Schwalmstadt () is the largest town in the

Schwalm-Eder Schwalm-Eder is an electoral constituency ( German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 169. It is loca ...

district, in northern

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. It was established only in 1970 with the amalgamation of the towns of

Treysa Treysa, an independent town until 1970, is the biggest ''Stadtteil'' of the Germany, German town Schwalmstadt. It was incorporated into Schwalmstadt in December 1970. The location around Treysa and Schwalmstadt is called Schwalm (Hesse), Schwal ...

and Ziegenhain together with some outlying villages to form the town of Schwalmstadt.

Geography

Location

Schwalmstadt lies in the Schwalm region in the western

Knüll The Knüllgebirge () or simply Knüll () is a small mountain range in the northern part of Hesse, Germany, approximately south of Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern He ...

, a low mountain range. Through the town flows the river Schwalm. The nearest large towns are

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(about 50 km to the north),

Bad Hersfeld The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld (''Bad'' is "spa" in German; the Old High German name of the city was ''Herolfisfeld'') is the district seat of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast ...

(about 35 km to the east),

Marburg Marburg (; ) is a college town, university town in the States of Germany, German federal state () of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf Districts of Germany, district (). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has ...

(about 40 km to the southwest) and

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. Histor ...

(about 70 km to the southeast).

Constituent communities

Besides the core of Treysa, Ziegenhain and Ascherode, the town consists of the centres of Allendorf an der Landsburg, Dittershausen, Florshain, Frankenhain, Michelsberg, Niedergrenzebach, Rommershausen, Rörshain, Trutzhain and Wiera.

History

In the 8th century, ''Treise'' was owned by the Abbots of Hersfeld. The Counts of ''Cigenhagen'' were named in a document for the first time in 1144. In 1186, Treysa was taken over by the Counts and fortified. Treysa's landmark, the Martinskirche (Church of St. Martin), nowadays known as the Totenkirche (Church of the Dead), was built in 1230. Treysa was granted town rights sometime between 1229 and 1270, and the same rights were bestowed upon Ziegenhain in 1274. After the last Count's death in 1450, the county passed to Hesse. The

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s of Hesse had the

castle A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...

in Ziegenhain remodelled into a stately home in 1470, and then between 1537 and 1548,

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had it built into a fortification with a

moat A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. Moats can be dry or filled with water. In some places, moats evolved into more extensive water d ...

. In August 1945, the proceedings to establish the

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(EKD) took place in Treysa in an event known as the Church Conference of Treysa. The meeting brought about the merger of the

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and United state churches. Two further church gatherings in May 1946 and June 1947 tried to start discussion about divergent perceptions of the

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, and also dealt with

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. As part of Hesse's municipal reforms, the two towns of Treysa and Ziegenhain, along with their outlying villages, were united in 1970 into the Town of Schwalmstadt, and ever since then they have existed only as constituent communities of a larger municipality. In 1995, with the motto "Hessisch Willkommen", Schwalmstadt hosted the 35th ''

Hessentag The Hessentag (; ) is an annual event, both fair and festival, organized by the German state of Hesse to represent the different regions of Hesse. The events are shown for a week to the visitors, with an emphasis on cultural displays and exhibi ...

'' state festival.

Rommershausen

In the Marburg State Archive, Rommerhausen is first mentioned under the name "Rumershusen" in 1243. In 1360 it was called "Romirshusin" and in 1365 "Rumershusen", but it has gone by its current name since 1419. On 3 April 1916 at 15:30, a cosmic lump of

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fell to earth in a woodlot near Rommershausen. This was later named, after the place where it was found, the

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of Rommershausen, and it has gone down in German astronomic history as Germany's greatest verifiable observed meteorite impact. Rommershausen has been part of Schwalmstadt since the municipal reforms in the 1970s.

Trutzhain

During the

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, Ziegenhain was home to a

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camp, Stalag IX-A (one of the French prisoners there,

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, later became

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), and after the war, also to a

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at the same facility. The camp is now the constituent community of Trutzhain. Some of the barracks still stand and have been converted into houses.

Politics

Schwalmstadt Town Council has 37 members. As of the municipal elections held in 2011, the council seats are apportioned thus:

Council

Mayor Wilhelm Kröll (

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) was re-elected on 7 May 2006 with a share of the vote of 61.4%. On 3 June 2012, Dr. Gerald Näser (CDU) was elected new mayor with 53% of the vote. His opponent was Dr. Fabio Longo of the SPD. The turnout was 54.1%. Näser took office on 1 October 2012. He died in 2016 and was temporarily replaced by Detlef Schwierzeck (SPD). In 2016, Stefan Pinhard was elected as the new mayor and took office on 1 December 2016.

Coat of arms

Schwalmstadt's civic

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...

might be heraldically described thus: Or a goat-headed spreadeagle sable armed, langued and attired gules, surmounted by a roundel argent in which a mullet of six of the third. The heraldic elements are historical symbols from both former towns and the old County of Ziegenhain. Schwalmstadt's coat of arms bears a keen likeness to both Neukirchen's and

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's.

