Orpethal

Orpethal City of Diemelstadt Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 34 " N , 8 ° 57 ′ 34" E
Height :	216 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.22 km²
Residents :	174 (Jun 30, 2020)
Population density :	41 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	34474
Area code :	05694

Orpethal is a district of the city of Diemelstadt in the northern Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg .

Geographical location

Orpethal is located on the Orpe in the Teutoburg Forest / Eggegebirge nature park . The state road 3438 runs through the village and continues outside the village under the federal motorway 44 .

history

Orpethal has only existed as a place since 1853. At that time it was formed from the Pickhardshammer and the Ottenshammer and the associated houses. Both were iron hammers .

The Pickhard Hammer has been in existence since 1692. The under monument protection standing half-timbered house today is the Documentation Center of hammers and mills in North Waldeck "Strength through water."

On December 31, 1971, Orpethal was incorporated into the Diemelstadt community as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

Attractions

Gut Billinghausen with a baroque manor house

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b statistics. In: website. City of Diemelstadt, accessed August 2020 .
^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 409 .

Web links

Orpethal district. In: Website of the city of Diemelstadt.
Orpethal, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Orpethal in the Hessian Bibliography

[DF-1] statistics. In: website. City of Diemelstadt, accessed August 2020 .

[2] 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 409 .