Welkers

Welkers Eichenzell municipality Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 45 ″ N , 9 ° 43 ′ 15 ″ E
Height :	293 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.21 km² [LAGIS]
Residents :	1018 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density :	317 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	36124
Area code :	06659
	The Catholic Holy Cross Church of Welkers (1968/70)

Welkers is a district of the municipality of Eichenzell in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

geography

Welkers is located in the upper Fulda valley in the western foothills of the Rhön, southeast of Eichenzell. State road 3307 runs through the village . In the west, the federal highway 7 passes Welkers. The place has a stop on the Fulda – Gersfeld railway line .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1166, when a Bernger von Welkers ("Welgeres" = court of Waltgar) appears as a witness. The industrial park Rhön located in the district belongs to the place.

On December 31, 1971, the previously independent municipality of Welkers was incorporated into the municipality of Eichenzell.

In 2016 the place celebrated its 850th anniversary.

Culture and sights

The splendid Gothic carved altar from 1509 in the new church is worth seeing. The Holy Cross Church was built from 1968 to 1970.

religion

The Catholic Holy Cross Church is a modern tent construction with a free-standing bell tower ( campanile ) that tapers to the top from 1968 to 1970. The church building is located (in the bridge meadows) in Rothemanner Straße in the center of the village.

Infrastructure

The village has a community center and a kindergarten .

literature

Michael Mott : Old stone footbridge no longer up to date? / A piece of village history is in danger: the old stone church footbridge in Welkers / Soon wooden bridges over the Mühlgraben, in: Fuldaer Zeitung, 9 Aug. 1990, p. 16 (series: DENK-mal!).
Literature about Welkers in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Welkers district. In: Internet presence. Eichenzell municipality; accessed in August 2018
Welkers, Fulda district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of June 13, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.
^ 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. 394 .
^ A whole village celebrates a whole year - festival weekend in Welkers in Osthessen-News from June 28, 2016.

[1] Population statistics of the Fulda district , accessed in September 2015.

[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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 394 .

[Osthessen-News-Welkers850-3] A whole village celebrates a whole year - festival weekend in Welkers in Osthessen-News from June 28, 2016.