| Felsberg | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Schwalm-Eder-Kreis |
| Mayor | Klaus Stiegel (SPD) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 83. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Hesse (Hessen is a state of Germany with an area A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states ( ''Bundesländer'') Kassel is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the north of the country German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' Schwalm-Eder is a Kreis ( District) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Burgomaster (alternatively spelled Burgo[[meister]], literally translated meaning master of the town or master of the Fortress Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 27 km² (32. 2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 162 m (532 ft) |
| Population | 10,940 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 131 /km² (340 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | HR |
| Postal code | 34587 |
| Area code | 05662 |
| Website | www.felsberg.de |
Felsberg is a town in the Schwalm-Eder district about 20 km south of Kassel. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered __FORCETOC__ Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen abbreviated to PLZ consist of five digits which indicate the wider area (first two digits and the see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers cell phones etc A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Kassel (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River in northern Hessen, Germany, one of the two sources of the
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Geography
The landscape around Felsberg is marked by hills and small lakes, as well as the remains of gravel quarrying. Gravel is rock that is of a specific Particle size range In Geology, gravel is any loose rock that is larger than two millimeters (2mm A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or Minerals are extracted As part of the West Hesse Basin, it lies in a sunken area formed by volcanic activity in the Tertiary subera. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the The chuprichondira geological time interval covers roughly the time span between the demise of the non- avian Dinosaurs and beginning of the most recent Ice Age, approximately The change from partly basaltic hills to smooth river valleys is striking. Basalt (bəˈsɔːlt ˈbeisɔːlt ˈbæsɔːlt is a common Extrusive Volcanic rock. While the river valleys are covered in fluvial sediments, higher up can be found fertile loess beds. Loess is a homogeneous typically non stratified porous Friable,slightly coherent often calcareous fine-grained Silty pale yellow or buff windblown ( aeolian The river Eder flows through Felsberg's municipal area. The Eder is a 177 km long River in Germany, left tributary of the Fulda River. Near Gensungen lies the Heiligenberg ("Saint's Mountain") with the ruins of Heiligenberg Castle.
Constituent communities
The town consists of 15 communities: Altenbrunslar, Altenburg, Beuern, Böddiger, Gensungen, Helmshausen, Hesserode, Heßlar, Hilgershausen, Lohre, Melgershausen, Neuenbrunslar, Niedervorschütz, Rhünda and Wolfershausen together with the historic Felsberg, to which the other, formerly independent communities were amalgamated on 1 January 1974. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar.
History
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That there were settlers in the Felsberg region as long ago as the last ice age is witnessed by the find of the 12,000-year-old so-called Rhünda Skull. An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the Temperature of the Earth 's surface and atmosphere resulting in an expansion of continental Ice sheets In the first century, the Felsberg area was inhabited by the Chatti, a Germanic people. The 1st century was the Century that lasted from 1 to 100 according the Julian calendar. The Chatti (also Chatthi or Catti) were an ancient Germanic tribe whose homeland was near the upper Weser. The Germanic peoples are a historical group of Indo-European -speaking peoples originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Germanic The only mention of the area from this time is a report about one of Germanicus's campaigns, when in the year 15 he destroyed Mattium (nowadays Maden), the Chatti's capital. Germanicus Julius Caesar ( 24 May 16 BC or 15 BC&ndash October 10, 19)
In the 8th century, the Felsberg region was part of the Frankish Empire, and this is when the town had its first documentary mention. The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. Francia or Frankia, later also called the Frankish Empire (imperium Francorum Frankish Kingdom (Latin regnum Francorum, "Kingdom of the It was also in this time that Christian missionary work was being done in the area by Saint Boniface, who in 723 felled Thor's Oak near Fritzlar, about 15 km west of Felsberg, thereby starting the Christianization of the peoples of northern Germany. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. Saint Boniface ( Latin: Bonifacius c 672 – June 5, 754) the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid or Wynfrith at Thor's Oak was an ancient tree sacred to the Germanic tribe of the Chatti, ancestors of the Hessians and one of the most important sacred sites of the Pagan Fritzlar is a small German town (pop 15000 in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, 160 km (100 miles north of Frankfurt The historical phenomenon of Christianization (or Christianisation &mdash see spelling differences) the conversion of individuals to Christianity
Within the town's municipal area lie the ruins of three castles, the Felsburg, the Altenburg in the constituent community of the same name, and the Burg Heiligenberg above the constituent community of Gensungen on the river Eder's opposite bank. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The Eder is a 177 km long River in Germany, left tributary of the Fulda River. The town is thus sometimes known as the Drei-Burgen-Stadt ("Three-Castle-Town"). The castles were built for their strategic location in the Middle Ages between the Archbishopric of Mainz and the Landgraviate of Thuringia, or Hesse. The Archbishopric of Mainz (Erzbistum Mainz or Electorate of Mainz (Kurfürstentum Mainz or Kurmainz) was an influential ecclesiastic and secular Prince-bishopric The Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen is located in central Germany. Hesse (Hessen is a state of Germany with an area The Heiligenburg belonged to Mainz. Both the Felsburg and the Altenburg 2 km away are distinguished by their "butter churn" towers. The Salzstraße ("Salt Road") ran through Felsberg from the river Werra, where the salt was mined, to the Rhineland. The Werra (ˈvɛʁa is a river in central Germany, the right source river of the Weser. Salt is a Dietary mineral composed primarily of Sodium chloride that is essential for Animal life but toxic to most land plants The Rhineland ( Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany.
