Wölfersheim

Wölfersheim
View of the town
Coat of arms
Wölfersheim
Location of Wölfersheim within Wetteraukreis district
Coordinates: 50°23′51″N 8°48′41″E / 50.39750°N 8.81139°E / 50.39750; 8.81139Coordinates: 50°23′51″N 8°48′41″E / 50.39750°N 8.81139°E / 50.39750; 8.81139
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Wetteraukreis
Government
• Mayor	Rouven Kötter (SPD)
Area
• Total	43.15 km2 (16.66 sq mi)
Elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	9,925
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	61200
Dialling codes	06036
Vehicle registration	FB
Website	www.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 Wolfersheim since at least 1700.^[2] 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 they perished at the hands of the Nazis. The Jewish cemetery still stands today though there are no Jews left in the town.

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