Philippsthal (Werra)

The market town of Philipp (Werra ) is in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany, directly on the border with Thuringia.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 Municipal Council
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 3.4 partner communities
  • 4.1 Museums
  • 4.2 Structures
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Cycling and walking trails

Geography

Geographical location

Philip Thal is situated on the river Werra. The Ulster flows between the village and the village Röhrigshof into the Werra.

The lowest point is 212 meters above sea level. NN in the Werraaue at Harnrode. The highest point is located in the north- east of the district municipal area at about 445 m above sea level. NN height where the district boundaries of Philippstal, herring and Vacha meet.

The next largest cities are Bad Hersfeld ( some 25 km to the west) and Eisenach ( about 29 km in the north-east).

Neighboring communities

Philippstal bordered to the north by the city herring ( in Hersfeld -Rotenburg ), to the east by the city Vacha, to the south by the municipalities Unterbreizbach (both in the Thuringian Wartburg circle) and Hohenroda and in the west on the community of Friedewald (both in Hersfeld - Rotenburg ).

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages of Gethsemane, Harnrode, Heimboldshausen, Philip Thal, Röhrigshof, Unterneurode.

History

Philippstal is in a letter of protection of the Pope Celestine III in 1191. mentioned at the Abbey Hersfeld the first time. The abbey founded in that year a Benedictine monastery and named it after living here knights of the Cruceburg. After this then also the evolving village Kreuzberg was called. The area around the monastery was called the Bailiwick of Kreuzberg.

The monastery was destroyed during the Peasants ' War of 1525 and in 1568 abandoned by the nuns. Receive is still the former monastery church from the 12th century. At the point where the monastery stood, Landgrave Philip of Hesse - Philippsthal († June 18, 1721 * December 14, 1655, ) made ​​in 1685 to build a castle, to which he gave the name Philip Thal. This name continued to the end of the 18th century as a place name by.

After the commencement of mining in potash Hattorf in 1905 was an industrial town from the artisans and weavers village.

During the war years 1943-1945 several million volumes from the archives of the Prussian State Library in Berlin were transferred to the pits of Hattorf for purposes of preservation.

During the period of German domestic division of the building of the former printing Hoßfeld fame won, because the inner German border ran through the building in the middle. Only in 1976 was assigned by a boundary settlement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic the whole property of the Federal Republic.

On January 1, 1977, the community was given the official name, which she wore to the local government reform: Philippstal ( Werra).

The title of the market town was awarded on 30 May 2001 to the community.

Incorporations

On August 1, 1972, the previously independent municipalities Gethsemane, Harnrode, Heimboldshausen, Philipp (Werra ), Röhrigshof and Unterneurode merged to form the new municipality Philippstal.

Policy

Municipal council

The municipal election held 27 March 2011 yielded the following results ( in comparison to previous elections ):

Mayor

The mayoral election on September 16, 2007 decided Ralf Orth (SPD ) with 55.1 % of the vote. He is the successor of 2008 Hartwig Klotzbach ( FWG ), who held the office since 2001 since January 1.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: In red with a silver three- mountain, on the top of a silver double cross. Before Dreienberg a coat of arms in blue with rechtsgewendetem, golden crowned and golden reinforced, nine times out of silver and red split lion ( Lion of Hesse). The Hersfelder double cross reminiscent of the monastery in the village and the abbey of Hersfeld, who was here in the first centuries determining factor. The Hessian lion stands for the Landgrave of Hesse- Kassel, who came into the possession of the town in the 16th century.

Partner communities

Partnership relationships are maintained since 1974 to Salies- du-Salat ( Région Midi Pyrénées, Haute- Garonne) in France and since 1990 Vacha and Dorndorf in Thuringia.

Culture and sights

Museums

  • Border Museum in Torbogenhaus

Structures

  • Castle Philippstal
  • Orangery at Castle Park
  • Three-nave church monastery from the 12th century

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

On the left side of the Werra State Road 62 runs through the community.

Public transport is carried out by the ÜWAG Bus GmbH with the line 340 Passenger traffic on the Hersfelder circular path and the railway line Gerstungen - Vacha has been set in 1993 and 1981. Only the transport of goods between Gerstungen and the potash plant Hattorf still exists.

Cycling and walking routes

Through the city run the following cycle routes:

  • The railway cycle path leads from Hessen Hanau on former railway tracks about 250 km through the Vogelsberg and Rhön and ends in Bad Hersfeld.
  • The Ulsterradweg is part of the Rhön cycle path. This has a total length of 180 km and runs from Bad Salzungen to Hammelburg. It runs from Thuringia and Hesse over to Bavaria.
  • The Werra Cycle Route runs along the Werra and connects to a length of 290 km Thuringia, Hesse and Lower Saxony.
  • The Hessian Radfernweg R7 ( From the Lahn to Werra ) performs over 215 km through the Lahn valley, the Vogelsberg and the Fulda valley.
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