Worfelden is a village in the municipality of Büttelborn, which is located in the triangle formed by the cities of Frankfurt, Mainz and Darmstadt, within the Rhine-Main region.

Worfelden
Ortsteil of Büttelborn
Aerial photograph of Worfelden (2010)
Coat of arms
Location of Worfelden
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Coordinates: 49°55′44″N 08°32′55″E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
District	Groß-Gerau
Municipality	Büttelborn
Area
• Total	9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Elevation	96 m (315 ft)
Population  (2011-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,536
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	64572
Dialling codes	06152

Geography

Location

The parish of Worfeld lies entirely within the so-called Hegbach-Apfelbach Bottom (Hegbach-Apfelbach-Grund) in the western Lower Main Plain.[2] In this respect it differs from Lage Büttelborn, whose southwestern corner lies within the Hessian Ried.

In the north Worfelden borders on Mörfelden, in the east on Schneppenhausen (Darmstadt-Dieburg), in the southeast on Braunshardt (Darmstadt-Dieburg), in the southwest on Büttelborn and in the west on Klein-Gerau.

Literature

• Emil Hieke: Die Geschichte Worfeldens. Published by the municipal council (Gemeindeverwaltung), 1959
• Otto Klausing: Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt 151 Darmstadt. Bad Godesberg, 1967
• Festschrift 750 Jahre Worfelden, 1975
• There is literature about Worfelden in the Hessian Bibliography

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Worfelden.

• Geschichte der Ortsteile. In: Webauftritt der Gemeinde Büttelborn.
• "Geschichte Worfeldens". www.worfelden.org. Heimat- & Geschichtsverein Worfelden. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
• Worfelden, Landkreis Groß-Gerau. Historisches Ortslexikon für Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).