Widdershausen

Widdershausen City of Heringen (Werra) Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 38 ″ N , 10 ° 0 ′ 52 ″ E
Height :	217 (216–248) m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.34 km²
Residents :	901 (Jun 30, 2017)
Population density :	169 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	August 1, 1972
Postal code :	36266
Area code :	06624

Widdershausen is the second largest district of Heringen (Werra) in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in East Hesse .

Geographical location

Widdershausen is located in East Hesse north of Heringen and south of the Thuringian city of Werra-Suhl-Tal ( Wartburgkreis ) on the Werra . Immediately north of the town is the state border between Hesse and Thuringia and, from 1949 to 1990, the border with the GDR . The district roads 3 and 4 as well as the Gerstungen – Vacha railway line run through the village , where there was a passenger stop until 1953.

history

The authenticity of the oldest documented mention of the village under the place name Widerolfeshusun in the year 874 is disputed, possibly this is a forgery. In 1431 the place is documented as a Fulan fiefdom of those from Kolmatsch . In 1432 Widdershausen fell to Hesse with the purchase of the Heringen court.

On April 23, 1900, the groundbreaking ceremony for the sinking of the Grimberg shaft near Widdershausen, Wintershall's first potash works, took place .

On February 22, 1953, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook the place, damaging several buildings and leaving wide cracks in the area.

Widdershausen as a district

On August 1, 1972, Widdershausen was incorporated into the city of Heringen (Werra) as part of the regional reform in Hesse . whose main town received city rights in 1977.

Population development

Source: Historical local dictionary

Widdershausen: Population from 1834 to 1970
year		Residents
1834	511
1840	502
1846	547
1852	560
1858	554
1864	595
1871	578
1875	574
1885	520
1895	533
1905	709
1910	863
1925	912
1939	1,075
1946	1,350
1950	1,384
1956	1,437
1961	1,404
1967	1,386
1970	1,363
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources:

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885:	0519 Protestant (= 99.81%), one Catholic (= 0.19%) residents
• 1961:	1333 Protestant (= 94.94%), 68 Catholic (= 4.84%) inhabitants

religion

The church used by the evangelical community today is evidence of uninterrupted Christian settlement since the Middle Ages . The Gothic choir tower has been preserved from an older building, which was given a timber-framed upper floor around 1700 and a late-baroque helmet dome probably around 1800; the weather vane is dated to 1822; the ship was built in 1912. The baptismal font is dated “1571” and is therefore an early example of post-Reformation art; the organ prospectus was made in the late baroque period.

In addition to the Reformed Church, there is also the Evangelical Lutheran Church and Congregation.

Web links

Widdershausen district on the website of the municipality of Heringen (Werra).
Widdershausen. Local history, information. In: www.widdershausen.de. Private website; accessed on August 12, 2018
Widdershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Search for Widdershausen in the archive portal D of the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

↑ District sizes of the city of Heringen, accessed in August 2018.
↑ Population of the city of Heringen (Werra), accessed in August 2018
↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Hersfeld and Rotenburg (GVBl. II 330-13) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 217 , § 9 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
^ 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. 397 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Widdershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[1] District sizes of the city of Heringen, accessed in August 2018.

[2] Population of the city of Heringen (Werra), accessed in August 2018

[3] Law on the reorganization of the districts of Hersfeld and Rotenburg (GVBl. II 330-13) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 217 , § 9 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).

[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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 397 .

[lagis-5] Widdershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).