Herleshausen
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Herleshausen | |
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Location of Herleshausen within Werra-Meißner-Kreis district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 51°01′N 10°10′E / 51.017°N 10.167°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Hesse |
Admin. region | Kassel |
District | Werra-Meißner-Kreis |
Subdivisions | 11 districts |
Government | |
• Mayor (2018–24) | Lars Böckmann[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 59.52 km2 (22.98 sq mi) |
Elevation | 363 m (1,191 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,820 |
• Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 37293 |
Dialling codes | 05654 |
Vehicle registration | ESW |
Website | www.herleshausen.de |
Herleshausen is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
Herleshausen lies north of a section of the boundary with Thuringia in the thickly wooded area between the Ringgau and the Thuringian Forest (ranges) with the Thuringian Forest Nature Park in the southeast. It is found between the river Werra in the south and the Autobahn A 4 (Aachen–Görlitz) in the north.
Herleshausen borders on the municipal area of the district-free town of Eisenach, whose main centre lies some 12 km east-southeast. To the district seat of Eschwege to the north-northwest, it is about 22 km, and to Kassel, the nearest city, to the northwest, it is about 60 km (each time as the crow flies).
Neighbouring communities
Herleshausen borders in the north on the communities of Ringgau (Werra-Meißner-Kreis) and Ifta (Wartburgkreis in Thuringia), in the east on the town of Creuzburg and the community of Krauthausen (both in the Wartburgkreis), in the southeast on the Thuringian district-free town of Eisenach, in the south on the community of Gerstungen (Wartburgkreis) and in the west on the town of Sontra (Werra-Meißner-Kreis).
Constituent communities
The community's eleven Ortsteile are Herleshausen, Wommen, Nesselröden, Breitzbach, Unhausen, Holzhausen, Markershausen, Altefeld, Archfeld, Willershausen and Frauenborn.
History
In 1019, Herleshausen had its first documentary mention in a donation document in which ownership was transferred to the Kaufungen Abbey, which then held the village until Secularization in 1521. Thereafter, it passed to the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel, who enfeoffed various lords with it.
The community found itself on a much more public stage after the
Politics
Community council
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The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
Parties and voter communities | % 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 | |
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 32.4 | 6 | 30.7 | 6 |
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 49.1 | 9 | 53.3 | 10 |
WSRG | Wählergemeinschaft Südringgau | 18.5 | 4 | 16.0 | 3 |
Total | 100.0 | 19 | 100.0 | 19 | |
Voter turnout in % | 65.0 | 66.9 |
Town partnerships
Cléder, Finistère, France
Lauchröden, constituent community of Gerstungen, Thuringia
Coat of arms
The community's arms might be described thus: Gules a wall embattled with two end towers with pointed roofs argent and with closed gate Or, above which a tower with a double cupola of the second.
The crenellated wall stands for the fortress church estate, which has the parish church's quire tower rising above it. The tinctures red and silver are Hesse's state colours. The coat of arms was approved in 1954 by the Hesse Interior Ministry.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
Schloss Augustenau
After the
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Herleshausen has a
Running by the community is a section of the Autobahn A 4 (Aachen–Görlitz) with its Herleshausen interchange. The Herleshausen service centre was torn down in 2005 to make way for the 6-lane expansion. There are, however, new plans to build another service centre, "Werratal", on the A 4's south side.
Notable people
- D.L. Lang - Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California[3]
- Dirk Wilutzky - Academy award-winning filmmaker[4]
Gallery
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The former Herleshausen border crossing on the Inner German border, looking into West Germany.
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Border crossers being treated to free sausages, sandwiches, wine, coffee and cake on the Thuringian side of the new border crossing between Herleshausen and Lauchröden in Eisenach in December 1989.
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Former border guard base, converted to a rest area restaurant, now in disuse
References
- Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
- Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
- ^ "Interview with D.L. Lang". Smashwords. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Dirk Wilutzky". Emmys. Retrieved 19 June 2021.