Wattenbach (Söhrewald)

Wattenbach community Söhrewald Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 47 " N , 9 ° 35 ′ 32" E
Height :	336 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.25 km²
Residents :	1140 (1970)
Population density :	268 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st December 1970
Postal code :	34320
Area code :	05608

Wattenbach is a district of the municipality of Söhrewald in the northern Hessian district of Kassel .

geography

Wattenbach is the middle district of Söhrewald. It is located in the wooded Söhre low mountain range on the northern Mülmisch tributary of the Wattenbach . The village is located south of the wooded ridge of Hambühlskopf ( 445.2 m above sea level ) in the west and Brandt ( 441.6 m above sea level ) in the east; north of this ridge is the Söhrewald district of Wellerode and down the wattenbach in the south at the confluence with the Mülmisch the district of Eiterhagen .

The state road 3236 ( Wellerode - Eiterhagen ) runs through Wattenbach in a north-south direction and crosses the L 3460 ( Wollrode - St. Ottilien ) north of the village . About 2.8 km west of the village is Stellbergsee, which partly belongs to the municipality of Söhrewald, and about 1.5 km northeast of the Franzosentriesch (approx. 490 m above sea level ) is the Söhrewald transmission tower .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1323 when the von Meisenbug ceded jurisdiction to the Landgraviate of Hesse .

At the time of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia , Wattenbach belonged to the canton of Kaufungen .

In 1836, which was brown coal - mine Stellberg (.. And Others today Stellbergsee ) developed. With the opening of the Söhrebahn on August 21, 1912, dismantling became profitable, as the coal being transported was now carried out smoothly. In addition, the rich basalt deposits could be mined. Wattenbach became a miners' village. The mining in the colliery stopped in 1967. The mining tradition is maintained to this day.

Territorial reform

On December 1, 1970 , the formerly independent communities of Eiterhagen, Wattenbach and Wellerode merged voluntarily to form the new community of Söhrewald as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

Historical place names

Wattenbach (1323); Wattenpach (1539) ( Kasseler Salbuch ); Wattenbach (1585)

religion

The church (with a late Gothic west tower) dates from 1782. In 1791 it was given today's bonnet. In the church portal there is a large white stone that looks like a turnip. The construction workers are said to have inserted this when the church was being built to indicate the one-sided catering during the construction. The sugar beet harvest is said to have been plentiful in the year it was built. The people of Wattenbach are therefore nicknamed "beet eaters".

Economy and Infrastructure

Since 1997/1998 there has been a wind power park with five wind turbines named "Frau Holle", "Hansel" and "Gretel", "Rumpelstiltskin" and "Snow White" which together generate around 6.8 million kWh of electricity annually.

literature

Carl Wilhelm Hermann Hochhuth: Statistics of the Protestant Church in the administrative district of Cassel , p. 196.
Heinrich Reimer: Historical local dictionary for Kurhessen , 1926, p. 496.

Web links

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

Wattenbach district. In: Internet presence. Söhrewald community; accessed in August 2018
Wattenbach, Kassel district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Wattenbach in the Hessian Bibliography
Map Wattenbach ATKIS 1: 50000 . In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wattenbach, Kassel district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of July 29, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Merger of the communities Eiterhagen, Wattenbach and Wellerode in the Kassel district to form the new community "Söhrewald" on November 12, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 48 , p. 2252 , item 2243 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.6 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. 400 .
^ Wattenbach - Regiowiki. In: regiowiki.hna.de. Retrieved October 12, 2016 .
↑ proplan.de: wind farm Wattenbach retrieved on October 12, 2016

[lagis-1] Wattenbach, Kassel district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of July 29, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Merger of the communities Eiterhagen, Wattenbach and Wellerode in the Kassel district to form the new community "Söhrewald" on November 12, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 48 , p. 2252 , item 2243 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.6 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. 400 .

[4] Wattenbach - Regiowiki. In: regiowiki.hna.de. Retrieved October 12, 2016 .

[proplanta.de-5] roplan.de: wind farm Wattenbach retrieved on October 12, 2016