Elevation 257 m (843 ft) Area 96.48 km² Local time Friday 8:55 AM | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 4,694 (30 Jun 2009) | |
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Enduro dm waldkappel 2016
Waldkappel is a small town in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in northern Hesse, Germany.
Contents
- Enduro dm waldkappel 2016
- Map of 37284 Waldkappel Germany
- Unwetter waldkappel 07 07 2015
- Location
- Neighbouring communities
- Constituent communities
- History
- Town council
- Town partnerships
- Transport
- Famous people
- References
Map of 37284 Waldkappel, Germany
Unwetter waldkappel 07 07 2015
Location
Waldkappel lies between Hessisch Lichtenau in the west and Eschwege in the east, where the town is found in the North Hesse Upland between the Meißner-Kaufunger Wald Nature Park neighbouring it to the north and the Stölzinger Gebirge (range) in the south, in the Wehre valley.
Neighbouring communities
Waldkappel borders in the north on the community of Meißner, in the east on the community of Wehretal, in the south on the town of Sontra (all three in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis), in the southwest on the community of Cornberg and the town of Rotenburg an der Fulda (both in Hersfeld-Rotenburg) and in the west on the towns of Spangenberg (in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis) and Hessisch Lichtenau (in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis).
Constituent communities
Waldkappel’s Stadtteile, besides the main town, also called Waldkappel, are Bischhausen, Burghofen, Eltmannsee, Friemen, Gehau, Harmuthsachsen, Hasselbach, Hetzerode, Kirchhosbach, Mäckelsdorf, Rechtebach, Rodebach, Schemmern and Stolzhausen.
History
In 1226, Waldkappel had its first documentary mention, and it was granted town rights in 1414.
The town experienced its economic heyday in the Late Middle Ages from lying on the old trade road durch die langen Hessen, which ran from the Wetterau to Thuringia and on to Leipzig. Bearing witness to the town’s earlier, wealthier times is a Late Gothic church standing in the middle of the community.
The Thirty Years' War put an abrupt end to Waldkappel’s prosperity; the town could never again reach its former importance.
In the course of municipal reform, the communities of Waldkappel, Bischhausen, Burghofen, Friemen, Gehau, Kirchhosbach, Mäckelsdorf, Rechtebach, Rodebach and Schemmern from the former Eschwege district merged. They were joined by Harmuthsachsen and Hasselbach from the former Witzenhausen district, as well as by Stolzhausen from the Melsungen district. In 1974, the greater community reached its full extent with the amalgamation of Eltmannsee and Hetzerode.
Town council
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
Town partnerships
Transport
Through Waldkappel runs Bundesstraße 7. The Autobahn A 44 (Kassel–Eisenach) is under construction.