Willingshain

Willingshain Kirchheim parish Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 10 ″  N , 9 ° 30 ′ 41 ″  E
Height :	328  (327-364)  m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.98 km²
Residents :	217  (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	44 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	August 1, 1972
Postal code :	36275
Area code :	06628
Willingshain from the air

Willingshain is a district of the municipality of Kirchheim in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in East Hesse .

Geographical location

The place is located on the Eisenberg northwest of Kirchheim and is surrounded by forest. Not far from Willingshain is the sacrificial stone natural monument .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1366 as "Wylandishayn". Later the place name changed to "Willantshain" and then to today's Willingshain. The village is part of the parish of Frielingen . The evangelical hall church was built in 1722, the baking house in the middle of the village in 1886.

On August 1, 1972, Willigshain was incorporated into the municipality of Kirchheim as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

Population development

Before the Thirty Years War there were 18 men in the village, in 1673 there were 8 men. In 1747 there were 18 households.

Willingshain: Population from 1834 to 2015
year				Residents
1834			329
1840			361
1846			358
1852			353
1858			335
1864			347
1871			273
1875			268
1885			259
1895			242
1905			249
1910			268
1925			273
1939			249
1946			376
1950			353
1956			396
1961			276
1967			243
1970			244
2006			251
2010			226
2015			251
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources:; 1982: From 2004 data on the reference date December 31 of the respective year without secondary residences

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885:	259 Protestant (= 100.00%) residents
• 1961:	213 Protestant (= 77.17%), 36 Catholic (= 13.04%) residents

Infrastructure

• On its way from Bad Hersfeld to Kirchheim, the citizens' bus runs through the town Monday to Friday. The AST also operates here .
• The place has a village community center .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Willingshain, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Population figures for the Kirchheim community , accessed in December 2018. [PDF; 139 KB]
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 , § 13 ( 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 397 .
5. ↑ Kirchheim parish council (ed.): 1200 years Kirchheim. Bad Hersfeld 1983

Web links

• Willingshain on the Kirchheim community website.
• Willingshain, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Willingshain. With history overview. In: www.willingshain.de. Private website