Niederorke

Niederorke Vöhl municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 28 " N , 8 ° 50 ′ 48" E
Height :	265 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.11 km²
Residents :	113 (2014)
Population density :	36 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Incorporated into:	Hessenstein
Postal code :	34516
Area code :	06454
	Location of Niederorke in Vöhl
	Niederorke, view from the south

View of the village from a hill

Niederorke is a small district of the municipality of Vöhl in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district , which is located directly on the Orke , immediately below its exit from Örkschen Schweiz (Waldeckische Schweiz).

history

It was first mentioned in 1587. An old trade route (Frankfurt - Hamburg) ran through the Orketal. In Niederorke there was a customs post that separated the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel from Hessen-Darmstadt . This fact ensured the small town appropriate prosperity at that time, as the merchants passing through were cashed in "properly". At the same time, there was a "language border" between Franconia and Saxony . This is still noticeable today in the Low German language of Niederorke, in Oberorke , only one kilometer away, they speak a completely different dialect.

At 31 December 1971 in the wake of were municipal reform in Hesse , the previously independent municipalities Niederorke, Buchenberg , Ederbringhausen , Harbshausen , Kirchlotheim , Oberorke and Schmittlotheim dissolved and merged to Hessenstein together .

On January 1, 1974, the municipality of Hessenstein was again merged by state law with Ittertal (consisting of the former municipalities of Dorfitter , Herzhausen and Thalitter ), Marienhagen , Obernburg and Vöhl to form the new large municipality of Vöhl. Local districts were established for all formerly independent communities .

Personalities

Daniel Prinz (1770–1838), innkeeper in Niederorke and member of the state parliament

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b The place on the website of the municipality of Vöhl , accessed in April 2016.
↑ ^a ^b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 390-391 .
↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Frankenberg and Waldeck (GVBl. II 330-23) of October 4, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 359 , § 6 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).

Web links

The place on the website of the municipality of Vöhl
Niederorke, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[DF-1] The place on the website of the municipality of Vöhl , accessed in April 2016.

[Gemeindeverzeichnis1970bis1982-2] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 390-391 .

[3] Law on the reorganization of the districts of Frankenberg and Waldeck (GVBl. II 330-23) of October 4, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 359 , § 6 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).