Volkmarsen

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Volkmarsen


Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Kassel
District	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Population	6,953 (31/12/2004)
Area	67.47 km²
Population density	103 /km²
Elevation	259 m
Coordinates	51°23′ N 9°7′ E
Postal code	34471
Area code	05693
Licence plate code	KB
Mayor	Hartmut Linnekugel (independent)
Website	Stadt Volkmarsen

Volkmarsen is a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northern Hesse, Germany.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Politics
4 Culture and sightseeing
- 4.1 Buildings
5 Economy and infrastructure
- 5.1 Transport
- 5.2 Established businesses
6 Reference
7 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Volkmarsen lies on the northern edge of the Waldecker Tafel (an unwooded tableland) where it flattens out into the Diemel Valley, some 40 km northwest of Kassel and 7 km northeast of Bad Arolsen.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Volkmarsen borders in the north on the town of Warburg (Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia), in the east on the community 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).

[edit] Constituent communities

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.

[edit] History

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.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Town council

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.

[edit] Coat of arms

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.[1]