Werleshausen
Werleshausen
City of Witzenhausen
Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 37 ″ N , 9 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E
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Height : | 140 m above sea level NHN |
Area : | 6.28 km² |
Residents : | 404 (Dec. 2015) |
Population density : | 64 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | December 31, 1971 |
Postal code : | 37214 |
Area code : | 05542 |
Werleshausen 2006
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Werleshausen is a district of Witzenhausen in the Werra-Meißner district in northern Hesse . The first documentary mention was in the year 876 AD. Werleshausen is part of the cherry growing area around Witzenhausen.
geography
Werleshausen is located near the border triangle Hessen - Thuringia - Lower Saxony on the western edge of the Eichsfeld , on the Werra and the Göttingen - Neu-Eichenberg - Bebra - Fulda railway line (see: Bebra - Göttingen railway line ) .
The village is connected to the main road network via the federal highways 27 (Göttingen - Eschwege ) and 80 ( Hann. Münden - Heilbad Heiligenstadt ). In Friedland, about 15 km away (Drammetal motorway triangle), there is a connection to the federal motorway 7 and the A 38 (Göttingen - Friedland - Heiligenstadt - Halle ).
history
overview
year | event |
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876 | First documentary mention by King Ludwig the Germans at an imperial assembly in Ingelheim |
1357 | Membership of the Hanstein court until 1857; Exercise of feudal sovereignty among others in "Wedirodishusen" |
1415 | Building of the Ludwig stone by Landgrave Ludwig I of Hesse with the aim of the trade routes from the raids of Hanstein protect |
1556/1565 | New construction of the castle-like mansion in the Renaissance style of the Werleshausen manor at that time by Merten von Hanstein and his wife Margret von der Hauben (on foundations from the 12th / 13th centuries). The manor house is known far beyond the Werra as a structural symbol of Werleshausen. |
1803 | The Eichsfeld and with it Werleshausen falls to the Kingdom of Prussia |
1803 | The church was rebuilt in 1805 |
1815 | Determination at the Congress of Vienna : The district of Heiligenstadt belongs to the Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Saxony , Administrative Region of Erfurt |
1870 | Until 1875 construction of the Göttingen - Bebra railway line through the Werleshausen district |
1880 | Construction of the first Werra bridge |
1945 | After the Yalta Declaration, Soviet troops occupy all of Thuringia |
1945 | Wanfried Agreement : Because of the railway line, Werleshausen and Neuseesen are annexed to the Witzenhausen district, American occupation zone |
1961 | By 1965 construction of the B 27 Werra bridge in the Unterfeld |
1971 | As part of the regional reform on December 31st, incorporated into the city of Witzenhausen |
1981 | Beginning of village renewal |
1989 | until 1990 opening of the border on the way to Hanstein Castle and Lindewerra |
Population development
year | 1648 | 1834 | 1852 | 1860 | 1875 | 1905 | 1925 | 1939 | 1950 | 1961 | 1970 | 1975 | 2005 |
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Residents | 512 | 485 | 461 | 478 | 383 | 398 | 382 | 360 | 643 | 509 | 551 | 495 | 503 |
politics
The current mayor is Peter Rode.
Attractions
- Historic half-timbered buildings in the town center
- Historic village green, formerly also used as a thing place
- Manor (former Werleshausen manor ) with manor house similar to a castle
- Classicist monument by master stonemason and railway bridge builder Christian Barth (1833–1893) in the cemetery for three of his children
- the nearby Ludwigstein Castle
- the nearby Hanstein Castle
- the nearby Teufelskanzel at Lindewerra
Manor house in the former manor (manor)
Personalities
People connected to the place
- Hermann von Christen (1841–1919), member of the Reichstag
- Fritz von Christen (1872–1953), district administrator
- Walter von Christen (1874–1944), administrative lawyer
Individual evidence
- ^ Werleshausen, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of December 17, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ Werleshausen district on the city of Witzenhausen's website, accessed in October 2018.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for 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. 410 .
Web links
- Werleshausen district on the website of the city of Witzenhausen.
- Werleshausen, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Werleshausen in the Hessian Bibliography
- Website of the "Wander- und Kulturverein Werleshausen eV" for the location