Brunslar was a short-lived
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in North
Hessen
Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major historic cities are Da ...
, in the now-extinct
district
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of
Melsungen
Melsungen () is a small climatic spa town in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany. In 1987, the town hosted the 27th ''Hessentag'' state festival.
Geography
Melsungen lies on the river Fulda in the North Hesse Highlands. The strea ...
,
Germany
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. It was established during the change of district boundaries on 1 February 1971, when the independent communities of
Altenbrunslar
Altenbunslar is a small village in Hesse, North Hesse, Germany. It is part of the town Felsberg, Hesse, Felsberg.
Geology
The bedrock is composed of Triassic Buntsandstein. It is so-called because it is composed of different-coloured sandstone ...
and Neuenbrunslar fused. On the 31. December 1971 the community of
Wolfershausen
Wolfershausen is one of the sixteen constituent communities that form the town of Felsberg in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, North Hesse, Germany.
Geography
The boundary of the village encompasses an area of about , in which approximately 760 people li ...
joined the Brunslar municipality.
At the beginning, the municipality covered an area of 1271
ha, in which approx. 1300 people lived. As the village of Wolfershausen was integrated, the area expanded to 1641 ha and the population increased to approximately 2000 residents.
On 1 January 1974 the municipality of Brunslar, together with the municipalities of Gensungen, Helmshausen, Hilgershausen und Rhünda were included into the town of
Felsberg.
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References
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Former municipalities in Hesse