Wildeck
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Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ' N , 10 ° 1' E |
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| State : | Hesse | |
| Administrative region : | kassel | |
| County : | Hersfeld-Rotenburg | |
| Height : | 231 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 39.88 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 4930 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 124 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 36208 | |
| Primaries : | 06626, 06678 (Hönebach, Raßdorf) | |
| License plate : | HEF, ROF | |
| Community key : | 06 6 32 020 | |
| Community structure: | 5 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Eisenacher Strasse 98 36208 Wildeck |
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| Mayor : | Alexander Wirth ( independent ) | |
| Location of the community Wildeck in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg | ||
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Wildeck is a municipality in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg in the north-east of Hesse , right on the border with Thuringia .
geography
Geographical location
The community lies partly in the valley of the central Werra , in the Berka-Gerstunger basin, with its small sub-basins, the Obersuhler basin and the Kleinenseer bay. This valley is surrounded by mountain ranges. In the southwest lies the Seulingswald , in the south the foothills of the Vorder Rhön , in the east the foothills of the Thuringian Forest and in the north the Richelsdorf Mountains , which belong to the southern Fulda-Werra-Bergland . The community is partly located in the last-mentioned mountains.
The next larger cities are Bad Hersfeld (about 25 km southwest) and Eisenach (about 25 km east). The lowest point of the municipality is 208 m in the Aue near Obersuhl, the highest point is the Rotestock near Hönebach at 456 m above sea level. NN .
Community structure
The community consists of the five districts Obersuhl , Bosserode , Hönebach , Richelsdorf and Raßdorf .
Neighboring communities
Wildeck borders in the north on the municipality of Nentershausen (in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg) and the city of Sontra (in the Werra-Meißner district ), in the east on the Thuringian municipality of Gerstungen ( Wartburg district ), in the southeast and south on the Thuringian city of Werra-Suhl -Tal (Wartburgkreis) with the districts Berka / Werra , Dankmarshausen and Großensee and the city of Heringen , in the southwest to the municipality of Friedewald and to the west to the municipality of Ronshausen (all three in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district).
history
The name of the village comes from the Office Wildeck , the today's districts Obersuhl and Hönebach and belonging to Obersuhl Weiler Almushof and Schildhof belonged and that in the Middle Ages, the Abbey of Fulda was under. The official seat was at Wildeck Castle , which stood on the Schloßberg near Raßdorf.
Richelsdorf was first mentioned in 1277 when the monastery in Fulda ceded the site to the Nikolaikloster in Eisenach for the construction of a nunnery . However, the monastery was never built. In 1325 the office went to the brothers Friedrich and Hermann von Colmatsch as a fief . Today's district of Eisenach, Hötzelsroda , went to the Nikolaikloster in exchange. The feudal lordship fell to the Hessian landgraves in 1539. After those of Colmatsch died out in 1562, the place fell to Hesse .
The rugged state border in the south and east still bears testimony to the disputes between the Landgraves of Hesse and Thuringia and the Fulda Abbey. These disputes continued throughout the Middle Ages until modern times .
The copper extraction in Wildeck was mentioned for the first time in 1460. Cobalt has also been mined in the Richelsdorfer Hütte since 1708 . This increased the importance of the hut and the not far away Friedrichshütte in Iba (now part of Bebra ), so that the mining office was moved from Sontra to Richelsdorf.
From 1627 the Wildeck office belonged to the Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg as part of the Rotenburger Quart . He developed it as a hunting area and for this purpose had the Blumenstein hunting lodge built on the remains of Wildeck Castle . In 1848 the entire landgrave property of the extinct Rotenburger Quart fell to the state.
From 1945 to 1990 the community was in the immediate vicinity of the inner-German border .
Incorporations
As part of the community reform, the new community of Wildeck was created on December 31, 1971 through the merger of the previously independent communities of Bosserode, Hönebach, Obersuhl, Raßdorf and Richelsdorf.
