Schwalmstadt
Encyclopedia
Schwalmstadt is the largest town in the Schwalm-Eder district, in northern Hesse
, Germany
. It was established only in 1970 with the amalgamation of the towns of Treysa and Ziegenhain together with some outlying villages to form the town of Schwalmstadt.
. The nearest large towns are Kassel
(about 50 km to the north), Bad Hersfeld
(about 35 km to the east), Marburg
(about 40 km to the southwest) and Fulda
(about 70 km to the southeast).
. The Counts of Cigenhagen were named in a document for the first time in 1144. In 1186, Treysa was taken over by the Counts and fortified. Treysa's landmark, the Martinskirche (Church of St. Martin), nowadays known as the Totenkirche (Church of the Dead), was built in 1230. Treysa was granted town rights sometime between 1229 and 1270, and the same rights were bestowed upon Ziegenhain in 1274. After the last Count's death in 1450, the county passed to Hesse.
The Landgrave
s of Hesse had the castle
in Ziegenhain remodelled into a stately home in 1470, and then between 1537 and 1548, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
had it built into a fortification with a moat
.
In August 1945, the proceedings to establish the Evangelical Church in Germany
(EKD) took place in Treysa in an event known as the Church Conference of Treysa. The meeting brought about the merger of the Lutheran
, Reformed
and United state churches. Two further church gatherings in May 1946 and June 1947 tried to start discussion about divergent perceptions of the Eucharist
, and also dealt with Denazification
.
As part of Hesse's municipal reforms, the two towns of Treysa and Ziegenhain, along with their outlying villages, were united in 1970 into the Town of Schwalmstadt, and ever since then they have existed only as constituent communities of a larger municipality.
In 1995, with the motto "Hessisch Willkommen", Schwalmstadt hosted the 35th jubilee Hessentag, a yearly event in Hesse showcasing various places in Hesse.
On 3 April 1916 at 15:30, a cosmic lump of iron
fell to earth in a woodlot near Rommershausen. This was later named, after the place where it was found, the Meteorite
of Rommershausen, and it has gone down in German astronomic
history as Germany's greatest verifiable observed meteorite impact.
Rommershausen has been part of Schwalmstadt since the municipal reforms in the 1970s.
camp, Stalag IX-A (one of the French prisoners there, François Mitterrand
, later became President of France
), and after the war, also to a displaced persons camp
at the same facility. The camp is now the constituent community of Trutzhain. Some of the barracks still stand and have been converted into houses.
Voter participation was at 46.3%.
might be heraldically described thus: Or a goat-headed spreadeagle sable armed, langued and attired gules, surmounted by a roundel argent in which a mullet of six of the third.
The heraldic elements are historical symbols from both former towns and the old County of Ziegenhain.
Schwalmstadt's coat of arms bears a keen likeness to both Neukirchen
's and Schwarzenborn
's.
, France
Zwalm
, East Flanders
, Belgium
Einheiten: 1./NschBtl untergebracht 51 (KRK), 5./NschBtl 51 (NVG / MVG), 6./NschBtl 51 ( NVG / MVG), 8./NschBtl 51 (AGA), 6./FjgBtl 251. (AGA).
In der Harthberg - Kaserne waren im Zeitraum 1961 bis zur Schließung des Standortes Schwalmstadt, 31.12.2006, untergebracht:
Feldartilleriebataillon 21 mit Stab, 1., 2., 3., 4. und 5. Batterie: 21.09.1961 - 17.09.1993
5./Art(RakArt) Btl 22: 25.09.1961 - 17.09.1992
4./Art(RakArt) Btl 22: Juli 1962 - 17.09.1992
Stab, 1., 2. und 3. Batterie Raketenartilleriebataillon 22: 07.02.1969 - 17.09.1992
Ausbildungskompanie 11/2: 01.10.1962 - 30.09.1967
7th US Arty Detachment: 08.05.1962 - 25.06.1992
Begleitbatterie 2: 01.04.1990 - 02.06.1993
Teile Nachschubregiment 5:
Nachschubbataillon 51: 01.04.1993 - 31.12.2006
7./Nachschubbataillon 310: 01.04.1993 - 31.12.2006
Feldjägerausbildungskompanie 700 (später: 5./Feldjägerbataillon 351): 22.12.1993 -
association was founded in 1961. The local association has, among other things, a technical team (Technischer Zug) with a positioning section (Fachgruppe Ortung).
by way of Schwalmstadt to Kassel
) and B 454 (from Bad Hersfeld
by way of Schwalmstadt to Marburg
). In the neighbouring community of Neuental
ends (or begins) the Autobahn A 49
.
