Uengsterode

Uengsterode City of Großalmerode Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 3 ″ N , 9 ° 49 ′ 42 ″ E
Height :	291 (284-305) m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.43 km²
Residents :	383 (Dec. 31, 2009)
Population density :	112 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	37247
Area code :	05604
	Uengsterode

Former Uengsterode stop

Uengsterode is a district of the city of Großalmerode in the Werra-Meißner district in North Hesse .

geography

Uengsterode is located in the Frau-Holle-Land Geo-Nature Park (Werratal.Meißner.Kaufunger Wald) about 3 km east -south- east of the core town of Großalmerode - between the Großalmeroder districts of Laudenbach in the south-south-west and Trubenhausen in the north-northeast. It is located between the Hohen Meißner ( 753.6 m ) in the south-southeast, the Heiligenberg ( 583.4 m ) in the south-east, the Hohekopf ( 539.4 m ) in the west- south- west and the Langenberg ( 565 m ) in the north-north-west. The village is traversed by the Gelster tributary Laudenbach .

Landesstraße 3238 runs through Uengsterode. The nearest train station is in Witzenhausen . The Uengsterode stop was in the Großalmerode – Trubenhausen section of the (disused) Gelstertal Railway ; this railway line led through the nearby Albslieder tunnel . The nearest airport is Kassel-Calden .

history

The place is first mentioned in 1322. In the village there are still two testimonies from the past, namely a baptismal font from 1687 and a former court square with a round ashlar wall and an atonement cross . The place belonged to the Hessian office Ludwigstein / Witzenhausen until 1821 and then to the district of Witzenhausen . During the French occupation, the place belonged to the canton of Sooden in the Kingdom of Westphalia (1807-1813).

On 1 January 1974 Uengsterode was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse powerful state law in the city of Großalmerode incorporated .

Personalities

The grandmother of Erich Honecker is probably the most famous daughter of the village ; she came from Uengsterode.

literature

Küther, historical local dictionary of the district of Witzenhausen, p. 132.
Literature about Uengsterode in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ Uengsterode, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of February 9, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Eschwege and Witzenhausen (GVBl. II 330-21) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 353 , § 9 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
^ 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. 410 .

Web links

Commons : Uengsterode - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Uengsterode district on the website of the city of Großalmerode.
Uengsterode, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[lagis-1] Uengsterode, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of February 9, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Law on the reorganization of the districts of Eschwege and Witzenhausen (GVBl. II 330-21) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 353 , § 9 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).

[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. 410 .