Winterscheid (Gilserberg)

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Winterscheid
community Gilserberg
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 39 ″  N , 9 ° 2 ′ 29 ″  E
Height : 353 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.22 km²
Residents : 133  (Jun. 30, 2016)
Population density : 41 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 34630
Area code : 06696

Winterscheid is a district of the community Gilserberg in the Hessian Schwalm-Eder district .

location

The place is three kilometers southwest of the core village Gilserberg on the upper reaches of the Josbach , which rises about one kilometer north. The village, which is west of the stream on the slope of 395  m above sea level. NN high mountain, has about 150 inhabitants.

The bundesstraße 3 extends over 500 m northwest of Winter Scheid, the site itself is formed by a county road connected. The closest neighboring towns are Lischeid and Heimbach in the west, Itzenhain in the east and Gilserberg in the north. The X9 long-distance hiking trail , the Wartburg path, leads through Winterscheid .

history

The earliest documented mention of Winterscheid can be found as Weterscheut in a document from the Haina monastery from 1230. From the 14th century, the village belonged to the goat grove and later the Hessian office of Schönstein . Since the Hessian territorial reform of December 31, 1971, the formerly independent community has been a district of Gilserberg. In terms of church, Winterscheid, which does not have its own church, is connected to the neighboring town of Lischeid .

Individual evidence

  1. "Winterscheid, Schwalm-Eder District". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of April 7, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. Gilserberg - data and facts. Population numbers. BVB-Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2016, accessed on May 3, 2018 .
  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 .

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