Volkmarsen
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| July 2009 view from the castle Kugelsburg (de) on the town Volkmarsen July 2009 view from the castle Kugelsburg on the town Volkmarsen | |
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Coat of arms of Volkmarsen Coat of arms | |
Location of Volkmarsen
within Waldeck-Frankenberg district | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Waldeck-Frankenberg |
| Subdivisions | 5 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–28) | Hendrik Vahle[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 67.47 km2 (26.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 259 m (850 ft) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 34471 |
| Dialling codes | 05693 |
| Vehicle registration | KB |
| Website | www.volkmarsen.de |
Volkmarsen (German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlkˌmaʁzn̩] Audio file "De-Volkmarsen.ogg" not found) is a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northern Hesse, Germany. It is home to 6840 residents.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Location
[edit | edit source]Volkmarsen lies on the northern edge of the Waldeck Plateau, where it flattens out into the Diemel Valley, some 28 km northwest of Kassel and 7 km northeast of Bad Arolsen.
Neighbouring municipalities
[edit | edit source]Volkmarsen borders in the north on the town of Warburg (Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia), in the east on the municipality of Breuna and the town of Wolfhagen (both in Kassel district), in the south and west on the town of Bad Arolsen and in the northwest on the town of Diemelstadt (both in Waldeck-Frankenberg).
Constituent municipalities
[edit | edit source]Besides the main town, which bears the same name as the whole, the town of Volkmarsen consists of the centres of Ehringen, Herbsen, Hörle, Külte and Lütersheim.
History
[edit | edit source]Volkmarsen's first documentary mention came in 1155. In a safe-conduct from Pope Gregory IX in 1233, Volkmarsen was first described as a town.
On 24 February 2020, a car drove into a crowd at a carnival parade, injuring 88 people.[2]
Politics
[edit | edit source]Town council
[edit | edit source]This section needs to be updated. (July 2021) |
The town council's 31 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held in 2006:
| CDU | 13 seats |
| SPD | 9 seats |
| FWG | 5 seats |
| Greens | 2 seats |
| FDP | 2 seats |
Note: FWG is a citizens' coalition.
- Elections in March 2016:[3]
- CDU = 12 seats
- SPD = 8 seats
- FDP = 1 seats
- FW = 5 seats
- AfD = 3 seats
- Unabhängige (Independents) = 2
Coat of arms
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Volkmarsen's oldest seal dates from 1272. Like the current coat of arms, it shows two men, but sitting on a bench, the Count of Everstein and the Abbot of Corvey, the town's two overlords at the time. Another seal from the mid 14th century shows the now familiar church with two windows with religious figures in each one, believed to have been the Archbishop of Cologne and once again the Abbot of Corvey, reflecting the new ruling arrangement over the town. The two figures in the arms nowadays, however, are Saint Peter (holding the key) and Saint Paul (holding the sword). This became the arms in the 19th century.[4]
Town partnerships
[edit | edit source]Volkmarsen maintains partnership links with the following:
- Germany Buttelstedt, Thuringia since 1990
Culture and sightseeing
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Buildings
[edit | edit source]- The castle Kugelsburg, built about 1200, destroyed in the Seven Years' War.
- Catholic Church St. Mary (built 1260)
- Lutheran Church (built 1845-1848)
- Memorial Wall at the Jewish Cemetery [5]
- St. Elisabeth-Hospital
Economy and infrastructure
[edit | edit source]Transport
[edit | edit source]Volkmarsen lies on Autobahn A44 Dortmund – Kassel and on the Warburg-Sarnau railway and offers hourly connections to Kassel.
Established businesses
[edit | edit source]- Henkelmann - genuine Waldeck sausage specialities
- Phönix Armaturen-Werke Bregel GmbH
- Semtek - lighting, show technology, set-up rental
- Teich Beratung Seele - Teichservice und Reinigung
- Volkmarsen fire brigade
Personalities
[edit | edit source]Sons and daughters of the city
[edit | edit source]- Katja Eichinger (* 1971), journalist and author, widow of Bernd Eichinger
Other personalities associated with the city
[edit | edit source]- Hans Schäfer (* 1927), World champion 1954 in Bern, played a season 1947/48 with the VfR Volkmarsen
References
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External links
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- Official website
- Herbsen Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Lütersheim
- Volkmarsen fire brigade
- Holocaust Memorial Project for Volkmarsen
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