The Main-Weser Railway from Frankfurt
to Kassel
runs through Schwalmstadt with its stations at Treysa and Schwalmstadt-Wiera. There are hourly Regionalbahn
trains from Kassel and the Mittelhessen-Express from Frankfurt ending at Treysa. In Addition to that, Regionalexpress
trains and InterCity
trains between Kassel and Frankfurt stop hourly in turn. At the station of Schwalmstadt-Wiera there is an hourly connection to Frankfurt via the Mittelhessen-Express.
There was once a strategic railway running through the town between Berlin
and Metz
(the latter now in France), known as the Kanonenbahn, or "Cannons Railway
".
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It was established only in 1970 with the amalgamation of the towns of Treysa and Ziegenhain together with some outlying villages to form the town of Schwalmstadt.
Location
Schwalmstadt lies in the Schwalm area in the western Knüllgebirge, a low mountain range. Through the town flows the river SchwalmSchwalm
The Schwalm is a river in Hesse, Germany, right tributary of the Eder. It rises on the north side of the Vogelsberg Mountains. It flows north through Alsfeld, Schwalmstadt and Borken...
. The nearest large towns are Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
(about 50 km to the north), Bad Hersfeld
Bad Hersfeld
The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld is the district seat of Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel....
(about 35 km to the east), Marburg
Marburg
Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...
(about 40 km to the southwest) and Fulda
Fulda
Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district .- Early Middle Ages :...
(about 70 km to the southeast).
Constituent communities
Besides the core of Treysa, Ziegenhain and Ascherode, the town consists of the centres of Allendorf an der Landsburg, Dittershausen, Florshain, Frankenhain, Michelsberg, Niedergrenzebach, Rommershausen, Rörshain, Trutzhain, Loshausen and Wiera.History
In the 8th century, Treise was owned by the Abbots of HersfeldBad Hersfeld
The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld is the district seat of Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel....
. The Counts of Cigenhagen were named in a document for the first time in 1144. In 1186, Treysa was taken over by the Counts and fortified. Treysa's landmark, the Martinskirche (Church of St. Martin), nowadays known as the Totenkirche (Church of the Dead), was built in 1230. Treysa was granted town rights sometime between 1229 and 1270, and the same rights were bestowed upon Ziegenhain in 1274. After the last Count's death in 1450, the county passed to Hesse.
The Landgrave
Landgrave
Landgrave was a title used in the Holy Roman Empire and later on by its former territories. The title refers to a count who had feudal duty directly to the Holy Roman Emperor...
s of Hesse had the castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
in Ziegenhain remodelled into a stately home in 1470, and then between 1537 and 1548, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
Philip I of Hesse, , nicknamed der Großmütige was a leading champion of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany....
had it built into a fortification with a moat
Moat
A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that surrounds a castle, other building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive water defences, including natural or artificial lakes, dams and sluices...
.
In August 1945, the proceedings to establish the Evangelical Church in Germany
Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
(EKD) took place in Treysa in an event known as the Church Conference of Treysa. The meeting brought about the merger of the Lutheran
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...
, Reformed
Reformed churches
The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations characterized by Calvinist doctrines. They are descended from the Swiss Reformation inaugurated by Huldrych Zwingli but developed more coherently by Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger and especially John Calvin...
and United state churches. Two further church gatherings in May 1946 and June 1947 tried to start discussion about divergent perceptions of the Eucharist
Eucharist
The Eucharist , also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord's Supper, and other names, is a Christian sacrament or ordinance...
, and also dealt with Denazification
Denazification
Denazification was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of any remnants of the National Socialist ideology. It was carried out specifically by removing those involved from positions of influence and by disbanding or rendering...
.
