Niederaula

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Niederaula
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Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '  N , 9 ° 36'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : kassel
County : Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Height : 214 m above sea level NHN
Area : 64.16 km 2
Residents: 5333 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 83 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 36272
Area code : 06625
License plate : HEF, ROF
Community key : 06 6 32 015
LOCODE : DE NIA

Market administration address : 		Schlitzer Strasse 3
36272 Niederaula
Website : www.niederaula.de
Mayor : Thomas Rohrbach ( independent )
Location of the Niederaula market in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district
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Niederaula seen from the air

Niederaula is a market town in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in East Hesse .

geography

location

The market town lies on the Fulda , between the foothills of the Rhön and the Knüllgebirge . The rivers Aula , Jossa and Hattenbach flow into the Fulda within the municipality .

The next larger cities are Bad Hersfeld 10 km northeast, Alsfeld 24 km west and Fulda 29 km south.

Neighboring communities

Niederaula borders in the north on the municipality of Kirchheim and the city of Bad Hersfeld , in the east on the municipality Hauneck , in the south on the municipality Haunetal (all in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg) and the town of Schlitz (in the Vogelsbergkreis ) and in the west on the municipality of Breitenbach am Herzberg (in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district).

Community structure

The market town consists of the eight districts Niederaula , Mengshausen , Solms , Niederjossa , Hattenbach , Kleba , Kerspenhausen and Hilperhausen .

history

Carolingian donation

Niederaula was mentioned in 779 in a deed of donation from Charlemagne to the Hersfeld monastery . A copy of the document is preserved in the copy book of the Hersfeld monastery from the 12th century:

“To Aula ( Owelaha ): Karl, King of the Franks and Lombards, gives the monastery of Apostles Simon and Thaddäus on the Fulda in Hessengau under Bishop Lullus a“ Herrenmansus ”(manor) with accessories at a place called Aula ( Oulaho ) the confluence of the auditorium with the Fulda, which Huwart, Gerhard's son, used to hold. "

  • Document from 779, part 1

  • Document from 779, part 2

  • Sancti Lulli Breviary

The old possession of the Hersfeld Monastery in Aula ( Oulaho ) of 8 Huben and 10 Mansen is recorded in the Breviarium Sancti Lulli , which has come down to us in the same copy book. Ortho de Ovilaha appeared as the first nobleman, the name changed in the following generations to Ovla, Owla and finally Aula. The von Aula family died out, and from 1480 the Freihof zu Niederaula was owned by the Weiffenbach family.

As a result of the Vitalis Night in 1378, Niederaula became the property of the Hessian Landgrave, but in 1434 Ludwig I of Hesse (1402–1458) returned Niederaula to the Abbot of Hersfeld.

Office Niederaula after 1700

After the Hessian Landgrave Karl bought the villages of Holzheim and Starklos from the Lords of Romrod in 1686 , the offices of Niederaula and Holzheim were combined in 1787 and the official seat was moved to Holzheim.

During the Napoleonic period, the Electorate of Hesse and thus also the Principality of Hersfeld were part of the Kingdom of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813 .

With the introduction of the district constitution in the restored Electorate of Hesse in 1821, Niederaula lost various responsibilities, including its independent jurisdiction. As early as 1831, however, a “Justice Office Niederaula” was formed, and in 1878 it was renamed “District Court Niederaula”. Until 1968 it remained as a branch of the District Court in Hersfeld.

Incorporations

On December 31, 1970, was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse until then independent municipality Mengshausen voluntarily incorporated . On December 31, 1971, Hattenbach, Kleba, Niederjossa, and Solms were added. On August 1, 1972, Kerspenhausen followed with Roßbach and Hilperhausen, which was incorporated there on December 31, 1970.

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 31 seats
Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 43.7 14th 58.3 18th 63.1 20th 66.1 20th
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 15.4 5 35.1 11 33.5 10 31.5 10
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens 3.9 1 6.6 2 3.4 1 2.4 1
BLN Citizens' list Niederaula 37.0 11 - - - - - -
total 100.0 31 100.0 31 100.0 31 100.0 31
Voter turnout in% 58.5 52.2 55.6 64.8

mayor

The mayor Helmut Opfer ( SPD ) was elected on September 22nd, 2002 with 88.0% of the vote. On September 14, 2008 Thomas Rohrbach ( independent ) was elected mayor with 54.29% of the vote.

coat of arms

Description The coat of arms shows in red, on the right a silver and gold armored owl turned left, whose head turns towards the viewer. In the upper left corner a silver eight-pointed star and in the lower area horizontally a silver four-fold wavy, black-striped wavy bar.

The coat of arms was awarded to the municipality on February 28, 1978.

