Wollrode

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Wollrode
community Guxhagen
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 40 "  N , 9 ° 30 ′ 45"  E
Height : 224  (206-248)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.19 km²
Residents : 610  (June 1, 2009)
Population density : 191 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st February 1971
Postal code : 34302
Area code : 05665
Wollrode from the north, Albshausen in the background
Wollrode from the north, Albshausen in the background

Wollrode is a district of the municipality of Guxhagen in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder district .

Geographical location

Wollrode lies between the Söhre in the east, on which parts of the geo-nature park Frau-Holle-Land (Werratal.Meißner.Kaufunger Wald) extend, and the Guxhagen core town in the west-southwest. Other neighborhoods are Dörnhagen in the north-north-west, Wattenbach in the east and Albshausen in the south. It is traversed by the Schwarzenbach coming from the Söhre and flowing into the Fulda .

history

The village is first mentioned in documents in 1228. The first church was built in 1412 ; today's church dates from 1741.

In the time of the Kingdom of Westphalia (1807-1813) Wollrode belonged to the canton of Körle . In 1939 the village had 431 inhabitants and belonged to the Melsungen district .

Territorial reform

On February 1, 1971, the municipality of Wollrode was incorporated into the municipality of Guxhagen as part of the regional reform in Hesse .

Historical place names

The ending of the place name -rode indicates a clearing settlement. In surviving documents, Wollrode was mentioned under the following names (the year of mentioning in brackets or the source):

  • Wolvoldr. (1228) (GR v. Grifte)
  • Wolvolderode (1232) (GR v. Grifte)
  • Wolvilderode (1309) (GR v. Grifte)
  • Walderode (1412) (UA Breitenau)
  • Woldenrode (1470) (Melsunger Rentschr. Inv.)
  • Wulderade (1499) (Huyskens 718)

traffic

The state road  3460 ( Dörnhagen –Wollrode– Wattenbach ; formerly in the area between Dörnhagen, Wollrode, Albshausen and Körle : federal road 83 ) runs through Wollrode in a west-east direction and runs east to Wattenbach. The district road  158 (former B 83) leads south past Albshausen to Körle .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wollrode, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 15, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ 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. 43 ( online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 6.2 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 404 .

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