Schwebda

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Schwebda
Community Meinhard
Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 43 ″  N , 10 ° 6 ′ 5 ″  E
Height : 165  (158-184)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.71 km²
Residents : 865  (Sep. 2014)
Population density : 99 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 37276
Area code : 05651

Schwebda is the second largest district of the Meinhard community in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse .

geography

Schwebda is located on the eastern slope of Meinhard an der Werra , about five kilometers east of the district town of Eschwege . Immediately to the west of the village is the Werratalsee .

history

Schwebda was first mentioned in the year 775 under the name Suebada in Thuringia .

On December 31, 1971, the previously independent municipality of Schwebda was incorporated into the new municipality of Meinhard as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

politics

The mayor is Silke Rottstädt ( SPD , as of November 2014).

Sights and culture

The "Stone House", the remainder of the former Schwebda moated castle
Portal of the Friedatunnel

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The federal highway 249 runs through the village .

Schwebda was a railway junction on the Kanonenbahn in the Leinefelde – Treysa section . The routes to Heiligenstadt and Wartha (Werra Valley Railway) branched from this until 1945 . After 1945, due to the inner-German border, only the Eschwege-Schwebda line and the section of the Werra Valley Railway to Wanfried - Heldra remained in operation, which were gradually shut down until 1994 and later dismantled. The reception building of the Schwebda train station was retained.

tourism

Schwebda has a connection to the Werratal cycle path . There is a lido on the east bank of the Werratalsee.

literature

  • Jochen Ebert, Ingrid Rogmann, Peter Wiedersich and Heide Wunder (eds.): Schwebda - an aristocratic village in the 17th and 18th centuries. With a contribution to the rule and village of Völkershausen. (Hessian research on historical regional and folklore 46), Kassel 2006
  • Erwin Heuckeroth: One thousand two hundred years Schwebda. Dates and events from 786 to 1986. Edited by the Festive Committee of the 1200th Anniversary of Schwebda, Schwebda 1986
  • Literature on Schwebda in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Schwebda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Schwebda, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of January 25, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Population figures of the districts in the 2015 budget of the municipality of Meinhard (preliminary report, page 2) , accessed in February 2016
  3. ^ 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. 388 .
  4. ^ Local councils of the Meinhard community