Wohratal

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	to water
County :	Marburg-Biedenkopf
Height :	240 m above sea level NHN
Area :	30.66 km 2
Residents:	2165 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	71 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	35288
Primaries :	06453, 06425
License plate :	MR, BID
Community key :	06 5 34 022
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Halsdorfer Strasse 56 ; 35288 Wohratal
Website :	www.wohratal.de
Mayor :	Heiko Dawedeit (independent)
Location of the community Wohratal in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district

Wohratal is a municipality in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in central Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

Wohratal lies between the Kellerwald in the east and the Burgwald in the west on the Wohra . Larger neighboring cities are Kirchhain in the south and Frankenberg in the northwest.

Neighboring communities

Wohratal borders the towns of Rosenthal and Gemünden (both in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district ) in the north, the Gilserberg community ( Schwalm-Eder district ) in the east, and the Rauschenberg community (Marburg-Biedenkopf district ) in the south and west .

Community structure

The community consists of the four districts Wohra (seat of the municipal administration), Halsdorf , Langendorf and Hertingshausen .

history

Formation of the community Wohratal

On July 1, 1970, the municipality of Wohratal was newly formed as part of the regional reform in Hesse through the voluntary merger of the previously independent municipalities of Halsdorf and Wohra. On February 1, 1971, Hertingshausen and Langendorf were added.

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 15 seats SPD : 6 CDU : 5th OLW : 4	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	40.5	6th	44.4	6th	43.1	7th	39.1	6th
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	31.8	5	25.2	4th	34.0	5	31.5	5
	OLW	Open list Wohratal	27.7	4th	25.6	4th	-	-	-	-
	BfW	Citizens for Wohratal	-	-	4.8	1	6.9	1	9.7	1
	GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	-	-	-	-	16.0	2	-	-
	UWW / GREEN	Independent voter community Wohratal / Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen	-	-	-	-	-	-	19.7	3
	total		100.0	15th	100.0	15th	100.0	15th	100.0	15th
	Voter turnout in%		55.9		57.8		59.2		68.0

mayor

On October 28, 2018, Heiko Dawedeit was elected as the new mayor. He took over the office on April 1, 2019 from Peter Hartmann, who had previously been mayor for 18 years.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Elevated divided by red and blue by a silver (white) wavy bar; above three silver stars, below a silver medal cross. "

Next to the wavy bar for the name Wohra, the stars and the order cross stand for the four districts of the community. The stars are reminiscent of the former Grafschaft Ziegenhain, to which the area belonged, the order in the form of a Maltese cross with the stylized crown of thorns stands for the Huguenot village of Hertingshausen .

traffic

The Wohratalbahn ran through the municipality in which there was a train station in Wohra next to the Halsdorf train station . Passenger traffic was stopped on May 28, 1972, and the line was closed on December 31, 1981 after goods traffic was abandoned .

Juniper Willow Nature Reserve

The "Wacholderweide Langendorf nature reserve" is one of the natural monuments of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district. The district authorities, the Hessian Society for Ornithology and Nature Conservation (HGON) and “Hessenforst” are cooperating on the project. Through purchase and exchange, five existing natural monument areas were expanded through acquisitions and combined to form a large area. In December 2008, the entire area was provided with a permanent fence for year-round grazing. In the spring of 2009 a cattle shelter was built in the "Long Valley". The land acquisition and the buildings were refinanced from the equalization levy under nature conservation law.

The 15 hectare area is managed by a specially founded civil law company (GbR) "Langendorfer Wacholderweide (Weideverein)". This GbR is a state-recognized pasture association as an agricultural enterprise . The current (June 2009) ten members are animal breeders and keepers from Langendorf and Wohra. The animal species included range from Galloway cattle and fjord horses to Boer goats and Rhön sheep .

Web links

Commons : Wohratal - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 ).
↑ Merger of the communities of Halsdorf and Wohra in the Marburg district to form the new community "Wohratal" on June 11, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 26 , p. 1300 , point 1228 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.6 MB ]).
^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , item 328, para. 53 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 402 .
^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .