Wernswig

Wernswig City of Homberg (Efze) Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 46 ″ N , 9 ° 21 ′ 42 ″ E
Height :	215 (210-267) m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.62 km²
Residents :	1021
Population density :	182 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st October 1971
Postal code :	34576
Area code :	05684

Wernswig is the largest district in terms of population of Homberg (Efze) in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder district after the core town .

Location and traffic

The place is located in northern Hesse 5.2 km southeast of Homberg on the northern foothills of the Knüllgebirge between Niederbach and Osterbach. Federal road 254 runs to the west on the outskirts . Landesstraße 3158 runs through the village. In the past there was still the Leinefelde – Treysa railway line , as part of the Kanonenbahn .

history

Postcard from Wernswig before 1911 with photographs by Conrad Otto

Former Wernswig stop of the Kanonenbahn (now a museum)

Wernswig was first mentioned in a document in 1097. Around 1490 there were 15 defensive men and seven plows in the village .

As part of the municipal reform in Hesse Wernswig was today on a voluntary basis on 1 October 1971 in the town of Homberg, district Kassel, Homberg (Efze) , incorporated .

Infrastructure

There are:

an evangelical church
a village community center
a fire station of the volunteer fire brigade Wernswig
the Matthias Claudius School, a primary school
two playgrounds
a soccer field
a football field
a tennis facility with two courts
a gym
a barbecue hut
a local history museum in the station of the former cannon railway
a puppet theater Puppenbühne Wernswig e. V

Events

Regular events are:

the maypole festival on May 1st
the fair on the first weekend of July
the Backhausfest on the first weekend in September
the performances of the puppet theater Puppenbühne Wernswig from November to March

Personalities

Heinrich Otto (1858–1923), painter, was born in Wernswig

literature

Abel Becker: History of the parish Wernswig. Kassel 1936.
900 years of Wernswig 1097–1997 , Wernswig, 1997.
Literature on Wernswig in the Hessian Bibliography
Search for Wernswig in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Search for Wernswig in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Wernswig, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Wernswig. In: website. City of Homberg (Efze), accessed May 2019 .
↑ The spelling of the place name changed several times over the centuries: Uvernesuic (1097), Werneswich (1220), Werneswic (1229), Werniswich (1238), Wernswich (1239), Wernsvic (1246), Werneswig (1248), Werniswig (1254 ), Wernsweic (1255), Werswich (1272), Wersnic (1288), Werswich (1291), Werenswich (1341), Wemswig (1358), Bernswig (1450), Vernswyg (1475), Wernschwig (1514), Wernßwick (1523 ), Wernßwegk (1525), Wernswigk (1575/85).
^ 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] Wernswig, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

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

[3] The spelling of the place name changed several times over the centuries: Uvernesuic (1097), Werneswich (1220), Werneswic (1229), Werniswich (1238), Wernswich (1239), Wernsvic (1246), Werneswig (1248), Werniswig (1254 ), Wernsweic (1255), Werswich (1272), Wersnic (1288), Werswich (1291), Werenswich (1341), Wemswig (1358), Bernswig (1450), Vernswyg (1475), Wernschwig (1514), Wernßwick (1523 ), Wernßwegk (1525), Wernswigk (1575/85).

[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 .