Wölfershausen (herring)
Wölfershausen
City of Heringen (Werra)
Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 28 ″ N , 9 ° 59 ′ 25 ″ E
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Height : | 223 (216–242) m above sea level NHN |
Area : | 3.58 km² |
Residents : | 971 (Jun 30, 2017) |
Population density : | 271 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | 15th September 1968 |
Postal code : | 36266 |
Area code : | 06624 |
Wölfershausen is a district of Heringen (Werra) in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in East Hesse .
geography
Wölfershausen is located in East Hesse on Herfabach , southwest of the main town on the Werra . Roads 3255 and 3306 run through the village .
history
The village was first mentioned in 1397 with the place name Wulfirshus .
As Margaret of herring in 1432 the whole of the Abbey of Fulda to fiefs held court herring to the Landgrave Ludwig I of Hesse sold, the corresponding then came Wüstung "Wulfershusen" of Hesse and with the entire court for office Friedewald .
In 1585 the first church was built in the repopulated place.
On September 15, 1968, Wölfershausen was incorporated into Heringen (Werra) in the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse , which received city rights in 1977 .
Population development
Source: Historical local dictionary
• 1553: | 34 house seats |
• 1579: | 37 house seats |
• 1747: | 36 households |
Wölfershausen: Population from 1834 to 1970 | ||||
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year | Residents | |||
1834 | 310 | |||
1840 | 309 | |||
1846 | 327 | |||
1852 | 346 | |||
1858 | 379 | |||
1864 | 366 | |||
1871 | 283 | |||
1875 | 293 | |||
1885 | 254 | |||
1895 | 257 | |||
1905 | 348 | |||
1910 | 388 | |||
1925 | 549 | |||
1939 | 903 | |||
1946 | 1.317 | |||
1950 | 1,329 | |||
1961 | 1,609 | |||
1967 | 1,595 | |||
1970 | 1,570 | |||
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources: |
Religious affiliation
Source: Historical local dictionary
• 1885: | 253 Protestant (= 99.61%), one Catholic (= 0.39%) residents |
• 1961: | 1284 Protestant (= 79.80%), 249 Catholic (= 15.48%) residents |
literature
- Literature on Wölfershausen in the Hessian Bibliography
- Search for Wölfershausen (Heringen) in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library
Web links
- Wölfershausen district on the website of the city of Heringen (Werra).
- Wölfershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ District sizes of the city of Heringen, accessed in August 2018.
- ↑ Population of the city of Heringen (Werra), accessed in August 2018
- ↑ Harnrode, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 20, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ Wölfershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 20, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ a b c Wölfershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).