Orferode

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Orferode
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 26 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 22"  E
Height : 305 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.72 km²
Residents : 294  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 79 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 37242
Area code : 05652
The oak in the center of Orferode
Half-timbered houses in Orferode

Orferode is a district of the city of Bad Sooden-Allendorf in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse .

geography

Orferode is located at the foot of the Hohe Meissner on the Hessian border with Thuringia and Lower Saxony . The Dohlsbach rises in Orferode from the karst spring “Joggelibrunnen” and from there takes its short course to the Werra .

history

Orferode was first mentioned in 1195 with the name Arnolffrodt as a farm ( curtis ) owned by the Germerode monastery . About Arnolferode (1336) and Orfferoda (1681) it was finally called Orferode.

Personalities

Orferode as a district

On December 31, 1971, the place was incorporated into the city of Bad Sooden-Allendorf as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

In the state decision Our village should become more beautiful , Orferode achieved third place in Group B in September 2000. Local attractions are the Joggelibrunnen, which was named after the story of the prison pastor Wilhelm Speck Der Joggeli , and the Meißnerblick.

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1575/85: 45 house seats
• 1681: 63 house seats
• 1747: 75 house seats with 94 fire places
• 1764: 92 houses
• 1961: 369 Protestant (= 91.34%), 30 Catholic (= 7.43%) residents
Orferode: Population from 1781 to 1970
year     Residents
1781
  
 429
1834
  
 567
1840
  
 576
1846
  
 559
1852
  
 536
1858
  
 505
1864
  
 517
1871
  
 400
1875
  
 387
1885
  
 373
1895
  
 427
1905
  
 439
1910
  
 420
1925
  
 410
1939
  
 372
1946
  
 561
1950
  
 537
1956
  
 459
1961
  
 404
1967
  
 395
1970
  
 390
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Orferode, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Budget 2017. (PDF; 7.71 MB) City of Bad Sooden-Allendorf, archived from the original ; accessed on June 21, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Suburb - Orferode ( Memento from January 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Verein für Heimatkunde eV Bad Sooden-Allendorf / Orferode, accessed: September 27, 2009
  4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 410 .

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