Wolf chews

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Wolf chews
City of Rauschenberg
Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 54 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 2 ″  E
Height : 332  (324-332)  m
Area : 32 ha
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 35282
Area code : 06425
Wolfskaute (Hesse)
Wolf chews

Location of Wolfskaute in Hessen
Entrance from the south
Entrance from the south

Wolfskaute is a district of the town of Rauschenberg in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse .

Geographical location

The place is on the edge of the castle forest about two kilometers northwest of the core town of Rauschenberg and 1 km east of the district Schwabendorf .

history

The place name is likely to be traced back to a wolf dwelling / cave (see Kaute ) or a hunting facility ( Wolfskuhle ).

The village was founded in 1699 as a daughter settlement of Schwabendorf. At that time 116 French religious refugees, the so-called Waldensians , settled there . From 1821 to 1932 Wolfskaute belonged to what was then the Kirchhain district .

The place had the following population figures:

  • 1933: 31 inhabitants
  • 1939: 33 inhabitants
  • 1961: 31 inhabitants
  • 1970: 34 inhabitants

On December 31, 1971, Wolfskaute was incorporated into the town of Rauschenberg.

literature

  • Sigrid Althaus: Huguenot villages around Marburg and Frankenberg. Hitzeroth, Marburg 1989, series Landeskundliche Bildbände Hessen 2, ISBN 3-925944-76-1 , chap. Wolfskaute pp. 73-75

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 .

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