Niederaula (district)

Niederaula Market town of Niederaula Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 36 ′ 27 ″ E
Height :	213 (210-280) m
Area :	17.92 km²
Residents :	2670 (December 31, 2015)
Population density :	149 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	36272
Area code :	06625
	seen from the air

Niederaula is the largest of eight districts of the market town of the same name Niederaula in the eastern Hessian district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg and is the seat of the municipal administration.

Almost 2,800 people live in the Niederaula district, which is roughly half the population of the entire municipality. It is located in the northern part of the municipality, immediately northwest of the confluence of the auditorium with the Fulda . The 403 m high Rehkuppe rises to the north of the village , while the Hattenbach flows into the auditorium in the west . Direct neighboring towns are Mengshausen about 1 km southeast and Hattenbach and Kleba each about 3 km west and northwest, the district town of Bad Hersfeld is about 12 km northeast.

The town center with the former court from 1534 and the baroque church built in 1775 is well worth seeing.

The Niederaula junction of the A 7 is about 3 km south of the village, and the Kirchheim junction is 4 km northwest . In the village, the B 454 meets the B 62 .

Niederaula was the junction of the Bad Hersfeld – Treysa and Niederaula – Alsfeld railway lines , but today only freight trains run there. The high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg runs past the town to the west.

The place was first mentioned in a document in 779 as Oulaho . It was part of a donation from Charlemagne to the Benedictine monastery in Hersfeld . 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.

On August 22, 1977 at around 3 p.m. the village was hit by a dam break in the dam on Lake Ibrasee . The flood content of 500,000 m³ of water poured through the valley in a tidal wave up to three meters high.

Web links

Niederaula district In: Website of the Niederaula market town.
Niederaula, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Niederaula in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Figures & data on the Niederaula municipality's website, accessed in March 2018.
↑ 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 ]).
↑ 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 ]).
^ 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 .

[DF-1] Figures & data on the Niederaula municipality's website, accessed in March 2018.

[2] 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 ]).

[3] 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 ]).

[4] 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 .