As part of Hesse's municipal reforms, the two towns of Treysa and Ziegenhain, along with their outlying villages, were united in 1970 into the Town of Schwalmstadt, and ever since then they have existed only as constituent communities of a larger municipality.
In 1995, with the motto "Hessisch Willkommen", Schwalmstadt hosted the 35th jubilee Hessentag, a yearly event in Hesse showcasing various places in Hesse.
Rommershausen
In the Marburg State Archive, Rommerhausen is first mentioned under the name "Rumershusen" in 1243. In 1360 it was called "Romirshusin" and in 1365 "Rumershusen", but it has gone by its current name since 1419.On 3 April 1916 at 15:30, a cosmic lump of iron
Iron
Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...
fell to earth in a woodlot near Rommershausen. This was later named, after the place where it was found, the Meteorite
Meteorite
A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface. Meteorites can be big or small. Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids...
of Rommershausen, and it has gone down in German astronomic
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
history as Germany's greatest verifiable observed meteorite impact.
Rommershausen has been part of Schwalmstadt since the municipal reforms in the 1970s.
Trutzhain
During the Second World War, Ziegenhain was home to a prisoner of warPrisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
camp, Stalag IX-A (one of the French prisoners there, François Mitterrand
François Mitterrand
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was the 21st President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra, serving from 1981 until 1995. He is the longest-serving President of France and, as leader of the Socialist Party, the only figure from the left so far elected President...
, later became President of France
President of the French Republic
The President of the French Republic colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France's elected Head of State....
), and after the war, also to a displaced persons camp
Displaced persons camp
A displaced persons camp or DP camp is a temporary facility for displaced persons coerced into forced migration. The term is mainly used for camps established after World War II in West Germany and in Austria, as well as in the United Kingdom, primarily for refugees from Eastern Europe and for the...
at the same facility. The camp is now the constituent community of Trutzhain. Some of the barracks still stand and have been converted into houses.
Politics
Schwalmstadt Town Council has 37 members. As of the municipal elections held on 26 March 2006, the council seats are apportioned thus:| SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
: 16 seats (42.5%) |
| CDU Christian Democratic Union (Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum... |
: 12 seats (31.9%) |
| FWG (citizens' coalition) | : 3 seats (8.7%) |
| Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir... |
: 3 seats (8.4%) |
| FDP Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... |
: 2 seats (5.2%) |
| Left Party Left Party (Germany) The Party of Democratic Socialism was a democratic socialist political party active in Germany from 1989 to 2007. It was the legal successor to the Socialist Unity Party , which ruled the German Democratic Republic until 1990. From 1990 through to 2005, the PDS had been seen as the left-wing... /WASG Labour and Social Justice Party Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative was a German political party founded in 2005 by activists disenchanted with the ruling Red-Green coalition government. On 16 June 2007 WASG merged with The Left Party.PDS to form the new united party The Left... |
: 1 seat (3.4%) |
Voter participation was at 46.3%.
Coat of arms
Schwalmstadt's civic coat of armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
might be heraldically described thus: Or a goat-headed spreadeagle sable armed, langued and attired gules, surmounted by a roundel argent in which a mullet of six of the third.
The heraldic elements are historical symbols from both former towns and the old County of Ziegenhain.
Schwalmstadt's coat of arms bears a keen likeness to both Neukirchen
Neukirchen (Knüll)
-Constituent communities:The town is made up of a main town bearing the same name as the whole town, and the centres of Asterode, Christerode, Hauptschwenda, Nausis, Wincherode, Riebelsdorf, and Seigertshausen.-History:...
's and Schwarzenborn
Schwarzenborn, Hesse
-Location:Schwarzenborn lies in the Schwalm-Eder district some 13.5 km from Homberg in the Knüll. Through the constituent community of Grebenhagen flows the river Efze.-Coat of arms:...
's.
Town partnerships
Canton of Loriol-sur-Drôme, Département DrômeDrôme
Drôme , a department in southeastern France, takes its name from the Drôme River.-History:The French National Constituent Assembly set up Drôme as one of the original 83 departments of France on March 4, 1790, during the French Revolution...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Zwalm
Zwalm
Zwalm is a municipality located in Flanders and in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Beerlegem, Dikkele, Hermelgem, Hundelgem, Meilegem, Munkzwalm, Nederzwalm, Paulatem, Roborst, Rozebeke, Sint-Blasius-Boekel, Sint-Denijs-Boekel and...
