Ringgau (municipality)

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Werra-Meißner district
Height :	379 m above sea level NHN
Area :	66.81 km 2
Residents:	2871 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	43 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37296
Primaries :	05659 ; 05658 (OT Datterode)
License plate :	ESW, WIZ
Community key :	06 6 36 010
Community structure:	7 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Am Anger 3 ; 37296 Ringgau (municipality)
Website :	www.ringgau.de
Mayor :	Mario Hartmann
Location of the municipality of Ringgau (municipality) in the Werra-Meißner district

Ringgau is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse .

geography

The municipality of Ringgau is located in the Ringgau about eleven kilometers (as the crow flies ) south of Eschwege between the Meißner and Thuringian forests . It is located in the southern part of the Frau-Holle-Land Geo-Nature Park .

Neighboring communities

Ringgau borders in the north on the municipalities of Wehretal and Weißenborn (both in the Werra-Meißner district), in the east on the Thuringian city of Treffurt ( Wartburg district ), in the south on the municipality of Herleshausen and in the west on the city of Sontra (both in the Werra-Meißner -Circle).

Community structure

The community consists of the districts Datterode , Grandenborn , Lüderbach , Netra (seat of the municipal administration), Renda , Rittmannshausen and Röhrda .

history

The area was Thuringian up to the 13th century, then changed back and forth between Hesse and Thuringia in the Hessian-Thuringian War of Succession , until it finally came to Hesse in 1436. The Boyneburg in the immediate vicinity attracted emperors and kings as an imperial castle, in whose wake many knights and horsemen marched across the fields. Last but not least, the road through the Netratal represented an important connection route from Leipzig to Frankfurt and was well known under the name "the long Hessians".

Church planting

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipalities of Grandenborn, Lüderbach, Netra, Renda and Rittmannshausen merged on December 31, 1971 to form the municipality of Ringgau. Datterode and Röhrda merged on April 1, 1972 in the municipality of Netratal . These two communities was on 1 January 1974 by virtue of national law for the new large community Ringau together .

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 15 seats SPD : 7 CDU : 3rd ÜWG : 5	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	44.2	7th	46.3	11	42.8	10	47.2	11
	ÜWG	Non-partisan voter community	32.4	5	29.1	7th	33.9	8th	29.4	7th
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	23.4	3	24.6	5	23.3	5	23.5	5
	total		100.0	15th	100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	23
	Voter turnout in%		60.9		65.9		65.2		73.4

mayor

1974–1995 Herbert Grüneberg
1995–2007 Helmut Jakob
2007–2019 Klaus Fissmann
from September 1, 2019 Mario Hartmann

coat of arms

Blazon : "The coat of arms of the municipality of Ringgau shows a golden broken oak with three acorns and two leaves in a shield divided by a silver diagonal wavy bar above, three golden ears of wheat on a stalk below in blue."

The coat of arms of the municipality was approved by the Hessian Interior Minister on May 17, 1977.

Culture and sights

Museums

Boyneburg- and Heimatstube of the Heimatverein Datterode e. V.

Buildings

The Netra moated castle in the district of Netra

The Boyneburg castle ruins

The Berlin Tower, observation tower above Datterode

Eight mills fountain and the eight mills ( Röhrda )

Observation tower of the former "Observation Post India" near Lüderbach

The desert church near Harmutshausen (Datterode)

Lüderbach Castle (Lüderbach)

Cenotaph (Datterode)

Röhrda Castle in Röhrda

nature

View of the NSG and FFH area Boyneburg and Schickeberg near Breitau

The two-part nature conservation and FFH area “ Boyneburg and Schickeberg bei Breitau ” lies to the east and north-east of Breitau on the border with Sontra .

Regular events

On Ascension Day a folk festival takes place at the ruins of the Boyneburg with a service by the Datterode pastor and with the traditional bread donation by the Lords of Boyneburg .
A handball turf tournament of the SG Datterode / Röhrda has been taking place in Datterode on the weekend of Pentecost since 1992 . Over 100 teams of both genders and all age groups take part, including national teams.
A tent fair is held annually in all other districts .

traffic

The town is connected to the road network via federal road 7 ( Kassel - Eisenach ), which runs directly through the municipality. All districts of the community are connected to the district town of Eschwege and Herleshausen by the NVV bus line 240.

The nearest train stations are Herleshausen on the Halle – Bebra line and the Wehretal-Reichensachsen stop on the Göttingen – Bebra line .