Knüllwald

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Coordinates: 50°59′N 9°29′E

Knüllwald
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Kassel
District	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Population	5,030 (31/12/2004)
Area	100.68 km²
Population density	50 /km²
Elevation	253 - 553 m
Coordinates	50°59′ N 9°29′ E
Postal code	34593
Area code	05685
Licence plate code	HR
Mayor	Jörg Müller
Website	Gemeinde Knüllwald

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

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Location 1.2 Constituent communities 2 History 3 Reference 4 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Knüllwald lies in the Knüllgebirge, a low mountain range, between the rivers Efze and Beise, south of Kassel.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Reference

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

[edit] External links

• Knüllwald
• Nenterode