Town partnerships

* Canton of Loriol-sur-Drôme, Département Drôme,

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Public institutions

State institutions

Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk

Schwalmstadt's local THW association was founded in 1961. The local association has, among other things, a technical team (''Technischer Zug'') with a positioning section (''Fachgruppe Ortung'').

Educational institutions

* Eckhardt-Vonholt-Schule (

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...

) * Ziegenhainer

Grundschule Education in Germany is primarily the responsibility of individual German States of Germany, states (), with the federal government only playing a minor role. While kindergarten (nursery school) is optional, formal education is compulsory for a ...

am Alleeplatz * Brüder-Grimm-Schule Allendorf (primary school) * Grundschule Niedergrenzebach * Mittelpunkt Grundschule * Herrmann-Schuchard-Schule * Ludwig-Braun-Schule * Schule im Ostergrund ( Haupt- and

Realschule Real school (, ) is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), F ...

) * Friedrich-Trost-Schule * Carl-Bantzer-Schule (

comprehensive school A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is restricted on the basis ...

) * Sankt-Martin-Schule (school for learning aid) * Schwalmgymnasium ( Gymnasium) * Berufliche Schulen Schwalmstadt (occupational school) *

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

Hephata (Evangelische Fachhochschule Darmstadt) * Stenografenverein 1925 Treysa e. V. (education centre, computer school)

Other

Sports and leisure

* Schwalmstadion (

stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

) * Stadion am Fünften (stadium) * Landsburg Stadion Allendorf (stadium) * Europabad und ein Freibad (

swimming pool A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable Human swimming, swimming and associated activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built abo ...

s) *

Minigolf Miniature golf (also known as minigolf, putt-putt, crazy golf, and by several other names) is an offshoot of the sport of golf focusing solely on the putting aspect of its parent game. The aim of the game is to score the lowest number of poi ...

course * Riding *

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path *

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s * Schwalmstadt

gliding Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sports, air sport in which pilots fly glider aircraft, unpowered aircraft known as Glider (sailplane), gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmospher ...

ground *

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grounds * several

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fields

Culture and sightseeing

Theatre

* Schwalmberg Open-Air Stage * Totenkirche Open-Air Stage * Castle Theatre (''Burgtheater'') * Culture Hall (''Kulturhalle'') * Trutzhain Theatre Club: "''Trutzhainer Bühne''"

Museums

* German Typewriter Museum (''Deutsches Schreibmaschinenmuseum'') * Museum of the Schwalm, Ziegenhain * Trutzhain Memorial and Museum

Buildings

* Treysa's and Ziegenhain's historic Old Towns with many

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houses. * ''Totenkirche'' with "Buttermilk Tower" in Treysa * Town parish church * Old Hospital in Treysa * ''Hexenturm'' (

Witches' Tower Witch tower or Witches' Tower () is a common name or description in English and other European languages for a tower that was part of a medieval town wall or castle, often used as a prison or dungeon. History The name is derived from the perio ...

) in Treysa * ''Schloss'' (stately home) with wall graves and parade square in Ziegenhain * Town Hall and Johannisbrunnen (

fountain A fountain, from the Latin "fons" ( genitive "fontis"), meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect. Fountains were o ...

) in Treysa

Other sights

* ''Hünengrab'' ("Giant's Grave") near Wiera

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Through Schwalmstadt run Federal Highways (''Bundesstraßen'') B 254 (from

by way of Schwalmstadt to

) and B 454 (from

by way of Schwalmstadt to

). In the neighbouring community of

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ends (or begins) the

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A 49. The Main-Weser railway from

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runs through Schwalmstadt and serves two stations:

and Schwalmstadt-Wiera. There are hourly

Regionalbahn The ''Regionalbahn'' (; lit. Regional train; abbreviated ''RB'') is a train categories in Europe, type of Regional rail, local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany. It is similar to the Regionalzug (R) and Regio (Swiss railway train), R ...

trains from Kassel and the

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from Frankfurt ending at Treysa. In addition to that,

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trains and

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trains between Kassel and Frankfurt stop hourly in turn. At the station of Schwalmstadt-Wiera there is an hourly connection to Frankfurt via the Mittelhessen-Express. There was once a strategic railway running through the town between

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and

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(the latter now in France), known as the ''Kanonenbahn'', or "

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Established businesses

* Erich Rohde Schuhfabriken (shoes) * Konvekta AG (heating and air conditioning) * Privatbrauerei Friedrich Haaß (brewery) * Horn & Bauer Folientechnik (protective, packaging and technical films) * Merkel-Freudenberg (gasket, packing, and sealing device manufacturing) * Hephata Hessisches Diakoniezentrum e. V. * Tieman (tank trucks, hoists, lifting devices) * Heidelmann Kühlhaus und intl. Spedition (cold storage and international shipping)

