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{{Short description|Municipality in Hesse, Germany}}
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|image_photo = Blick vom weißen Turm aus in Richtung Norden.JPG
|image_caption = View of the town
|image_caption = View of the town
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|region = Darmstadt
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|postal_code = 61200
|Einwohner = 9883
|area_code = 06036
|Stand = 2008-12-31
|licence = FB
|PLZ = 61200
|Vorwahl = 06036
|Kfz = FB
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 40 024
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 40 024
|Gliederung = 5 districts
|divisions = 5 districts
|Straße = Hauptstr. 60
|website = [http://www.woelfersheim.de/ www.woelfersheim.de]
|mayor = Eike See<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2022-10/direktwahlen_09_2022_10102022.xlsx|title=Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden|language=de|date=5 September 2022|publisher=[[Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt]]|format=XLS}}</ref>
|Website = [http://www.woelfersheim.de/ www.woelfersheim.de]
|leader_term = 2018&ndash;24
|Bürgermeister = Rouven Kötter
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'''Wölfersheim''' is a municipality in the [[Wetteraukreis]] in [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]. It is located approx. 34 kilometers north of [[Frankfurt am Main]].
'''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 ==
==Division of the municipality==
The municipality consists of 5 districts:
The municipality consists of 5 districts:
* Wölfersheim
* Wölfersheim
* Södel
* Södel
* Melbach
* Melbach
* Berstadt
* Berstadt
* Wohnbach
* Wohnbach

==Holocaust==
There was a small Jewish community in Wölfersheim since at least 1700.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_germany/ger3_00208.html|title="Wölfersheim" Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities: Germany volume 3|publisher=jewishgen.org|accessdate=March 27, 2014}}</ref> 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 the Nazis murdered them. The Jewish cemetery still stands today though there are no Jews left in the town.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 08:03, 30 May 2024

Wölfersheim
Municipality
View of the town
View of the town
Coat of arms of Wölfersheim
Coat of arms
Location of Wölfersheim within Wetteraukreis district
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Wölfersheim is located in Germany
Wölfersheim
Wölfersheim
Wölfersheim is located in Hesse
Wölfersheim
Wölfersheim
Coordinates: 50°23′51″N 8°48′41″E / 50.39750°N 8.81139°E / 50.39750; 8.81139
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionDarmstadt
DistrictWetteraukreis
Subdivisions5 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2018–24) Eike See[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total
43.15 km2 (16.66 sq mi)
Elevation
142 m (466 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
9,762
 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
61200
Dialling codes06036
Vehicle registrationFB
Websitewww.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

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The municipality consists of 5 districts:

  • Wölfersheim
  • Södel
  • Melbach
  • Berstadt
  • Wohnbach

Holocaust

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There was a small Jewish community in Wölfersheim since at least 1700.[3] 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 the Nazis murdered them. The Jewish cemetery still stands today though there are no Jews left in the town.

References

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  1. ^ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
  3. ^ ""Wölfersheim" Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities: Germany volume 3". jewishgen.org. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
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