Waldrode (Grossenhausen)

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Waldrode
Municipality of pottage
Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 57 ″  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 50 ″  E
Height : 290 m above sea level NHN
Postal code : 63589
Area code : 06051

Waldrode is a settlement and part of the Grossenhausen district of the Linsengericht community in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse .

geography

Waldrode is in the south of the district of Großenhausen at about 290  m above sea level. NHN on the border with Bavaria . Birkenhainer Straße (Landesstraße L 3444) runs through the village . Waldrode is located on a plateau between the valleys of Krötenbach and Brühlgraben on the western slope of the Franzosenkopf (481 m). To the south flows the Rochusberg (333 m) of Näßlichbach .

history

From 1935 to 1938, a large area of ​​forest southeast of Großenhausen was cleared and the hamlet of Waldrode was founded. The place name was chosen as the clearing name . A hereditary farm village was planned for farmers in line with the ideology of National Socialism . It was inaugurated on July 29, 1939. Over the years, the settlement changed into a residential area.

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