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Heringen (Werra) is a small town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany lying right at the boundary with Thuringia.

Heringen
Town
Location of Heringen within Hersfeld-Rotenburg district
NentershausenPhilippsthalFriedewaldNeuensteinKirchheim
Heringen
Heringen
Coordinates: 50°53′14″N 10°00′20″E
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionKassel
DistrictHersfeld-Rotenburg
Subdivisions8 districts
Government
  Mayor (202228) Daniel Iliev[1] (SPD)
Area
  Total61.18 km2 (23.62 sq mi)
Elevation
221 m (725 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total7,146
  Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
36266
Dialling codes06624
Vehicle registrationHEF
Websitewww.heringen.de

Geography


Heringen with K+S Kali GmbH's Wintershall works in the middle. Taken from Monte Kali
Heringen with K+S Kali GmbH's Wintershall works in the middle. Taken from Monte Kali
Former East German border post on the Hesse-Thuringia boundary between Kleinensee and Großensee
Former East German border post on the Hesse-Thuringia boundary between Kleinensee and Großensee

Location


The nearest major towns and cities are Bad Hersfeld (28 km to the west), Eisenach (30 km to the northeast) and Kassel (80 km to the north). The town lies on the river Werra, surrounded by outliers of the Thuringian Forest, the Seulingswald and the Anterior Rhön, all mountain or hill ranges.

The lowest point in town is found on the Werra floodplain at 210 m above sea level. The highest point within town limits is the Lehnberg at 471 m above sea level.


Neighbouring communities


Clockwise from the north, these are Wildeck, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Berka/Werra, Philippsthal (Werra) und Friedewald.


Constituent communities


Heringen's Stadtteile, besides the main centre, also called Heringen, are Bengendorf, Herfa, Kleinensee, Leimbach, Lengers, Widdershausen and Wölfershausen.


History


The Salzberg (“Salt Mountain”, also known locally as “Monte Kali”) at the Wintershall potash works in Heringen
The Salzberg (“Salt Mountain”, also known locally as “Monte Kali”) at the Wintershall potash works in Heringen
The outlying centre of Kleinensee with “Monte Kali” in the background
The outlying centre of Kleinensee with “Monte Kali” in the background

In 1153, Heringen had its first documentary mention. The Fulda Abbey enfeoffed the nobleman Heinrich von Heringen about 1170 with the place. The Heringen court comprised in the early 15th century not only the current town area but also the Thuringian centres of Vitzeroda, Gasteroda and Abteroda, all of which now belong to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Berka/Werra. In 1432, Margarethe von Heringen sold the court to the Landgraves of Hesse, thereby binding Heringen to Hesse.

With the opening of the Wintershall potash works, which began mining in 1903, the community got its first industrial jobs. Later, the Neu-Heringen and Herfa-Neurode potash mines were built. The mine is today the world's biggest potash-mining area and has an area about the same as Greater Munich's.

At the end of World War II, the libraries of the German Army's Military Geology Unit (Wehrgeologenstellen) and the German Patent Office (Reichspatentamt) were removed from Berlin and secretly stored in the deep Wintershall potash mine in Heringen. There they were discovered by the US Third Army in March 1945, and removed to the US. The German Patent Library was later restored to Germany, but the military geology materials of maps, reports and books, often stolen from other countries during the invasions, were retained by the US as Nazi materiel.[3] Most of these maps and books remain in the US Geological Survey Library today, with an obscure United States Army Corps of Engineers stamp on each that reads "Heringen Collection".[4]

Market rights were granted the community in 1526, and in 1977 came town rights to what was then a greater community (formed out of several smaller former communities).

There are also successor buildings of the knightly estate of Vultejus.


Amalgamations


Between 1968 and 1972 the above-named centres were amalgamated into a greater community, which was granted town rights in 1977 by the Hesse Land government.