, East Flanders
East Flanders
East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant , of Hainaut and of West Flanders...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
Harthbergkaserne
Seit 1961, und ab Ende des Jahres 2006 wurden diese Baracken folgende BundeswehrBundeswehr
The Bundeswehr consists of the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities...
Einheiten: 1./NschBtl untergebracht 51 (KRK), 5./NschBtl 51 (NVG / MVG), 6./NschBtl 51 ( NVG / MVG), 8./NschBtl 51 (AGA), 6./FjgBtl 251. (AGA).
In der Harthberg - Kaserne waren im Zeitraum 1961 bis zur Schließung des Standortes Schwalmstadt, 31.12.2006, untergebracht:
Feldartilleriebataillon 21 mit Stab, 1., 2., 3., 4. und 5. Batterie: 21.09.1961 - 17.09.1993
5./Art(RakArt) Btl 22: 25.09.1961 - 17.09.1992
4./Art(RakArt) Btl 22: Juli 1962 - 17.09.1992
Stab, 1., 2. und 3. Batterie Raketenartilleriebataillon 22: 07.02.1969 - 17.09.1992
Ausbildungskompanie 11/2: 01.10.1962 - 30.09.1967
7th US Arty Detachment: 08.05.1962 - 25.06.1992
Begleitbatterie 2: 01.04.1990 - 02.06.1993
Teile Nachschubregiment 5:
Nachschubbataillon 51: 01.04.1993 - 31.12.2006
7./Nachschubbataillon 310: 01.04.1993 - 31.12.2006
Feldjägerausbildungskompanie 700 (später: 5./Feldjägerbataillon 351): 22.12.1993 -
Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk
Schwalmstadt's local THWTechnisches Hilfswerk
The Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk is a civil protection organisation controlled by the German federal government...
association was founded in 1961. The local association has, among other things, a technical team (Technischer Zug) with a positioning section (Fachgruppe Ortung).
Educational institutions
- Eckhardt-Vonholt-Schule (primary school)
- Ziegenhainer Grundschule am Alleeplatz
- Brüder-Grimm-Schule Allendorf (primary school)
- Grundschule Niedergrenzebach
- Mittelpunkt Grundschule
- Herrmann-Schuchard-Schule
- Ludwig-Braun-Schule
- Schule im Ostergrund (HauptHauptschuleA Hauptschule is a secondary school in Germany and Austria, starting after 4 years of elementary schooling, which offers Lower Secondary Education according to the International Standard Classification of Education...
- and RealschuleRealschuleThe Realschule is a type of secondary school in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia , Denmark , Sweden , Hungary and in the Russian Empire .-History:The Realschule was an outgrowth of the rationalism and empiricism of the seventeenth and...
) - Friedrich-Trost-Schule
- Carl-Bantzer-Schule (comprehensive schoolComprehensive schoolA comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
) - Sankt-Martin-Schule (school for learning aid)
- Schwalmgymnasium (GymnasiumGymnasium (school)A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
) - Berufliche Schulen Schwalmstadt (occupational school)
- FachhochschuleFachhochschuleA Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
Hephata (Evangelische Fachhochschule Darmstadt) - Stenografenverein 1925 Treysa e. V. (education centre, computer school)
Sports and leisure
- Schwalmstadion (stadiumStadiumA modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
) - Stadion am Fünften (stadium)
- Landsburg Stadion Allendorf (stadium)
- Europabad und ein Freibad (swimming poolSwimming poolA swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
s) - Minigolf course
- RidingEquestrianismEquestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
- Inline skatingInline skatingInline skating is a recreational sport practiced widely internationally. Inline skates typically have 2 to 5 polyurethane wheels, arranged in a single line. The in-line design allows for greater speed than roller skates and better maneuverability...
path - Youth centres
- Schwalmstadt glidingGlidingGliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s...
ground - Recreational vehicleRecreational vehicleRecreational vehicle or RV is, in North America, the usual term for a Motor vehicle or trailer equipped with living space and amenities found in a home.-Features:...
