Weidenau (Freiensteinau)

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Weidenau
Municipality Freiensteinau
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 9 ″  N , 9 ° 26 ′ 34 ″  E
Height : 450 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.86 km²  [LAGIS]
Residents : 353  (Jun. 30, 2017)
Population density : 73 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : August 1, 1972
Postal code : 36399
Area code : 0 66 69

Weidenau is a district of Freiensteinau in the Vogelsberg district in Central Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

Weidenau is located on the southern foothills of the Vogelsberg .

Neighboring places

The place borders in the north on the place Reichlos , in the east on the places Hauswurz and Kauppen in the municipality Neuhof in the district Fulda in East Hesse , in the south on the place Reinhards and in the west on the place Freiensteinau .

history

Location of Weidenau ( Weidena ) on a map of the Fulda Monastery from 1574

The village Weidenau was first mentioned in 1012 as "Widenaho" by the Fulda monastery .

Area refrom

Weidenau was an independent municipality in the East Hessian district of Fulda until the regional reform in the state of Hesse and was incorporated into the municipality of Freiensteinau in the Vogelsberg district on August 1, 1972 by state law .

religion

Weidenau is a village in which a majority of Catholic Christians lived before the regional reform in Hesse and which is still assigned to the diocese of Fulda . Weidenau with its Catholic branch church "Maria Rosenkranzkönigin" is still part of the parish "St. Bartolomäus ” in Hauswurz , community Neuhof in the district of Fulda and is looked after by pastoral care from there . The rectory is located at Taufsteinstrasse 2a by the parish church in Hauswurz.

politics

The head of the village is Barbara Schad.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Facts & Figures - Population figures on the website of the municipality of Freiensteinau
  2. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Alsfeld and Lauterbach districts (GVBl. II 330-12) of August 1, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 215 , §§ 5 and 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 368 .

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