Werkel

Werkel City of Fritzlar Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 20 ″ N , 9 ° 18 ′ 35 ″ E
Height :	182 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.84 km²
Residents :	799
Population density :	117 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	34560
Area code :	05622

Village church in Werkel

Werkel is a district of the cathedral city of Fritzlar in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse .

The district with its rural structure is conveniently located on the A 49 . The Volkswagen plant in Baunatal and other larger employers in nearby Kassel offer corresponding jobs. Today Werkel has around 800 inhabitants, many of whom are still active in agriculture, which is very productive due to the fertile soils of the Fritzlarer Börde .

history

In 1219 the place was first mentioned as Werkele . In 1424 the place was completely destroyed during a military conflict between the Archdiocese of Mainz and the Landgraviate of Hesse . In 1595 the place was mapped in Gerhard Mercator's atlas on the sheet "Hassia landtgraviatus".

Towards the end of World War II , on Holy Saturday , March 31, 1945 Werkel was destroyed by American troops to more than 70 percent by artillery fire, when German troops deposed from Fritzlar and Werkel, along with seven tanks of the type Tiger II consisting of 3rd Company of Heavy Panzer Division 501, who had come to Kassel, again offered resistance.

On December 31, 1971, the previously independent municipality of Werkel was incorporated into the city of Fritzlar.

politics

Mayor : Alfred Klinge (as of October 2013)

Attractions

Stockhausen's glass window " Christ the Judge of the World " in the fortified church
The Hilgenstein , a menhir on the south-eastern outskirts
Jonas Engelhardt's rocks near the church
Atonement Cross

Personalities

Elke Leonhard (* 1949 in Werkel), German politician

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b "Werkel, Schwalm-Eder district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 27, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ The location on the website of the city of Fritzlar , accessed in February 2016
^ 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. 392 .

Web links

Werkel on the website of the city of Fritzlar
"Werkel, Schwalm-Eder district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Werkel in the Hessian Bibliography

[lagis-1] "Werkel, Schwalm-Eder district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 27, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[2] The location on the website of the city of Fritzlar , accessed in February 2016

[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. 392 .