grounds - several footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
fields
Theatre
- Schwalmberg Open-Air Stage
- Totenkirche Open-Air Stage
- Burgtheater
- Kulturhalle
- Trutzhain Theatre Club: "Trutzhainer Bühne"
Museums
- Deutsches Schreibmaschinenmuseum (typewriterTypewriterA typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical device with keys that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on a medium, usually paper. Typically one character is printed per keypress, and the machine prints the characters by making ink impressions of type elements similar to the pieces...
s) - Museum der Schwalm Ziegenhain
- Gedenkstätte und Museum Trutzhain (memorial and museum)
Buildings
- Treysa's and Ziegenhain's historic Old Towns with many half-timberedTimber framingTimber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...
houses. - Totenkirche with "Buttermilk Tower" in Treysa
- Town parish church
- Old Hospital in Treysa
- Hexenturm ("Witches' Tower") in Treysa
- Schloss (stately home) with wall graves and parade square in Ziegenhain
- Town Hall and Johannisbrunnen (fountainFountainA fountain is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air either to supply drinking water or for decorative or dramatic effect....
) in Treysa
Transport
Through Schwalmstadt run Federal Highways (Bundesstraßen) B 254 (from FuldaFulda
Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district .- Early Middle Ages :...
by way of Schwalmstadt to Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
) and B 454 (from Bad Hersfeld
Bad Hersfeld
The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld is the district seat of Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel....
by way of Schwalmstadt to Marburg
Marburg
Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...
). In the neighbouring community of Neuental
Neuental
-Geography:Neuental lies in the Schwalm river valley between Borken and Schwalmstadt south of Kassel.-Constituent communities:The community consists of the eight centres of Bischhausen, Dorheim, Gilsa, Neuenhain, Römersberg, Schlierbach, Waltersbrück and Zimmersrode .-History:The community came...
ends (or begins) the Autobahn A 49
Bundesautobahn 49
is a federal motorway running through north Hesse. It connects Kassel with the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, where it ends in Neuental. The motorway is planned to be extended to Gemünden with a connection to A 5.- Course :...
.
The Main-Weser Railway from Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
to Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
runs through Schwalmstadt with its stations at Treysa and Schwalmstadt-Wiera. There are hourly Regionalbahn
RegionalBahn
The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...
trains from Kassel and the Mittelhessen-Express from Frankfurt ending at Treysa. In Addition to that, Regionalexpress
RegionalExpress
The term Regional-Express denotes a type of regional train in Germany and Austria .It is best compared to a semi-fast train, as it calls at fewer stations than Regionalbahn or S-Bahn trains, but stops more often than InterCity services...
trains and InterCity
InterCity
InterCity is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe...
trains between Kassel and Frankfurt stop hourly in turn. At the station of Schwalmstadt-Wiera there is an hourly connection to Frankfurt via the Mittelhessen-Express.
There was once a strategic railway running through the town between Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
and Metz
Metz
Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...
(the latter now in France), known as the Kanonenbahn, or "Cannons Railway
Cannons Railway
The Cannons Railway is the vernacular name of a former German military strategic railway between Berlin and Metz via Güsten, Wetzlar, Koblenz and Trier...
".
Established businesses
- Erich Rohde Schuhfabriken (shoes)
- Konvekta AG (heating and air conditioning)
- Privatbrauerei Friedrich Haaß (brewery)
- Horn & Bauer Folientechnik (protective, packaging and technical films)
- Merkel-Freudenberg (gasket, packing, and sealing device manufacturing)
- Hephata Hessisches Diakoniezentrum e. V.
- Tieman (tank trucks, hoists, lifting devices)
- Heidelmann Kühlhaus und intl. Spedition (cold storage and international shipping)
Media
- Schwälmer Allgemeine (daily)
- Schwälmer Bote am Sonntag (Sundays)
- Schwälmer Bote am Mittwoch (Wednesdays)
- MAZ Mittelhessische Anzeigen Zeitung (Wednesdays)
Regular events
- Hutzelkirmes (fairFairA fair or fayre is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. It is normally of the essence of a fair that it is temporary; some last only an afternoon while others may ten weeks. ...
