Vollmarshausen is a village of 3000 inhabitants incorporated into the municipality of

Lohfelden Lohfelden is a municipality in the Kassel (district), district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 6 km southeast of Kassel. It has three parts Crumbach, Ochshausen and the former independent Vollmarshausen. Geography Lohfelden / Vol ...

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, Germany.

History

The area around Vollmarshausen was settled in the late

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

and early

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

(about 1200 to about 650 BC). 1951 a large burial site (with 252 registered graves, all by cremation) was found. It is one of the most important finds from this period in Western Europe. In the 10th and 11th century, the land east of Kassel was given to colonists. In the year 1019

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gave the village to the monastery of

Kaufungen Kaufungen () is a municipality in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated in the narrow valley of the river Losse, surrounded by the steep, wooded hills of the Kaufunger Wald, approx. 10 kilometres east of Kassel. Geography Di ...

. During the Middle Ages until the 19th century Vollmarshausen was a court place, on this place there is the 250-year-old lime tree with an old stone table. For about 200 years Vollmarshausen was known for breech-loading

wheellock A wheellock, wheel-lock, or wheel lock is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire. It was the next major development in firearms technology after the matchlock, and the first self-igniting firearm. Its name ...

sporting rifles (Müller-Büchse) produced by Johann Jakob Lagemann. The old factory (a mill), still exists and is a horse riding centre today. From 1835 to 1839 the new Evangelical Church of Vollmarshausen designed by Daniel Engelhard was built. The form follows the language of classicism with influences of a Byzantine basilica. Liturgical items and the bells were taken from the previous building. In 1933 the elementary school teacher Ludwig Rüdiger opposed

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; it was a sensation at that time. One year before the Nazis tried to displace by law the mayor of Vollmarshausen, but without success. Some months later many people were arrested. During World War II the village had no damage, and to this day the townscape is dominated by old timber-frame houses which are protected as historic monuments. Since 1970 it has been part of

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