Knüllwald

Knüllwald

Coat of arms
Knüllwald

Coordinates: 50°59′N 09°29′E / 50.983°N 9.483°E / 50.983; 9.483Coordinates: 50°59′N 09°29′E / 50.983°N 9.483°E / 50.983; 9.483
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Kassel
District Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Government
  Mayor Jörg Müller
Area
  Total 100.68 km2 (38.87 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 4,508
  Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 34593
Dialling codes 05685
Vehicle registration HR
Website www.knuellwald.de

Knüllwald is a community in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

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.

References

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