Welferode (Homberg)

Welferode City of Homberg (Efze) Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 51 ″ N , 9 ° 27 ′ 59 ″ E
Height :	361 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.25 km²
Residents :	403
Population density :	95 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Postal code :	34576
Area code :	05685

View from the southwest

Welferode is a district of Homberg (Efze) in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse .

Geographical location

The place is located in northern Hesse around 4 km east of Homberg on the northern foothills of the Knüllgebirge on the Weißgert. The federal motorway 7 runs to the east on the outskirts . State road 3254 runs through the village .

history

Welferode was first mentioned in a document in 1197. Around 1490 there were six defensive men and four plows in the village . In 1537 Welferode consisted of 14 houses.

The spelling of the place name changed over the centuries, depending on the taste of the writer: Belferoth (1197), Waldolferode (1245), Welferode (1253), Welferade (1366), Welfferade (1388), Welferoidt (1534), Welfferode (1537 ), Welfferod (1551), Wellferoda, Welfferodt, Wolffteroda (1575/85), Welffenrot (1590), Wolfferode (1591), Welfterode (1780), Welgeroda (1823).

On February 1, 1971 as part of the Welferode was municipal reform in Hesse on a voluntary basis as part of the town Homberg, district Kassel, today Homberg (Efze) , incorporated .

Infrastructure

church

There are:

an evangelical church
a village community center
the highland rock festival, which has been held since 2003
a fraternity

literature

Search for Welferode (Homberg) in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library
Literature about Welferode in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Welferrode. In: website. City of Homberg (Efze); accessed in May 2019
Welferode, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Welferode, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Welferrode. In: website. City of Homberg (Efze), accessed May 2019 .
^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , item 328, paragraph 55 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 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. 391 .

[lagis-1] Welferode, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] Welferrode. In: website. City of Homberg (Efze), accessed May 2019 .

[3] Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , item 328, paragraph 55 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).

[4] 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. 391 .