Edermünde

Edermünde is a community in the Schwalm -Eder district in Hesse ( Germany ) at the mouth of the Eder, Fulda.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 Municipal Council
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 community partnerships
  • 4.1 Museums
  • 4.2 Structures
  • 4.3 Natural Monuments
  • 4.4 Regular events
  • 6.1 People who are connected with the community

Geography and community structure

Edermünde located in the north of the Schwalm- Eder -Kreis, south of Kassel. The municipality consists of the villages Besse, Grifte, Haldorf and Holzhausen. The municipality is located in the central district of Holzhausen.

The district Besse hugs the west the nature park Hawk Forest towering Langeberg Mountains, Grifte is just west of the mouth of the Eder in the Fulda, Holzhausen is located on the basalt dome Hahn, and Haldorf lies just above the Edertal. The municipal area is drained by the western Eder tributary stream of pilgrims. The first village hall was built in Hesse in 1951 Haldorf.

Neighboring communities

Edermünde has in the extreme northwest a short border with the municipality Schauenburg, bordered to the north by the city Baunatal (both in the Kassel district ) in the east, with the Fulda and Eder as a boundary to the community Guxhagen, in the south on the town Felsberg, and in the southwest and west on the town Gudensberg (all three in the Schwalm -Eder -Kreis).

History

Incorporations

On December 31, 1971, the municipality Edermünde was formed by the merger of the municipalities Grifte, Haldorf and Holzhausen am new cock. Besse was added on 1 January 1974.

Policy

Municipal council

Mayor

Since 1996, Karl -Heinz dyer (SPD ) mayor in Edermünde.

Community partnerships

Edermünde maintains since 1989 a partnership with the South Tyrolean community Terento.

Culture and sights

Museums

  • History museum in the district Haldorf ( in the former shepherd's house )
  • Village Museum Holzhausen in the village hall ( club culture and history Holzhausen )

Structures

  • Fortified churches in Besse and Grifte

Natural Monuments

  • Hahn: (. 255.8 m above sea level ) of the basalt dome cock in Holzhausen up, an excellent view of the surrounding countryside. The road to the plateau was restored by wooden houses citizens in the years 1999 and 2000 and is therefore good to hike.

Regular events

  • Rock the Cock Festival: Since 2006, the famous rock festival of the 1980s again takes place annually. The festival is organized by the Eder mouths Youth Care and Youth Committee. It is used for supporting young bands. As headliners played in recent years, the Schröder, Monsters of Liedermaching and Ohrbooten. The festival takes place id R on the first weekend in September.

Traffic

Edermünde has in the district Grifte Connecting to the Main - Weser Railway.

Personalities

People who are connected with the community

  • Fritz Scheffer (* March 20, 1899 Edermünde - Haldorf; † 1 July 1979 in Göttingen), German soil scientist
  • August Franke (* February 14, 1920 Edermünde - Haldorf; † 21 October 1997), politician ( SPD), ehm. District of circles Fritzlar -Homberg and Schwalm -Eder, MP
  • Edgar Franke ( born January 21, 1960), politician ( SPD), son of August Franke
  • Günter Rudolph ( * March 13, 1956 Edermünde - Haldorf ), politician ( SPD), Member of Parliament
  • Willi noise (* June 3, 1936 Edermünde -Besse ), politician ( SPD) ehm. Member of the Hessian Parliament
  • Ekkebrecht of Grifte, Knight, known for the successful defense of Gudensberger Upper Castle in 1387
  • Paul Heidel Bach ( dialect poet )
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