Elevation 253-553 m (−1,600 ft) Area 100.7 km² Local time Thursday 2:25 PM Dialling code 05685 | District Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 4,683 (30 Jun 2009) Postal code 34593 Administrative region Kassel | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 34% Humidity | ||
Knüllwald is a community in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany.
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Location
Knüllwald lies in the Knüllgebirge, a low mountain range, between the rivers Efze and Beise, south of Kassel.
Constituent communities
The community consists of sixteen centres: Appenfeld, Berndshausen, Ellingshausen, Hausen, Hergetsfeld, Lichtenhagen, Nausis, Nenterode, Niederbeisheim, Oberbeisheim, Reddingshausen, Remsfeld (administrative seat), Rengshausen, Schellbach, Völkershain and Wallenstein.
History
The formation of the greater community of Knüllwald came about in stages as part of Hesse's municipal reforms.
On 31 December 1971, the communities of Appenfeld, Ellingshausen, Hergetsfeld, Oberbeisheim, Reddingshausen, Remsfeld, Schellbach, Völkershain and Wallenstein voluntarily combined to form the new community of Knüllwald. Likewise, on the same day, the communities of Hausen, Lichtenhagen, Nausis, Nenterode and Rengshausen voluntarily combined to form the new community of Rengshausen.
By state law on 1 January 1974, the communities of Berndshausen, Niederbeisheim and Rengshausen were amalgamated with the already extant greater community of Knüllwald, thereby forming one of Hesse's biggest polycentric communities.