Population development
Data on the respective territorial status and on the reference date December 31. of the respective year:
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politics
Community representation
The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:
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Seats 2016 |
% 2011 |
Seats 2011 |
% 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
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| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 43.5 | 10 | 44.5 | 14th | 49.0 | 15th | 56.8 | 17th | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 20.7 | 5 | 27.7 | 9 | 27.5 | 9 | 25.1 | 8th | |
| FWG | Free community of voters | 23.9 | 5 | 17.6 | 5 | 19.5 | 6th | 15.6 | 5 | |
| GREEN | Alliance 90 / The Greens | 5.4 | 1 | 6.7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party | 6.6 | 2 | 3.4 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| total | 100.0 | 23 | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | ||
| Voter turnout in% | 58.2 | 60.4 | 62.1 | 69.1 | ||||||
mayor
On July 6, 2014, Alexander Wirth (non-party) was elected mayor with 67.8%.
economy
traffic
The community is located on the federal motorway 4 with the junctions Obersuhl and Hönebach. The community also has the Wildeck-Obersuhl and Wildeck-Bosserode stops and the Wildeck-Hönebach train station on the Thuringian Railway in the section from Eisenach to Bebra, which crosses the municipality.
Established businesses
- alsecco GmbH (successor company of Richelsdorfer Hütte), since 2004 part of DAW SE ( Deutsche Amphibolin-Werke ).
- Betten Malsch GmbH (manufacturer of care and hospital beds), founded in 1995, has been located in the Obersuhl industrial area since 2004.
Culture and sights
Buildings
- Evangelical Church Richelsdorf ("Bauernbarockkirche")
- Evangelical Church Bosserode with winged altar and Pieta
- Ruins of the Blumenstein hunting lodge , successor to the medieval Wildeck Castle , which was once built on the same site
- Remnants of the park of the summer palace Blumenstein with island pond and obelisk
- Hönebach tunnel, historic railway tunnel on the Halle – Bebra line
nature
- Nature and bird sanctuary Rhäden near Obersuhl and Bosserode with information center in Obersuhl
There are also plenty of hiking trails, especially over the Blumenstein ruins around the Wildecker Tal. You cross Beller's courtyard. Particularly diverse forests are crossed, and you pass the French oak. The municipal boundaries of four large municipalities are also affected.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Konstantin zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1828–1896), first chief steward and general of the cavalry
- Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer (1896–1969), Nazi doctor at the University of Frankfurt am Main
- Oskar Löber (1869 – after 1930), author, Protestant pastor, theologian and senior government councilor, born in the Obersuhl district
- Wilfried Gliem (* 1946 in Obersuhl), singer of the Wildecker Herzbuben
- Margrit Klinger (* 1960 in Hönebach), athlete (including bronze medal at the European Championships in Athens in 1982 )
- Werner Heckmann (* 1961 in Obersuhl), solo trumpeter at the Staatstheater Stuttgart and member of German Brass
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
- ^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 406 .
- ↑ population development overall municipality . Wildeck community. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved on November 27, 2010. (Population figures from 1971 to 1996, as well as 2008 and 2009)
- ↑ country data . Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2008. (Population from 2004 to 2006)
- ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
- ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
- ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
- ^ Trademarks of DAW SE . German amphiboline works . Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ^ Betten Malsch GmbH . Betten Malsch GmbH. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
Web links
- Wildeck community as a whole
- Local history on waldhessen-aktuell.de
- The former GDR border near Obersuhl
- Obersuhl district
- Link catalog on Wildeck at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
Alheim | Bad Hersfeld | Bebra | Breitenbach a. Herzberg | Cornberg | Friedewald | Hauneck | Haunetal | Herring (Werra) | Hohenroda | Kirchheim | Ludwigsau | Nentershausen | Neuenstein | Niederaula | Philippsthal (Werra) | Ronshausen | Rotenburg ad Fulda | Schenklengsfeld | Wildeck