Wahlsburg
Wahlsburg was a municipality in the Kassel district in Hesse that existed from 1971 to 2019. It merged with its neighboring municipality of Oberweser to form the municipality of Wesertal .
geography
Location and structure
Wahlsburg was in the far north of northern Hesse on the Weser between the cities of Hann. Münden and Bad Karlshafen . The Solling rose to the north, the Kiffing to the south , behind which the Bramwald (in the southeast) was, and beyond the Weser the Reinhardswald (in the west to the south). The municipality was traversed by the Schwülme , which came from the east and flowed through the district of Lippoldsberg into the Weser .
The community Wahlsburg consisted of the two districts Lippoldsberg (seat of the community administration) and Vernawahlshausen . The mountain Wahlsburg , located between the two villages, did not belong to the municipality of Wahlsburg, but to that of the neighboring municipality of Oberweser . 2044 inhabitants lived in an area of 11.43 km² (as of December 31, 2018).
Neighboring communities
Wahlsburg bordered the area of Bodenfelde and the community-free area of Solling to the north, the city of Uslar (all three in the Northeim district in Lower Saxony ) to the east, the community of Oberweser to the south, the community-free area Guts Bezirk Reinhardswald to the west and Gewissenruh to the northwest , a part of the municipality of Oberweser (all in the Kassel district ).
history
In 1059, Archbishop Luitpold of Mainz had a wooden chapel built on the site of today's Lippoldsberg. The Vernawahlshausen district was first mentioned in 1233 as an election house. The name was later changed to better distinguish it from electoral houses , as it was located further away from the then seat of government. In the 18th century Vernawahlshausen was known as the largest linen bleaching company in Hessen .
As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the two communities Lippoldsberg and Vernawahlshausen merged on February 1, 1971 to form the community of Wahlsburg. The name comes from the Carolingian Fliehburg , whose almost completely demolished ruins are located between the two districts.
The Wahlsburg part of the municipality Lippoldsberg had been a state-recognized climatic health resort since 1980 .
On October 28, 2018, parallel to the Hessian state election , a majority of the citizens of Wahlsburg voted in a referendum for the merger with the neighboring municipality of Oberweser to form a new municipality of Wesertal . The citizens of Oberweser also voted for the merger in a parallel referendum. The merger took place on January 1, 2020.
politics
Community representation
The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:
| Parties and constituencies |
% 2016 |
Seats 2016 |
% 2011 |
Seats 2011 |
% 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 49.2 | 8th | 47.9 | 7th | 43.9 | 7th | 46.8 | 7th | |
| FWG | Free electoral community Wahlsburg | 48.9 | 7th | 43.5 | 7th | 41.9 | 6th | 28.5 | 4th | |
| GLW | Green List Wahlsburg | - | - | 8.5 | 1 | 6.6 | 1 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| EBW | Individual applicants | 1.8 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| LIVE | List of individual applicants | - | - | - | - | 7.6 | 1 | 6.5 | 1 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.7 | 2 | |
| total | 100.0 | 15th | 100.0 | 15th | 100.0 | 15th | 100.0 | 15th | ||
| Voter turnout in% | 53.6 | 48.9 | 52.8 | 77.3 | ||||||
mayor
The non-party Jörg-Otto Quentin was the last mayor of the municipality and was re-elected on February 25, 2007 with 71.1% (first elected on April 1, 2001). Quentin was re-elected in March 2013.
badges and flags
coat of arms
Blazon : "The coat of arms of the municipality of Wahlsburg shows a continuous silver Romanesque column in the split shield in front in red and is divided six times by silver and green in a loop at the back."
The coat of arms of the municipality of Wahlsburg in the district of Kassel was approved by the Hessian Interior Minister on October 15, 1980 . It was designed by the Hannoversch Mündener heraldist Heinz Hartung.
The column stands for the monastery church of Lippoldsberg, the heraldic left side symbolizes linen on a meadow, as a sign of the historical importance of linen bleaching in Vernawahlshausen in earlier times.
flag
The flag was approved by the municipality along with the coat of arms and is described as follows:
"The flag shows the coat of arms of the municipality on the flag strip divided by red, white and green."
Partnerships
Culture and sights
The municipality of Wahlsburg was a member of the German Fairy Tale Route and had the brave little tailor as a fairy tale character .
Museums
- Workshop and museum in the Schäferhaus (OT Lippoldsberg)
- Museum in the hydroelectric power station (OT Lippoldsberg)
Concerts
In the monastery church Lippoldsberg there are monthly changing concerts and events. Fixed dates are the Good Friday concert and the Advent music (3rd Advent ).
Churches
The monastery church of St. Georg and St. Maria in Lippoldsberg is one of the most important Romanesque buildings of the 12th century. It was built around 1142 to 1153. The exterior, simple, undivided red sandstone building has a vaulted, cross-shaped pillar basilica on the inside and a two-towered westwork. The font dates from the 13th century. In the parish church of St. Margarethen from the 11th century, you can still see the remains of Gothic and Romanesque wall paintings, which have been extensively restored in recent years.
The Catholic Church of St. Maria Goretti was built in 1957 on the northern outskirts of Lippoldsberg. Regular services are no longer held in the Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Vernawahlshausen, built in 1966 on Alten Stadtweg.
Regular events
- At Easter Easter fire in two districts
- Bicycle market on the third weekend in April in the Lippoldsberg district.
- Fair in the Vernawahlshausen district (last weekend in August).
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The municipality of Wahlsburg was on the B 80 .
Vernawahlshausen has a train stop on the Göttingen – Bodenfelde railway line .
Established businesses
The most important employer in the Wahlsburg community today, with over 300 employees , was the "Klinik und Rehabilitationszentrum Lippoldsberg gGmbH " located in the Kiffing ridge at an altitude of 200 to 220 m , which until the end of November 2012 also included a professional development agency .
education
- Lippoldsberg primary school
- Ergoschule Lippoldsberg (formerly: occupational and occupational therapy)
Sports
- The fairy tale ferry connects Lippoldsberg with the Vorwerk.
- The Weserradweg runs from Hann. Münden to Cuxhaven and leads directly past Lippoldsberg (bicycle service).
Web links
- "Wahlsburg, District of Kassel". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 398 .
- ↑ Merger of Oberweser and Wahlsburg: citizens voted on names. Retrieved June 7, 2019 .
- ↑ referendum on the merger. Retrieved November 11, 2018 .
- ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
- ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
- ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
- ↑ http://www.statistik-hessen.de/themenwahl/wahlen/daten/direktwahlen/wahlsburg/index.html
- ↑ Approval of a coat of arms and a flag of the municipality of Wahlsburg, district of Kassel (item 1213) from October 15, 1980 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1980 No. 44 , p. 2054 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.2 MB ]).
- ↑ Wahlsburg - crossing the Weser with the fairy tale ferry Website of the German Fairy Tale Road Association with a brief description of Wahlsburg.
- ↑ Three months of money for 340 employees HNA article from March 22, 2012
- ^ Rehabilitation center closes Vocational Promotion Agency HNA article from August 16, 2012
Coordinates: 51 ° 37 '23 " N , 9 ° 33' 28" E