Hessisch Lichtenau

Hessian Lichtenau is a small town in eastern North Hesse, Germany. She was 2006 Venue of the 46th day of Hesse.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 City Council
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Town twinning
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 Natural Monuments
  • 4.3 Tourism
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Education

Geography

Geographical location

Hessian Lichtenau is located in the Werra- Meißner-Kreis approximately 20 km (air line ) southeast of Kassel between the Hirschberg to 643.4 m above sea level. NN high Kaufunger forest in the north, the Hohe Meissner ( 753.6 m ) in the east, the mountains Stölzinger with the iceberg ( 583 m) in the southeast and the Günsteröder level with the Himmelberg ( 563.7 m) in the southwest. The framed by the mountain ranges mentioned valley floor is Hessian- light Auer pool called, through which flows as the core city of hessian Lichtenau of the Losse.

Neighboring communities

  • Berkatal in the Northeast
  • Großalmerode in the Northeast
  • Meissner in East
  • Forest Kappel in the East
  • Spangenberg in the south
  • Söhrewald in the West
  • Helsa in the northwest

Boroughs

  • Friedrich Brück
  • Fürstenhagen
  • Live
  • Hirschhagen
  • Hollstein
  • Hopfelde
  • Quentel
  • Reichenbach
  • Retterode
  • Velmeden
  • Walburg
  • Wickersrode

History

Incorporations

On December 31, 1971, the formerly independent communities Retterode and Wickersrode were incorporated. On April 1, 1972, added Reichenbach. Friedrich Bruck, Prince Hagen, Hausen, Hollstein, Hopfelde, kitchens, Quentel, Velmeden and Walburg area and parts of the neighboring town Großalmerode then with about 100 inhabitants, followed on 1 January 1974.

Policy

City Council

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

Mayor

Since February 2000, Jürgen Herwig 's (SPD), directly elected, full-time mayor. He was re-elected in the election on 6 November 2005 with 64.4 % of votes cast.

Herwig was confirmed on 29 January 2012, 54.1 % of the vote in office. He beat out three rival candidates.

Twinning

Hessian Lichtenau is twinned by a twinned with the Flemish town of Dessel in Belgium.

Culture and sights

Structures

In the district of Prince Hagen: building complex of Lenoir Foundation ( former orphanages ), Pestalozzi Monument, Mausoleum of the Lenoir family, on a hill on a pond ( Architect: Julius Eubell; built in 1903 ); 1893 donated by George André Lenoir ( 1825-1909 ), son of JH Lenoir and honorary citizen of Kassel. Also the neighboring farm Teichhof originally belonged to Lenoir Foundation.

In the district of Reichenbach: Church of Deutschordensballei Hesse, former monastery church Reichenbach, the oldest branch of the Teutonic Order in Germany. West of Reichenbach are the ruins of the castle Reichenbach on the 522 m above sea level. NN high Schlossberg.

Natural Monuments

  • Large stones ( Reichenbach )
  • Holle stones ( Hollstein )

Tourism

Hessian Lichtenau is located as a gateway to Mother Hulda country on the German Fairytale Route.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The tram line direction Mattenberg traveling on the Losse valley railway directly to the Kassel City and runs weekdays at 30- minute intervals in the morning Monday - Friday in 15 -minute intervals and hourly on weekends.

In the vicinity of the district Reichenbach is the beacon LAU an international air street.

Hessian Lichtenau is located on the B 7, east of the city is situated between junctions hessian Lichtenau Center and hessian Lichtenau- East ( Walburg ) a few kilometers long section of the BAB 44 with the Wehretalbrücke (530 m long) and Walberg (about. 280 m long), the extension portions to Kassel as well as to wommen located in various construction and planning phases.

Education

There are three primary schools in the municipality:

  • Primary school hessian Lichtenau
  • Primary school Fürstenhagen
  • Meißnerlandschule Walburg.

Only secondary school of the village is the Freiherr- vom- Stein-Schule in the city hessian Lichtenau, a comprehensive school with Gymnasium upper level. The FVSS has a strong all-day activities.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town:

  • Johann Feige (1482-1543), Chancellor of the land county Hessen
  • Gustav Siegel (1861-1931), chronicler of the city and local historian
  • Johann Peter (1869-1944), former mayor and an honorary citizen Hessian Lichtenaus
  • Louis and William Wolff, founder of the Chancellor's fig - fountain
  • Salomon Cheerful, founder of the heavy weaving Cheerful and Wolff
  • Egon Höhmann (1926-1979), a teacher from Prince Hagen, Member of Parliament and Secretary of State in Bonn
  • Conrad Schwalm (1914-2000), landscape painter and draftsman, owner of the painter angle Schwalm
  • Erich Rosenblath, founder of the furniture factory Rosenblath
  • Friedrich Ritter (1898-1989), botanist
  • Heinrich Schäfer (1868-1957), Egyptologist
  • Bente Hermann (1896-1970), economist
  • Günter Bauer (1949-2009), teacher, recipient of the Order of Merit
Kassel (region) Hessentag As the crow flies Hirschberg (Kaufunger Wald) Kaufungen Forest Losse (river) Waldkappel Teutonic Knights Eschwege Herleshausen Meinhard Neu-Eichenberg Ringgau Sontra Wanfried Witzenhausen Integrated Authority File
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