Wehretal

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′  N , 10 ° 0 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Werra-Meißner district
Height :	179 m above sea level NHN
Area :	39.2 km 2
Residents:	4960 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	127 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37287
Primaries :	05658, 05651
License plate :	ESW, WIZ
Community key :	06 6 36 014
Community structure:	5 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Landstrasse 70 37287 Wehretal
Website :	www.wehretal.de
Mayor :	Timo Friedrich (independent)
Location of the municipality of Wehretal in the Werra-Meißner district

Wehretal is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner district in the northeastern part of Hesse . The municipal administration is located in the district of Reichensachsen as the center of the municipality.

geography

Geographical location

Wehretal is located approx. 50 km southeast of the north Hessian city of Kassel . It is located between Eschwege in the north and Sontra in the south.

To the north, the terrain drops over the course of the weir , after which the municipality was named, to where it flows into the Werra near Eschwege. In the east lies the Schlierbachswald , in the southeast the Ringgau , in the southwest the Stölzinger Gebirge adjoins and in the west the Hohe Meißner rises up .

Neighboring communities

Wehretal borders in the north on the district town of Eschwege, in the east on the community Weißenborn , in the south on the community Ringgau and the city Sontra , and in the west on the town Waldkappel and in the far northwest on the community Meißner (all in the Werra-Meißner district ).

Community structure

The five districts of Wehretal are:

• Reichensachsen
• Langenhain
• High oak
• Oetmannshausen
• Vierbach

history

In 1577 the freak Hoheneiche , a widely known deformed child, was born in Hoheneiche . The Renaissance artist Dietmar Merluan made a woodcut of the child.

Incorporations

In the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse , there were some community mergers. On February 1, 1971, the previously independent community of Oetmannshausen was incorporated into the neighboring community of Hoheneiche. Vierbach came to Reichensachsen on October 1, 1971. These two communities merged on December 31, 1971 to form a new community with the name Wehretal . On April 1, 1972, the neighboring town of Langenhain was finally incorporated.

Wehretal is a municipality that, in contrast to many other municipalities in the Werra-Meißner district, has an increasing population. The largest district is Reichensachsen, with around 3500 inhabitants today, which celebrated its 750th year of existence in 2003.

politics

Community representation

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016      A total of 27 seats SPD : 14 FDP : 2 CDU : 4th FW : 7	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	53.0	14th	54.5	15th	49.4	16	45.2	16
	FWG	Free voter community Wehretal	26.2	7th	22.3	6th	23.5	7th	31.2	10
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	15.9	4th	18.5	5	20.2	6th	17.3	5
	FDP	Free Democratic Party	4.9	2	4.7	1	6.8	2	6.2	2
	total		100.0	27	100.0	27	100.0	31	100.0	31
	Voter turnout in%		54.8		53.4		57.2		61.2

mayor

The final result of the election as mayor of the municipality of Wehretal on October 28, 2018 was as follows:

• Timo Friedrich (independent) 53.2%
• Thomas Friday (SPD) 46.8%

(Voter turnout: 75.05%)

For the first time since 1952, the SPD no longer provides the mayor.

Partnerships

In June 1992, a partnership with the communities of Bellou-en-Houlme , La Ferrière-aux-Étangs , La Coulonche and Saires-la-Verrerie in the Orne department of Normandy in France , which has been intensively cultivated since then, was sealed.

Furthermore, there has been a partnership with the municipality of Gánt in Hungary since 2007 .

Festivals

Traditionally , the elf festival takes place in the district of Reichensachsen in June . The highlight of the 5-day festivities is, in addition to the dance in the marquee at the sports field on Saturday evening, the big Sunday parade. This has been shaped by the school classes of the local schools and associations for generations. He is also accompanied by several musical trains from Reichensachsen and the surrounding areas. After the parade, all the music trains play in the marquee in front of numerous spectators. The traditional morning pint takes place in the tent on Mondays mornings until early evenings, to which the locals gather, have breakfast and celebrate together. The appointment is usually the third weekend in June.

traffic

The town in the Werra-Meißner district can be reached via federal  highways 7 (Kassel- Eisenach ), 27 ( Göttingen - Bad Hersfeld ) and 452 (Eschwege - Wehretal).

In addition, the community has a railway stop ( Wehretal-Reichensachsen ) on the Göttingen – Bebra railway , part of the old north-south route .

Personalities

• Imelda Landgrebe , 1st honorary citizen of the municipality of Wehretal, long-time chairwoman of the municipal council, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit 1st class and the municipality's golden badge of honor
• Bernd Schleicher (* 1947), directly elected member of the Hessian state parliament from 1986 to 1999
• Markus Zimmer (1964–2006), German musician and singer in the band The Bates .
• Rainer Cadenbach (1944–2008), musicologist and professor at the University of the Arts in Berlin , born in Reichensachsen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 388 and 389 .
3. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
4. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
5. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
6. ↑ Newspaper report on werra-rundschau.de

Web links

Commons : Wehretal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• "Wehretal, Werra-Meißner district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).