Population development


Constituent communities Population
 199819992000200120022003
Heringen3,4023,5583,6373,6313,6033,623
Bengendorf696868687072
Herfa836880869867853838
Leimbach471488511512522504
Lengers1,0191,0921,0721,0721,0711061
Kleinensee655726722722726724
Widdershausen1,1401,2041,1901,1901,2031,193
Wölfershausen1,0911,1501,1391,1371,1171,101
Totals8,6839,1669,2089,1999,1659,116

Politics



Town council


The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

Parties and voter communities %
2006
Seats
2006
%
2001
Seats
2001
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 24.8 8 26.5 8
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 40.0 12 50.1 16
WGH Wählergruppe Gemeinschaftsliste Heringen 35.2 11 22.3 7
FDP Free Democratic Party 1.0 0
Total 100.0 31 100.0 31
Voter turnout in % 59.3 64.5

The town's executive (Magistrat) is made up of six councillors, with two seats allotted to the SPD, two to the CDU and 2 to the WGH. Manfred Wenk is the first ever WGH councillor.


Mayor


Mayor Daniel Iliev was elected on 20 March 2016.

Heringen's old coat of arms, borne until 2003
Heringen's old coat of arms, borne until 2003

Coat of arms


The town's arms might be described thus: Azure a bend wavy sinister argent between a sledgehammer and a cross-peen hammer per saltire, and three fish of the last.

The bend wavy sinister, that is, slanted wavy stripe beginning on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side and stretching down across the escutcheon, stands for the river Werra. The three fish come from the arms formerly borne by the Lords of Heringen (Hering is German for “herring”). The mining tools are, of course, a traditional miner's symbol. This charge was added to the coat of arms in 2003,[5] as potash had been being mined here for a hundred years. The old arms are shown at right.


Town partnerships


In 2007, partnership documents were signed with the following towns:


Culture and sightseeing


Bodesruh border memorial
Bodesruh border memorial

Museums



Buildings



Parks



Regular events



Economy and infrastructure



Research and development


It was in Heringen that the groundbreaking invention of the electrostatic salt separation facility (elektrostatische Salz-Trennungsanlage, or ESTA) was first realized and further developed. After former mining director Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arno Singewald's research and inventions, the German potash-mining industry could introduce a thoroughly novel, environmentally friendly means of processing the mined salts. Salt-saturated water is avoided when the ESTA is used. These facilities built at the potash works along the Werra have also seen to it that a river that was once thoroughly salted – by East German potash works – has been brought back to life.


Established businesses



Notable people



References


  1. "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
  2. "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2020 nach Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). June 2021.
  3. Willig, Dierk. 2009. Die Odyssee des Wehrgeologenarchivs als Teil der Heringen Collection: Versuch einer Rekonstruktion der Vorgänge von März 1945 bis heute. Euskirchen: Amt für Geoinformationswesen der Bundeswehr. 31 pages.
  4. Hadden, Robert Lee. 2008. "The Heringen Collection of the US Geological Survey Library of Reston, Virginia." Earth Sciences History, Volume 27, Number 2. Pages 242-265. ISSN 0736-623X.
  5. altes Wappen von Heringen altes Wappen der Stadt, vor 2003

Bibliography





На других языках


[de] Heringen (Werra)

Heringen (Werra) ist eine Kleinstadt im osthessischen Landkreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg, direkt an der Landesgrenze zu Thüringen gelegen. Die nächsten größeren Städte sind im Westen Bad Hersfeld (28 km), im Nordosten Eisenach (30 km) und im Norden Kassel (80 km).
- [en] Heringen

[ru] Херинген (Верра)

Херинген (нем. Heringen) — город в Германии, в земле Гессен. Подчинён административному округу Кассель. Входит в состав района Херсфельд-Ротенбург. Население составляет 7470 человек (на 31 декабря 2010 года).[1] Занимает площадь 61,18 км². Официальный код — 06 6 32 009.



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