Media

*Schwälmer Allgemeine (daily) *Schwälmer Bote am Sonntag (Sundays) *Schwälmer Bote am Mittwoch (Wednesdays) *MAZ Mittelhessische Anzeigen Zeitung (Wednesdays)

Regular events

* Hutzelkirmes (

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in Treysa) * Bockbieranstich (Bock beer tapping, Treysa) * Salatkirmes (fair in Ziegenhain) * Kirmes (fair) in Allendorf an der Landsburg * Weindorf an der Totenkirche ("Wine village at the 'Church of the Dead'") * Bahnhofstraßenfest ("Street Festival") * "Ziegenhain vom Feinsten" ("Ziegenhain from its Finest") * Schwälmer Inlinerlauf (inline skating) * Weihnachtsmarkt (

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Market) * Scherzmarkt ("Fun Market") * Michaelismarkt * Johannisfest ("John's Festival") * "Sporthits für Kids" (Sportsfestival for kids) * Kirmes in Niedergrenzebach (fair) * Johannisfeuer (Niedergrenzebach) ("John's Fire", a

midsummer Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer, taking place on or near the date of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere; the longest Daytime, day of the year. The name "midsummer" mainly refers to summer solstice festivals of Eu ...

festival) * Theaterabend der Trutzhainer Bühne (Theatre Evening in Trutzhain)

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

Carl Bantzer Carl Ludwig Noah Bantzer (6 August 1857, Schwalmstadt, Ziegenhain – 19 December 1941, Marburg) was a painter, professor and art critic; associated with the . Biography He was born to Heinrich Bantzer (1809–1863), a veterinarian. After his ...

, painter and art writer (born 6 August 1857 in Ziegenhain) * Stanisław Kubicki, artist, poet, philosopher (born 1889 in Ziegenhain, died 1943 in

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(murdered)) *

Hans John Hans John (31 August 1911 – 23 April 1945) was a German lawyer and World War II resistance figure. Hans John was born in Ziegenhain, Hesse, and studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1939, he was hired as a legal assistant at the Aviatio ...

, jurist and resistance fighter (born 1 August 1911 in Treysa, died 23 April 1945 in Berlin (executed)) *

Guido Knopp Guido Knopp (born 29 January 1948 in Treysa, Hesse) is a German journalist and author. He is well known in Germany, mainly because he has produced a great number of TV documentaries, predominantly about the "Third Reich" and National Socialism, b ...

, historian, publicist and TV moderator (born 29 January 1948 in Treysa) *

Wilhelm Böttner Wilhelm may refer to: People and fictional characters * William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm" * Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Other uses * Wilhe ...

, Baroque painter (born 24 February 1752 in Ziegenhain, died 24 November 1805 in Kassel) *

Herbert Henck Herbert may refer to: People * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territor ...

, pianist (born 28 July 1948 in Treysa) * Roswitha Aulenkamp, composer, pianist, piano lecturer at the ''Musikakademie Kassel'' (born 20 June 19xx in Ziegenhain) * Gereon Karl Goldmann (1916–2003) Franciscan father and former WW2 soldier and nazi opponent. * Alfred Hartenbach, Member of the Bundestag (SPD) (born 5 March 1948 in Niedergrenzebach) * Gottlieb Dietrich, botanist and garden architect (born 9 March 1765 in Ziegenhain, died 2 January 1850 in

Eisenach Eisenach () is a Town#Germany, town in Thuringia, Germany with 42,000 inhabitants, west of Erfurt, southeast of Kassel and northeast of Frankfurt. It is the main urban centre of western Thuringia, and bordering northeastern Hesse, Hessian re ...

) * Adam Dietrich, botanist (born 4 November 1711 in Ziegenhain, died 11 July 1782 in Ziegenhain) *

Albert Wigand (artist) Julius Wilhelm Albert Wigand, known as Albert Wigand (April 21, 1821 – October 22, 1886), was a German people, German Botany, botanist, Pharmacology, pharmacologist and Pharmacognosy, pharmacognostician. His is most well known for being the di ...

, painter (born 4 August 1890 in Ziegenhain, died 17 May 1978 in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

) * Julius Weiffenbach, jurist (born 26 April 1837 in Ziegenhain, died 29 June 1910 in

) * Konrad Wiederhold, colonel (born 20 April 1598? in Ziegenhain, died 13 June 1667 in Kirchheim) *

Klaus Stern Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus * Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American base ...

, documentary filmmaker (born 1968 in Ziegenhain) *

Otto Stern :''Otto Stern was also the pen name of German women's rights activist Louise Otto-Peters (1819–1895)''. Otto Stern (; 17 February 1888 – 17 August 1969) was a German-American physicist. He is the second most nominated person for a Nobel Pri ...

, one of the founders and first president (1955) of the Dairy Food Association of America (Born November 21, 1897 in Ziegenhain) He fled Germany with his family in mid-1930s when Nazis revoked citizenship to Jews.

References

External links

Museum der Schwalm

Gedenkstätte und Museum Trutzhain

Allendorf

Michelsberg

Rörshain
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