Weißenbach (Großalmerode)

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Weissenbach
City of Großalmerode
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 19 ″  N , 9 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 418  (412-483)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.62 km²
Residents : 141  (Dec 31, 2009)
Population density : 31 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 37247
Area code : 05604
View from the south-southeast down to Weißenbach
View from the south-southeast down to Weißenbach

Weißenbach is a district of the town of Großalmerode in the Werra-Meißner district in Hesse .

Geographical location

Weißenbach is located in the Frau-Holle-Land Geo-Nature Park (Werratal.Meißner.Kaufunger Wald) at the northern foot of the Hohe Meißner ( 753.6  m ). It is located 4.4 km east of the core town of Großalmerode and 1.6 km east-northeast of Uengsterode and 1.8 km southeast of Trubenhausen , two districts of Großalmerode, and 1.5 km west of the Bad Sooden-Allendorfer district of Dudenrode .

Weißenbach is surrounded by these mountains: Hässelkuppe ( 514.6  m ) in the northeast, Bühlchen ( 537.2  m ) in the south-southeast, Heiligenberg ( 583.4  m ) with the northern spur Dornberg (approx.  530  m ) in the south and Schieferberg in the west and Weißenberg in the north-northwest; the two last mentioned elevations are distant foothills of the Heiligenberg. At the northern edge of the village there is a small tributary of the Weissenbach , which swells almost 250 m north of the village and flows steeply down to the Gelster to the north .

history

Weißenbach was first mentioned in a document in 1342. The place belonged to the Hessian office Ludwigstein / Witzenhausen until 1821 and then to the district of Witzenhausen . During the French occupation, the place belonged to the canton of Sooden in the Kingdom of Westphalia (1807-1813).

In 1964 some houses were threatened with collapse due to the leaching of plaster. The old fortified church was then closed. A new church was built in 1971. In 1978 the village community center followed .

On December 31, 1971, Weißenbach was incorporated into the city of Großalmerode.

Transport links and hiking

The state road  3239 (Trubenhausen – Weißenbach – Dudenrode) leads through Weißenbach , from which on the southern edge of the village the district road  51 runs over the northern slope of the Hohen Meißner and there past Bransrode to the L 3342 ( Kammerbach - Schwalbenthal ) and a little south of Weißenbach from the K 51 branches off the K 42 leading to Laudenbach . The next train station is in Witzenhausen, 9.6 km to the north . The nearest airport is Kassel-Calden Airport, 36.5 km north-west .

The Frau-Holle -pfad runs through Weißenbach , through the north of the village and around the village the premium route Heiligenberg, Bühlchen , east past the Schneehagenweg and HW22 Meißner , south-east past the circular route Dudenrode-Bühlchen and west the circular route Heiligenberg-Dudenrode .

Personalities

The progenitor of the Wilhelm organ building family , Georg Peter Wilhelm (* 1733 in Weißenbach, † 1806 in Kassel ), appointed court organ builder and city organist in Kassel in 1774, came from a miller's family in Weißenbach, as did his half-brother Georg Wilhelm Wilhelmy . Both worked there from time to time.

literature

  • Küther: Historical local dictionary of the district of Witzenhausen , p. 142.
  • Reimer: Historical local dictionary for Kurhessen , p. 502.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Weissenbach, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of February 12, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ The old church in Weißenbach
  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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 410 .
  4. ↑ EntdeckerTour Premiumweg P8 Heiligenberg, Bühlchen , on naturparkfrauholle.land

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