Holy Virgin Mary as patron saint, this was heraldically represented by a lily as a sign of virginity with a crown above it as a symbol of the Queen of Heaven. As an allusion to the Meißner mountain , which also gave the municipality its name, a three-mountain was added to the base of the shield.

Regular events

Every year on the weekend after Corpus Christi , a country festival takes place in the Abterode district. The Christmas market takes place around the church on the first Advent every year.

literature

• Erich Hildebrand (edit.): Land to Werra and Meißner - A home book. Bing-Verlag, Korbach 1983, with essays by 40 authors, 384 p., Numerous. Fig.
• Udo Bernhardt, Dagmar Kluthe: People between Werra and Meißner. [large-format picture and text volume, 110 pages] Eschwege 1997

Web links

Commons : Meißner (Gemeinde)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the municipality of Meißner
• Meißner, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

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. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Eschwege and Witzenhausen (GVBl. II 330-21) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 353 , § 6 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 388-389 .
4. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
5. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
6. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006