Naumburg (Hesse)

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	kassel
Height :	299 m above sea level NHN
Area :	66.29 km 2
Residents:	5026 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	76 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	34311
Primaries :	05625, 05622
License plate :	KS, HOG, WOH
Community key :	06 6 33 018
LOCODE :	DE NBU
City structure:	5 districts
; City administration address :	Burgstrasse 15 ; 34311 Naumburg / Hesse
Website :	www.naumburg.eu
Mayor :	Stefan Hable ( CDU )
Location of the city of Naumburg in the Kassel district

Historic center of Naumburg (Hessen) with several half-timbered houses

Naumburg is a small town in the Kassel district in northern Hesse ( Germany ).

Naumburg has been a state-approved Kneipp spa since 1995 .

geography

Geographical location

Naumburg is located in the western part of the Habichtswald Nature Park, east of the Long Forest and is traversed by the Elbe tributary of the Eder . The highest elevation belonging to Naumburg is the Sandkopf ( 450.4 m above sea level ) located southwest of the city center ( 283 m above sea level ) in the Naumburg city forest (part of the Long Forest ). A section of the Deutsche Fachwerkstrasse holiday route leads through Naumburg .

Neighboring communities

Naumburg borders in the north on the city of Wolfhagen , in the east on the municipality Bad Emstal (both in the district of Kassel), in the southeast on the city Fritzlar (in the Schwalm-Eder district ), in the southwest on the municipality Edertal , and in the west on the City of Waldeck (both in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district ).

City structure

The city consists of the core city and the incorporated districts Altendorf , Altenstädt , Elbenberg (originated from Elben and Elberberg), Heimarshausen .

history

For the 2nd millennium BC The ritual use of the giant stone on the Heiligenberg proves the early settlement of the area.

Naumburg was first mentioned in a document in 1170. The castle Naumburg , Nuwenburc , although mentioned in the sources until 1182, but was probably already built in the early 12th century by the local noble family of the von Naumburg, probably on the near Weidelsburg sat. In 1260 the place received city rights. Six years later, in 1266, the noble free (vir nobilis) Wittekind von Naumburg , canon in Magdeburg and canon in Halberstadt , with the consent of his nephews, sold the castle in Naumburg, the Weidelsburg and the Elben court pledged to the Naumburgers by the Landgraves of Hesse ("Hagebuche") to Archbishop Werner von Mainz. Apart from a long-term pledge to the Counts of Waldeck in the 16th century, the small farming town remained in the possession of the Archbishopric of Mainz until 1802 . As a result, after the Reformation introduced in the Landgraviate of Hesse in 1526, the city became a Catholic enclave in Protestant Hesse. The area around today's Elbenberg and the old Elberberg Castle were also church property until the 15th century; they belonged to the monastery of St. Alban in front of Mainz , which the Lords of Elben appointed as governors in the Elber Mark .

In 1626 a fire destroyed the castle, which has remained in ruins ever since.

As a result of Reichsdeputationshauptschluss circuit from 1803 Naumburg was with the other former kurmainzischen enclaves Fritzlar , Amöneburg and Neustadt to Principality Fritzlar combined and the Hesse-Kassel under the Elector raised William I of Hesse-Kassel incorporated. In the time of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia (1807-1813) Naumburg was the administrative seat of the canton of Naumburg . With the annexation of the Electorate of Hesse by Prussia in 1866, Naumburg also became Prussian.

At the beginning of the 19th century, most of the residents were employed in agriculture. In the 20th century, the Volkswagen plant in Baunatal , small businesses and service companies as well as the tourism industry became preferred employers. Naumburg takes part in several nature and environmental protection projects in the region and was awarded the Environment and Tourism Prize in 1997 by the German government .

politics

City Council

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the 2016 city council A total of 31 seats Left : 1 SPD : 12 CDU : 13 FW : 5	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	42.8	13	41.7	13	42.6	13	44.5	14th
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	37.5	12	41.3	13	40.6	13	44.3	14th
	FWG	Free community of voters	16.3	5	12.7	4th	16.8	5	11.1	3
	The left	The left	3.3	1	4.2	1	-	-	-	-
	total		100.0	31	100.0	31	100.0	31	100.0	31
	Voter turnout in%		54.7		54.5		58.1		62.3

Mayor and magistrate

According to the Hessian municipal constitution, the mayor is chairman of the magistrate , which in Naumburg includes eight honorary councilors in addition to the mayor . Mayor is Stefan Hable (CDU). He was elected mayor for the first time on June 17, 2007 with a voter turnout of 72.5 percent with 54.3 percent of a competitor and has been in office since November 1, 2007. On September 22, 2013, he was elected for a second term without an opposing candidate with a turnout of 74.7 percent and 88.4 percent.

Town twinning

The city of Naumburg has been in partnership with the city of Komárom in Hungary since 1992 and with the Italian city of San Mauro Pascoli since October 2001.

Culture and sights

The Fatima grotto

Street in Naumburg with half-timbered houses and the parish church of St. Crescentius

Market square with Ratskeller and fountain

Naumburg Madonna

The streets of the historic old town have well-preserved half-timbered ensembles from the late 17th century.
The Catholic parish church of St. Crescentius is a three-aisled Gothic basilica that was started in the 14th century. The nave was expanded in 1420/30 and the west tower completed in 1512. After the great city fire of 1684, large parts of the building had to be renewed. A Gothic sandstone statue of the Madonna from around 1340, the Naumburg Madonna , which once stood on the southern facade, is now inside the church; a copy is in the original place on the facade. The rest of the furnishings in neo-Gothic style come from the late 19th century; the choir screens and the two outer choir windows date from 1897. The central choir window, which was renewed in 1991, depicts Christ as judge of the world in the mandorla in bright colors .
Museum railway: Naumburg station (Bz Kassel) is one of the two terminus of the Hessencourrier .
The vineyard chapel in Naumburg
The Fatima grotto
Elberberg Castle in the Elbenberg district (privately owned, not open to the public)
The Elberberger Türmchen , an approximately 13 m high observation tower in Elbenberg
The giant stone on the Heiligenberg
The Altenstädter Warte between Naumburg and Altenstädt, a 4.8 m high former watchtower that is now used as a lookout tower

Model railway

Naumburg train station (Bz Kassel)

Naumburg as a train station is also known among model railroaders. So there are models of the station in nominal sizes H0 and N . The Friends of European Model Railroaders had chosen Naumburg for meetings several times.