Berkatal

Berkatal is a municipality in the Werra- Meißner-Kreis in Hesse ( Germany ).

  • 2.1 Frankershausen
  • 2.2 Frankenhain
  • 2.3 Hitzerode
  • 2.4 Merger to community Berkatal
  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 3.2 Parish Council
  • 3.3 Municipal Council
  • 3.4 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Education
  • 4.2 traffic

Geography

Geographical location

Berkatal located in the Natural Park Meissner Kaufunger forest at the foot of the mountain Hoher Meißner. The Berka rises in the municipality.

Neighboring communities

Berkatal bordered to the west and north of the city Allendorf, on the east by the town of Eschwege, in the south on the community Meissner (municipality ) and on the southwest by the two cities hessian Lichtenau and Großalmerode (all in the Werra- Meißner-Kreis ).

Community structure

The municipality consists of the three districts of Franconia grove Frankershausen ( council offices ) and Hitzerode. The nearest large city is the county seat Eschwege. Berkatal is located about 40 km south of Göttingen and 45 km east of Kassel.

History

Frankershausen

The district Frankershausen is the first mention of the year 876 one of the oldest towns in the region. First Frankershausen belonged to the territory of the Counts of Bilstein, whose last, Otto II, the village with all his other possessions in 1301 sold it to the Landgrave Henry I of Hesse. The Landgrave of Hesse mortgaged in the further course of the history of various noble families with the rights in Frankershausen. Originally the village stretched around the classical extended village church. With the beginning of the salt trade in the 16th century, the valley was settled on both sides of Berka. Over time, large courtyards emerged with stately houses basement where the wine to be sold is outsourced from the Rhineland. Even today, witness the preserved houses from the late 18th century along the " Berka Road" and "On the water " the prosperity of the Frankershäuser salt and wine merchants. Today, there are numerous craft shops, commercial enterprise and a medium-sized metal processing company in Frankershausen. In 1976, the 1,200 th anniversary of the town was celebrated.

Frankenhain

The district Frankenhain is the first documentary mention in 1360 is the third oldest town of the community. The place was in the course of the burgeoning salt and wine trade, which are dedicated to the residents of the entire Meißnervorlandes since the 16th century, in the 17th and 18th century economic buoyancy. The local teamsters erected in the course of today's " Meißnerstraße " generous courtyards with the typical, specific for the storage of wine, great cellars. In the 19th century the mining and melting pot production for major sources of income for the residents of Frankenhain were. Still exists in Frankenhain an operation for crucible production, which markets its products worldwide.

Hitzerode

Hitzerode first opened in 1195 in a document by Pope Celestine III. mentioned, in which the latter the property of the monastery Germerode confirmed. By 1300 Hitzerode fell to the Landgrave of Hesse. 1498 was a half to land county Hessen, the other half was country Gräfliches fief those of Völkershausen, then from 1416 the Landgrave bailiff on Bilstein, Apel Appe to Aue, and his sons Hans and Apel Appe and after their decease from 1463 intermarried with them Men Eschwege. The village's history and shape was marked as in the other districts of the municipality Berkatal by the salt and wine trade. Focused in the early period of the history of the development on the " Kirchberg " and the course of " Albunger road ", it was built with the beginning of the salt trade the "Long Road", which is frequented by Dohlsbach towards Frankershausen about the Meissner to Spangenberg. There are still today the townscape formative, representative farm buildings of the wealthy merchants emerged.

Merger to the municipality Berkatal

On December 31, 1971, the church was re- Berkatal formed by the merger of the previously independent municipalities Frankenhain, Frankershausen and Hitzerode.

First, it was unclear whether Hitzerode should not be incorporated to Allendorf, so Hitzerode the telephone area code is still 05652 ( Allendorf ) as opposed to the other two districts, which have 05657 ( Meissner ) as a prefix.

Policy

Mayor

Mayor of Berkatal since 1997 Friedel Lenze (SPD). Its predecessors were Willi Hildebrandt (SPD ) from 1971 to 1979, Ferdinand Nieland (CDU ) from 1979 to 1991 and Hans Jörg Haas (CDU ) By 1991 to 1996.

Parish Council

Accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code of the Hessian community Berkatal is a parish council before as a collective governing body of the municipality. The head of the community belong to only the mayor Friedel Lenze two members of the CDU, two members of the SPD as well as two members of the ÜWG. Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor so is Dr. Lutz Bergner ( CDU).

Municipal council

The municipal election held 27 March 2011 yielded the following results:

Chairman of the municipal council is Elfi Schreiber ( SPD).

The Municipal Council has established two committees with five members each, one main, financial and social Committee and a Building and Planning Committee. Chairman of the main financial and Social Committee is Manfred Sippel (CDU ), Chairman of the Building and Planning Committee is Wolfgang Friederich ( CDU).

The three groups represented in the municipal council Parties and voter communities have ever joined together in a group, Chairman of the CDU is Matthias Dix, chairman of the SPD parliamentary group Fritz Schindewolf, Chairman of the ÜWG Group Thomas Schill.

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In red one diagonally left silver wave beams, accompanied by a spread above golden cross, down from a golden sechsspeichigen cartwheel. "

The silver wave bar represents the eponymous Berka (Bach) represents the golden cross francs a cross, in allusion to the names of the districts Frankershausen and Franks grove; the golden wagon wheel points to the earlier here very common Fuhrmann Commercial.

Economy and infrastructure

Education

In the village there is a kindergarten.

Traffic

In nearby Werra run east State Road 27 (Göttingen - Bad Hersfeld ) and the railway line Bebra -Göttingen.

Attractions

  • Protestant parish church of Hitzerode
  • Franken Hainer church with frescoes
  • Kripp and Hielöcher
  • Megalithic grave
  • Roman camp
  • Römerschanze
  • High -Hills
  • Schnepf castle
  • Ski jump over the Bilstein
  • Fortified church in Frankershausen
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