- Hatzfeld
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Hatzfeld (Eder).png
lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 33
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Kassel
Landkreis = Waldeck-Frankenberg
Höhe = 330-430
Fläche = 58.51
Einwohner = 3349
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 35116
Vorwahl = 06467
Kfz = KB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 6 35 014
Gliederung = 6Stadtbezirk e
Straße = Im Hain 1
Website = [http://www.hatzfeld-eder.de/ www.hatzfeld-eder.de]
Bürgermeister = Uwe Ermisch
Partei = SPDHatzfeld (Eder) is a small town in
Waldeck-Frankenberg district inHesse ,Germany .Geography
Location
Hatzfeld lies in west Hesse 25 km northwest of
Marburg and north of the Sackpfeife (674 m-high mountain) in the valley of theEder .Neighbouring communities
Hatzfeld borders in the north and east on the town of Battenberg (Waldeck-Frankenberg), in the south on the town of
Biedenkopf (Marburg-Biedenkopf ), and in the west on the town ofBad Berleburg (Siegen-Wittgenstein inNorth Rhine-Westphalia ).Constituent communities
The town of Hatzfeld consists of the centres of Biebighausen, Eifa, Hatzfeld (main town), Holzhausen, Lindenhof and Reddighausen
History
Hatzfeld had its first documentary mention in 1138. In 1340, the community was granted town rights. After the von Hatzfeld family died out in 1570, half the town, and later the whole, passed to the County of Hesse. In 1866, Hatzfeld passed to
Prussia , and under Prussian law lost its town rights in 1885. After Prussia was dissolved, Hatzfeld once again became a town in 1950.Reddighausen
Reddighausen, nowadays one of Hatzfeld's constituent communities, had its first documentary mention in 1278, at that time still under the name "Redinchusen". Already by 1840 Reddighausen had 474 inhabitants; nowadays (as of 2000) there are roughly 900.
Lindenhof
Lindenhof is a hamlet and one of Hatzfeld's constituent communities. Its name, unlike what might be assumed, has nothing to do with
linden trees, even though there is a "namesake" tree growing in the community ("Linden" is "Linde" – plural, "Linden" – in German), but rather with linen ("Leinen"), which in earlier times was woven here. In 1993, Lindenhof celebrated 300 years of existence, even though various sources point to a greater age.What is known is that in 1693, a Hatzfeld townsman named Eckhardt went into the lovely dale here and acquired a newly built agricultural estate. In 1712, there were already six households in Lindenhof. In 1892, the hamlet got its own schoolteacher, who taught in a private house. In 1895, there were 77 people living in Lindenhof. In 1939, Lindenhof got its own
school , which lasted until 1965 when its functions were transferred to a new central school in Hatzfeld.By the beginning of the
First World War , 21 residential buildings had appeared in the dale, although some of them were in the separate hamlet of Hof Roda.In 1991-1992, what is arguably Hesse's smallest half-timbered church was consecrated in Lindenhof.
Photograph gallery
Politics
Town council
The town council's 23 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on
26 March 2006 :Note: The "Bürgerlisten" are "citizens' lists" rather than actual parties.Coat of arms
The current civic
coat of arms was conferred in 1950, but the charges shown within it date back to the14th century , from which time an old town seal is known. The arms show a town wall with a gateway flanked by towers. Also in the arms above the gateway is an inescutcheon showing the arms of the Lords (later also Counts and Princes) of Hatzfeld, who died out in 1570. The size and shape of the various charges in the arms have changed over the ages. [http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/h/hatzfeld.htm]Town partnerships
Hatzfeld maintains partnership links with the following:
*Cloyes-sur-le-Loir , "département" ofEure-et-Loir ,France since 1979Sport and leisure
Tourism plays an important rôle in Reddighausen, which is a state-recognized resort with a comprehensive network of
hiking trails. There is also a combination woodlore and bird-protection path in Hatzfeld (main town), and at the Sackpfeife are found awinter sport centre, and also a summertoboggan run.In Lindenhof is a wildfowl haven run by the "Naturschutzbund Deutschland", a
non-governmental organization dedicated tonature conservation . [http://www.nabu-waldeck-frankenberg.de/Literatur/Literatur.htm]Churches
*Evangelical-Lutheran Church
Literature
* H. Reimer: "Historisches Ortslexikon für Kurhessen"; Marburg: Elwert, 1974; ISBN 3-7708-0509-7; S.304
References
External links
* [http://www.reddighausen.de Reddighausen]
* [http://www.burgverein-hatzfeld.de/ Verein für Burg- und Heimat- geschichte Hatzfeld e.V.]
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