Meaning The owl is derived from the river name Aula , which means Eulenbach . The four waves stand for the four rivers that flow through Niederaula and the eight-pointed star stands for the eight districts of the municipality. The star was chosen because the Counts of Ziegenhain, who had a star in their coat of arms, had a lot of influence here for centuries.

religion

The Evangelical Church

Niederaula is the seat of the Evangelical Church Community of Niederaula and Kerspenhausen . The church has a medieval tower, while the nave was built in 1775.

Culture and sights

Buildings

The Niederaulas church had at least two previous buildings. The current house was built in 1775 and leaned against the older church tower, with Romanesque traces indicating that the earlier tower was built in this style: the current church also contains the remains of a previous building in the Gothic style . There is a Gothic window and the beginnings of a pointed vault on the eastern tower on the lower floor . On the second floor there is a shooting hole on each of the four sides, while on the top floor a round arch panel with double windows was let into the walls . The tower was once finished with a wooden helmet, which was repaired and replaced in the course of renovation work.

Sports

The Aulataler Asse skat club won the German Cup of the International Skat Players Association in 2007 in Duisburg in a syndicate with the Alter Markt club from Borken .

Economy and Infrastructure

Economic structure

Due to its geographical location and its favorable transport connections, Niederaula has developed into a logistical center in Germany, as it is quite central in Germany after the opening of the inner-German border. Several logistics service providers have set up a central location in Niederaula for handling their transports.

traffic

Freight train on the manual level crossing in Niederaula

Niederaula is located directly at the Kirchheimer and Hattenbacher Dreieck motorway junctions . Thus, the A 4 , A 5 and A 7 motorways are in the immediate vicinity. Is located on the municipal area between the nucleus Niederaula and the district Niederjossa the junction Niederaula , the connection point A 7 Kirchheim (also A 7) and the Kirchheim triangle are about four kilometers north-west of the core place in the field of the neighboring community Kirchheim . In addition, the federal highway 62 runs through the municipality, from which the federal highway 454 branches off. Because of the parallel motorways, the federal highways no longer have any supra-regional significance, but are designated as diversion routes.

The high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg runs west of the community, including on the Aula valley bridge and in the Hattenberg tunnel , without stopping. The former five stops on the Bad Hersfeld – Treysa and Niederaula – Alsfeld railway lines are no longer served by passenger trains. Freight trains only stop in Niederaula for operational reasons, because of a manual level crossing . The district town of Bad Hersfeld, about twelve kilometers away, offers the next rail connection .

Bus lines 380, 390 and the call collective taxi 389 of the North Hessian Transport Association go to Bad Hersfeld .

Cycle paths lead through the municipality :

Established businesses

Due to the central location of the municipality on the motorways 4, 5 and 7, many logistics companies have settled here . The largest companies in this branch are an international mail distribution center of Deutsche Post , a transshipment point of TNT Innight GmbH & Co. KG , a distribution center of UPS , a sorting center of GO! Express & Logistics , the transshipment point of the System Alliance and a warehouse of Stappert Spezial-Stahl Handel GmbH.

Other smaller companies from different industries are the manufacturer of plastic containers Gies GmbH & Co. Kunststoffwerk KG and the manufacturer of vacuum jugs Rotpunkt Dr. Anso Zimmermann GmbH.

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Lower auditorium from the Mengshausen Kuppe

Personalities

This overview (sorted by date of birth) contains important personalities born in Niederaula as well as people who worked in Niederaula but were not born here. The list does not claim to be complete.

Web links

Commons : Niederaula  - 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. ↑ Engelbert Mühlbacher with the participation of Alfons Dopsch , Johann Lechner and Michael Tangl (eds.): Diplomata 4: The documents of Pippin, Karlmann and Charlemagne (Pippini, Carlomanni, Caroli Magni Diplomata). Hanover 1906, pp. 175–176 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
  3. ↑ Copy book of the Hersfeld monastery from the middle of the 12th century in the Marburg State Archives, text underlined in red in the picture
  4. ↑ Copy book of the Hersfeld Monastery from the middle of the 12th century in the Marburg State Archives, fol. 34v, lines 9-10
  5. ↑ Church book of the parish Niederaula from 1698
  6. ↑ Incorporation of the Mengshausen community into the Niederaula community in the Hersfeld district on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 110 , 113 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
  7. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Hersfeld and Rotenburg (GVBl. II 330-13) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 217 , § 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  8. ^ 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. 396-397 .
  9. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  10. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  11. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
  12. ↑ Hersfelder Zeitung of April 16, 2016: Change of power in Niederaula
  13. ↑ Heinrich von Dehn-Rotfelser u. Wilhelm Lotz: The architectural monuments in the administrative district of Cassel . Döll and Schäffer, Kassel 1870, p. 192 f .