in Treysa) - Bockbieranstich (Bock beer tapping, Treysa)
- Salatkirmes (fair in Ziegenhain)
- Kirmes (fair) in Allendorf an der Landsburg
- Weindorf an der Totenkirche ("Wine village at the 'Church of the Dead'")
- Bahnhofstraßenfest ("Street Festival")
- "Ziegenhain vom Feinsten" ("Ziegenhain from its Finest")
- Schwälmer Inlinerlauf (inline skating)
- Weihnachtsmarkt (ChristmasChristmasChristmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
Market) - Scherzmarkt ("Fun Market")
- Michaelismarkt
- Johannisfest ("John's Festival")
- "Sporthits für Kids" (Sportsfestival for kids)
- Kirmes in Niedergrenzebach (fair)
- Johannisfeuer (Niedergrenzebach) ("John's Fire", a midsummerMidsummerMidsummer may simply refer to the period of time centered upon the summer solstice, but more often refers to specific European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice, or that take place on a day between June 21 and June 24, and the preceding evening. The exact dates vary between different...
festival) - Theaterabend der Trutzhainer Bühne (Theatre Evening in Trutzhain)
Sons and daughters of the town
- Carl Bantzer, painter and art writer (born 6 August 1857 in Ziegenhain)
- Stanislaw Kubicki, artist, poet, philosopher (born 1889 in Ziegenhain, died 1943 in PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
(murdered)) - Hans JohnHans JohnHans John was a German lawyer and World War II resistance figure.Hans John was born in Ziegenhain, Hesse, and studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1939, he was hired as a legal assistant at the Aviation Law Institute in Berlin...
, jurist and resistance fighter (born 1 August 1911 in Treysa, died 23 April 1945 in Berlin (executed)) - Guido KnoppGuido KnoppGuido Knopp is a German journalist and author. He is well known in Germany, mainly because he has produced a great number of TV documentaries, predominantly about the "Third Reich" and National Socialism, but also about other topics, such as Stalinism.- Life and work :After gaining his doctorate...
, historian, publicist and TV moderator (born 29 January 1948 in Treysa) - Wilhelm Böttner, Baroque painter (born 24 February 1752 in Ziegenhain, died 24 November 1805 in Kassel)
- Herbert Henck, pianist (born 28 July 1948 in Treysa)
- Roswitha Aulenkamp, composer, pianist, piano lecturer at the Musikakademie Kassel (born 20 June 19xx in Ziegenhain)
- Gereon Karl Goldmann (1916–2003) Franciscan father and former WW2 soldier and nazi opponent.
- Alfred Hartenbach, Member of the Bundestag (SPD) (born 5 March 1948 in Niedergrenzebach)
- Gottlieb Dietrich, botanist and garden architect (born 9 March 1765 in Ziegenhain, died 2 January 1850 in EisenachEisenachEisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated between the northern foothills of the Thuringian Forest and the Hainich National Park. Its population in 2006 was 43,626.-History:...
) - Adam Dietrich, botanist (born 4 November 1711 in Ziegenhain, died 11 July 1782 in Ziegenhain)
- Albert Wigand, painter (born 4 August 1890 in Ziegenhain, died 17 May 1978 in LeipzigLeipzigLeipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
) - Julius Weiffenbach, jurist (born 26 April 1837 in Ziegenhain, died 29 June 1910 in BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
) - Konrad Wiederhold, colonel (born 20 April 1598? in Ziegenhain, died 13 June 1667 in KirchheimKirchheimKirchheim may refer to several places:*in Austria**Kirchheim, Austria*in France* Kirchheim, Bas-Rhin, a municipality in the Bas-Rhin department*in Germany* Heidelberg-Kirchheim, a district of the city of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg...
) - Klaus Stern, documentary filmmaker (born 1968 in Ziegenhain)
- Otto SternOtto SternOtto Stern was a German physicist and Nobel laureate in physics.-Biography:Stern was born in Sohrau, now Żory in the German Empire's Kingdom of Prussia and studied at Breslau, now Wrocław in Lower Silesia....
, one of the founders and first president (1955) of the Dairy Food Association of America (Born November 21, 1897 in Ziegenhain) He fled Germany with his family in mid 1930s when Nazis revoked citizenship to Jews .