In 1090, Felsberg was mentioned in a Mainz document under the name Velisberc, and again under the same name in 1209 in a goods directory from the Petrus Estate in Fritzlar. Felsberg's first documentary mention as a town came in 1286. The historic town core was once surrounded by an 830-m-long town wall, only parts of which are preserved today
In 1526, Felsberg became Evangelical under Philip the Magnanimous after a resolution by the Homberg Synod. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Philip I of Hesse, ( 13 November 1504 - 31 March 1567) nicknamed der Großmütige (the " Magnanimous " was a leading
The Thirty Years' War brought widespread destruction to Felsberg. For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War.
In the Second World War, Felsberg was heavily damaged by aerial bombardment and the destruction of the Edertal Dam. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Edersee is a large reservoir created by the construction from 1908 to 1914 of a rock and concrete Dam across the Eder river near the small town of
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Politics
The town council has 37 members. The distribution of seats after the last municipal election on 26 March 2006 is as follows:
| SPD | : 20 seats |
| CDU | : 9 seats |
| Greens | : 2 seats |
| FDP | : 2 seats |
| FWG (citizens' coalition) | : 2 seats |
| DFB | : 2 seats |
The town executive (Magistrat) consists of 14 councillors and the mayor. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest Political party in Germany. The Alliance '90/The Greens ( Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) the German Green party, is a Political party in Germany whose regional The Free Democratic Party ( Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP is a liberal Political party in Germany. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Of those, 8 seats are held by the SPD, 3 by the CDU and one seat each by the Greens, the FDP and the FWG.
The mayor, Klaus Stiegel (SPD) was elected on 28 October 2001 with an 85. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. 2% share of the vote.
Coat of arms
The town's civic coat of arms has been known since 1570, when it was displayed at the Schloss Rotenburg (a stately home in Rotenburg an der Fulda, built by Landgrave Ludwig II in 1540). A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people Rotenburg an der Fulda is a town in the district Hersfeld-Rotenburg, in Hesse, Germany. It was also published in the Hessisches Wappenbuch ("Hessian Arms Book") by Wilhelm Wessel in 1633.
Heraldically, the arms might be described thus: Party per pale gules and argent, thereover a bend sinister vert, therein three trefoils argent.
Town partnerships
Felsberg maintains town partnerships with the following towns:
It also has friendship agreements with these places:
- Felsberg, a constituent community of Überherrn, Saarland
Felsberg, Graubünden, Switzerland- Dingelstädt, Thuringia
Personalities
- Klaus von Urbach, alchemist
- Egbert Hayessen, resistance fighter against the Third Reich
- Johann George Theodor Coch, economist
- Heinrich Clobes, inventor
- Leopold Fleischhacker, sculptor
- Johannes Crombach, philosopher and theologian
- Euricius Cordus, poet
References
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia. Vernouillet is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Cheddar is a large Village and Civil parish in the district of Sedgemoor in the English county of Somerset. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Überherrn is a municipality in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. Saarland (ˈzaːɐ̯lant in German; French: Sarre) is one of the 16 federal states (German Bundesländer) of Germany. Felsberg is a municipality in the district of Imboden in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Graubünden or Grisons ( German:, gʁaʊˈbyndən Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun) is the largest and easternmost Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Dingelstädt is a Thuringian city in the district of Eichsfeld in Germany The Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen is located in central Germany. Egbert Hayessen ( 28 December 1913 – 15 August 1944) was a German resistance fighter in the struggle against Adolf Hitler The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945 Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers
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