Werleshausen

Werleshausen
Stadtteil of Witzenhausen
Werleshausen
Coordinates: 51°19′30″N 9°54′50″E / 51.32500°N 9.91389°E / 51.32500; 9.91389Coordinates: 51°19′30″N 9°54′50″E / 51.32500°N 9.91389°E / 51.32500; 9.91389
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Kassel
District Werra-Meißner
Town Witzenhausen
Area
  Total 6.78 km2 (2.62 sq mi)
Population
  Total 500
  Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 37214
Dialling codes 05542
Vehicle registration ESW + WIZ
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Werleshausen is a village in the northern part of Hesse, Germany. First recorded mention was in 876. Since 1972 it belongs to the town of Witzenhausen.

Location

The village of Werleshausen lies in the Werra valley near the Hoher Meißner, right on the boundary with Thuringia, almost at Germany's geographical centre, 33 km east of Kassel. The Bebra-Göttingen railway crosses the village in the east.

Neighbouring villages

Werleshausen borders in the east on the municipalities of Lindewerra and Bornhagen (Thuringia's Eichsfeld district), in the south on the village of Oberrieden, in the west on the village Wendershausen and in the north on the villages of Unterrieden and Neuseesen (town of Witzenhausen).

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