Willingshausen

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
Website :	www.willingshausen.de
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:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016 A total of 23 seats SPD : 9 FDP : 2 CDU : 6 BGL / FWG : 6	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	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

Commons : Willingshausen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Willingshausen - travel guide

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

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-HE-1] 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 ).

[2] 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 ]).

[3] 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 .

[4] Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .

[5] Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011

[6] Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006

[7] direct elections in Willingshausen. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in October 2018 .

[8] Schwälmer Biogas GmbH & Co. KG