Willingshausen
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Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ' N , 9 ° 12' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Hesse | |
Administrative region : | kassel | |
County : | Schwalm-Eder district | |
Height : | 248 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 59.96 km 2 | |
Residents: | 4763 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 79 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 34628 | |
Primaries : | 06691, 06697 | |
License plate : | HR, FZ, MEG, ZIG | |
Community key : | 06 6 34 026 | |
Community structure: | 9 districts | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Am Rathaus 2 34628 Willingshausen |
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Mayor : | Heinrich Vesper ( FDP ) | |
Location of the community Willingshausen in the Schwalm-Eder district | ||
Willingshausen is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse . The eponymous place of the municipality, the village Willingshausen , lies between the places Merzhausen and Wasenberg , the administrative seat and largest place of the municipality.
geography
location
The community of Willingshausen is located in the south of the Schwalm on the river of the same name and its right tributaries Antreff and Leimbach . The town hall seat is in Wasenberg, which lies between Willingshausen and Treysa .
Neighboring communities
Willingshausen borders the city of Schwalmstadt to the north, the municipality of Frielendorf to the northeast, the city of Neukirchen and the municipality of Schrecksbach (all in the Schwalm-Eder district) to the east, and the city of Alsfeld and the municipality of Antrifttal (both in the Vogelsberg district) to the south ), and in the west to the city of Neustadt ( Marburg-Biedenkopf district ).
Community structure
It consists of the nine districts of Gungelshausen , Leimbach , Loshausen , Merzhausen , Ransbach , Steina , Wasenberg (seat of the municipal administration), Willingshausen and Zella .
history
As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the original community of Willingshausen formed the new community of Antrefftal on December 31, 1971, together with Gungelshausen, Merzhausen and Zella . This was dissolved on January 1, 1974 and incorporated into a new large municipality by virtue of state law , which also included the places Leimbach, Loshausen, Ransbach, Steina and Wasenberg. This new community was given the name Willingshausen , although the name-giving place was and is not the largest of the new community and is not centrally located.
With the start of renovation work in the entrance area in 2008, extensive renovation of the town hall began. With the creation of a new waiting room - on the ground floor - the waiting times for the resident community members should be made more pleasant in the future.
politics
Community representation
The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:
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Parties and constituencies | % 2016 |
Seats 2016 |
% 2011 |
Seats 2011 |
% 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
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SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 38.6 | 9 | 47.1 | 15th | 46.8 | 14th | 49.4 | 15th | |
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 26.2 | 6th | 24.1 | 7th | 22.9 | 7th | 19.8 | 6th | |
BGL / FWG | List of citizens / Free Voting Community Willingshausen | 25.8 | 6th | 19.2 | 6th | 18.5 | 6th | 19.1 | 6th | |
FDP | Free Democratic Party | 9.4 | 2 | 9.5 | 3 | 11.8 | 4th | 11.7 | 4th | |
total | 100.0 | 23 | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | ||
Voter turnout in% | 60.9 | 54.5 | 53.5 | 61.7 |
mayor
Heinrich Vesper was elected mayor for the first time in 1997. He was last confirmed in office in 2015.
Culture and sights
Buildings
For the listed cultural monuments of the community see the list of cultural monuments in Willingshausen .
Regular events
- Two music festivals take place every year in the Loshausen district: On the first weekend in August, the “World Music Festival” of the association “Klangfreunde e. V. ”, as well as“ Rock im Park ”of the Loshäuser“ Guldurferin ”in July.
- The fair in Loshausen takes place every year in the 3rd week of May.
- The fair in Zella takes place every year in the 4th week of August.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The federal road 254 Homberg - Fulda crosses the municipality in the east. It is approx. 15 km to the Alsfeld- West junction on the A5 Kassel - Frankfurt (Main) . The community belongs to the North Hessian Transport Association . The Treysa and Neustadt stations on the Main-Weser-Bahn are each about 6 km from the Wasenberg district, the closest.
Renewable Energies
A biogas plant (2.1 MWel) has been in operation in Willingshausen-Ransbach since the beginning of March 2010. It feeds around 350 Nm³ of biomethane per hour into the local gas network. The plant is a joint project between local farmers, a project developer and the Kassel municipal works .
schools
- Melanchthon School Steinatal (grammar school)
- Little Red Riding Hood School (primary school)
Kindergartens
- Wasenberg kindergarten
- Willingshausen kindergarten
- Children's group stork nest Loshausen
Personalities
- Wilhelmine von Schwertzell (1790–1849), composer, poet, collected fairy tales from the Schwalm for the Brothers Grimm
Web links
- Website of the community of Willingshausen
- Willingshausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Willingshausen in the Hessian Bibliography
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 ).
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen and Ziegenhain (GVBl. II 330-22) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 356 , § 2 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 411 f .
- ^ 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
- ↑ direct elections in Willingshausen. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in October 2018 .
- ↑ Schwälmer Biogas GmbH & Co. KG