Wölfersheim

Municipality in Hesse, Germany
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Municipality in Hesse, Germany
Coat of arms of Wölfersheim
Coat of arms
Location of Wölfersheim within Wetteraukreis district
ButzbachMünzenbergRockenbergOber-MörlenBad NauheimFriedbergRosbach vor der HöheWöllstadtKarbenBad VilbelWölfersheimReichelsheimNiddatalFlorstadtEchzellReichelsheimNiddaHirzenhainGedernRanstadtGlauburgAltenstadtLimeshainOrtenbergKefenrodBüdingenLahn-Dill-KreisGießen (district)VogelsbergkreisHochtaunuskreisFrankfurtMain-Kinzig-Kreis
(2018–24) Eike See[1] (SPD)Area
 • Total43.15 km2 (16.66 sq mi)Elevation
142 m (466 ft)Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,762 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes
61200
Dialling codes06036Vehicle registrationFBWebsitewww.woelfersheim.de

Wölfersheim is a municipality in the Wetteraukreis in Hessen, Germany. It is located approximately 34 kilometers north of Frankfurt am Main.

Division of the municipality

The municipality consists of 5 districts:

  • Wölfersheim
  • Södel
  • Melbach
  • Berstadt
  • Wohnbach

Holocaust

There was a small Jewish community in Wölfersheim since at least 1700.[3] On Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass, the Jews of the town were brutally attacked by thugs. Their legal documents were destroyed and some were sent to the concentration camps where the Nazis murdered them. The Jewish cemetery still stands today though there are no Jews left in the town.

References

  1. ^ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
  3. ^ ""Wölfersheim" Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities: Germany volume 3". jewishgen.org. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

External links

  • Media related to Wölfersheim at Wikimedia Commons


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