Werleshausen

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Werleshausen
City of Witzenhausen
Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 37 ″  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  E
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
Werleshausen 2006

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
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
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

Personalities

People connected to the place

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Werleshausen, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of December 17, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. Werleshausen district on the city of Witzenhausen's website, accessed in October 2018.
  3. ^ 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

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