Cities in the former principality of Waldeck

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The cities in the former principality of Waldeck were, with few exceptions (such as Korbach and Lower Wildungen ) very small and were, with the exception of Arolsen , its town charter in the 13th or 14th century.

history

The early Counts of Waldeck were, compared to the neighboring Landgraves of Hesse and Counts of Ziegenhain , quite generous in granting city rights to communities in their domain. In 1910, the Principality of Waldeck (excluding Pyrmont ) had around 52,400 inhabitants in a total of 110 places on a total area of 1055 km 2 , with 13 places having municipal rights. In the Ziegenhain district, which emerged from the county of Ziegenhain, there were only four cities among the 101 communities on a total area of 585 km 2 with a total of 36,000 inhabitants: Treysa , Ziegenhain , Neukirchen and Schwarzenborn .

Five of the Waldeck cities are shown in the volume Topographia Hassiae et Regionum Vicinarum of Topographia Germaniae from 1655 by Matthäus Merian the Elder.

  • Korbach

  • Landau

  • Mengeringhausen

  • Castle and town of Waldeck

  • Ober- and Nieder-Wildungen

List of cities

city Circle (historical) City law since Inhabitants 1910 Residents today Remarks
Old growths Circle of Eder 1362 646 2,358 (2014) In the city in 1940 Wildungen Bad incorporated
Arolsen Circle of twist 1719 2,793 8,153 (2009)
Freienhagen Circle of Eder 1231 or 1253 718 850 (2009) 1974 in the city of Waldeck incorporated
Furstenberg Eisenberg district 1254 335 432 (2010) came to Waldeck only in 1297; since 1971 part of the new town of Lichtenfels
Korbach Eisenberg district 1188 4,424 18,295 (2014)
Landau Circle of twist 1294 800 1,092 (2009) 1974 incorporated into the city of Bad Arolsen
Mengeringhausen Circle of twist before 1234 or 1301 1,380 3,685 (2009) 1974 incorporated into the city of Bad Arolsen
Nieder-Wildungen Circle of Eder 1242 3,962 8,698 (2014) from 1906 Bad Wildungen
Rhodes Circle of twist 1237/1244 1,319 2,012 (2013) since 1970 part of the new city of Diemelstadt
Sachsenberg Eisenberg district 1262 763 899 (2010) Pledged to Waldeck by Corvey in 1267 and finally to Waldeck in 1297; since 1971 part of the new town of Lichtenfels
Sachsenhausen Circle of Eder 1246 1,091 1,903 (2009) since 1971 part of the city of Waldeck
Waldeck Circle of Eder before 1250 or 1266 482 1,519 (2009)
Züschen Circle of Eder 1322 640 1,142 (2014) Since 1974 district of Fritzlar in the Schwalm-Eder district

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