NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Battenberg, Hesse

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Geography

Location

The middle centre (in terms of Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory) of Battenberg lies in the Ederbergland, or Eder Highland, to which the Burgwald abutting the town to the east also belongs, on the southern edge of the Sauerland and the Rothaargebirge. Lying between 320 and 650 m above sea level, the town is also crossed by the river Eder. Walter Christaller (born 1893; died 1969), was a German geographer whose principal contribution to the discipline is Central Place Theory, first published in 1933. ... Central Place Theory is a geographical theory that seeks to explain the size and spacing of human settlements. ... The Sauerland is a rural hilly area spreading across most of the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, heavily forested and sparsely inhabited. ... Rothaargebirges location in Germany The Rothaargebirge (also called the Rotlagergebirge) is a low mountain range reaching heights of up to 843. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... The Eder is a river in Germany (ca. ...

Neighbouring communities

Battenberg borders in the north on the community of Bromskirchen, in the northeast on the community of Allendorf, in the southeast on the community of Burgwald (all three in Waldeck-Frankenberg), in the south on the community of Münchhausen am Christenberg (Marburg-Biedenkopf), and in the west on the towns of Hatzfeld (Waldeck-Frankenberg) and Bad Berleburg (Siegen-Wittgenstein in North Rhine-Westphalia). Bromskirchen is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. ... Allendorf (Eder) is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. ... Burgwald is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. ... The community of MÃ¼nchhausen is found 20 km north of Marburg on the northern edge of Marburg-Biedenkopf district. ... Marburg-Biedenkopf is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. ... Jimbolia (-Romanian, Hungarian: Zsombolya, German: Hatzfeld) is a city in TimiÅŸ county, Romania. ... Bad Berleburg is a town and a municipality in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Siegen-Wittgenstein is a Kreis (district) in the south-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Coat of arms Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DEA Capital DÃ¼sseldorf Prime Minister JÃ¼rgen RÃ¼ttgers (CDU) Governing parties CDU / FDP Votes in Bundesrat 6 (from 69) Basic statistics Area 34,084 kmÂ² (13,160 sq mi) Population 18,033,000...

Constituent communities

History

In 778 there was fighting near Laisa and Battenfeld as part of Charlemagne's Saxon Wars. A branch of the Wittgenstein noble family began calling themselves the "Counts of Battenberg" in 1214. In 1232, Battenberg had its first documentary mention, and two years later it was granted town rights. The early-Gothic church dates from 1249. In 1297, the town's ownership was transferred to the Archbishops of Mainz. In 1464, the Amt of Battenberg passed to Hesse. In 1932, Battenberg became part of the Frankenberg/Eder district. As part of municipal reform in 1974, the districts of Frankenberg (containing Battenberg) and Waldeck were united to form the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg. A portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht DÃ¼rer that was painted several centuries after Charlemagnes death. ... The Saxon Wars were the campaigns and insurrections of the more than thirty years from 772, when Charlemagne first entered Saxony with the intent to conquer, to 804, when the last rebellion of disaffected tribesmen was crushed. ... Interior of Cologne Cathedral Gothic architecture is a style of architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, which flourished in Europe during the high and late medieval period. ... Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... An Amt is a name for subnational administrative units used in some northern European countries. ...

Worth mentioning is the Battenberg family with its anglicized name of Mountbatten (Berg means "mountain" in German), which comes directly from the line of the Counts of Battenberg. Battenberg was the title created for the wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse, Countess Julia von Hauke. ... Mountbatten is the family name adopted by two branches of the Battenberg family due to rising anti-German sentiment among the British public during World War I. On 14 July 1917, Prince Louis of Battenberg assumed the surname Mountbatten (a literal translation of the German Battenberg) for himself and his...

Population development

Politics

Town council

The town council's 31 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006: March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

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Coat of arms

Battenberg's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per pale sable and argent. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

The colours are taken from the arms borne by the town's old overlords, the Counts of Battenberg, who were a branch of the Counts of Wittgenstein. Battenberg's arms have their roots in the 13th century, putting them among Hesse's oldest municipal coats of arms. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

Various other charges have appeared in the arms over the centuries, however. Sometimes it was a tower, the Count of Battenberg and the Archbishop of Mainz, the Archbishop by himself, or the wheel of Mainz. One version even showed the same simple composition seen here, but with red instead of black. This would have made the arms identical to those currently borne by Buchloe in Bavaria.[1] Buchloe (IPA /bu:xlo:É™/) is a community raised to city status in 1954, lying in OstallgÃ¤u district in Bavaria. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ...

Town partnerships

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Adoption

Reference

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

External links

Towns and municipalities in Waldeck-Frankenberg district

Allendorf | Bad Arolsen | Bad Wildungen | Battenberg | Bromskirchen | Burgwald | Diemelsee | Diemelstadt | Edertal | Frankenau | Frankenberg | Gemünden | Haina | Hatzfeld | Korbach | Lichtenfels | Rosenthal | Twistetal | Vöhl | Volkmarsen | Waldeck | Willingen The Open Directory Project (ODP), also known as dmoz (from , its original domain name), is a multilingual open content directory of World Wide Web links owned by Netscape that is constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors. ... Image File history File links Wappen_Landkreis_Waldeck-Frankenberg. ... Waldeck-Frankenberg is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. ... Allendorf (Eder) is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. ... Bad Arolsen (until 1997: Arolsen) is a city in the District of Waldeck-Frankenberg, northern Hesse, with a population of 17,000 (2003). ... Bad Wildungen is a state-run spa and a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. ... Bromskirchen is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. ... Burgwald is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. ... Diemelsee is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany, and is part of the Upland region. ... Diemelstadt is a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. ... Edertal is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany. ... Frankenau is a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. ... Frankenberg an der Eder is a town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. ... GemÃ¼nden is a town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. ... Haina (Kloster) is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany. ... Jimbolia (-Romanian, Hungarian: Zsombolya, German: Hatzfeld) is a city in TimiÅŸ county, Romania. ... Korbach, an over 1000 year old town, is Kreisstadt (capital of the district) of Waldeck-Frankenberg in the north of Hesse (Germany). ... Lichtenfels is a town in the south of the old principalty of Waldeck (now the district Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse). ... Rosenthal is a small town in southeast Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. ... Twistetal is part of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district, in the north of Hesse. ... VÃ¶hl is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany not far southwest of Kassel. ... Volkmarsen is a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northern Hesse, Germany. ... Waldeck is a small town of about 8,000 inhabitants in northern Hesse, dominated by an imposing castle overlooking the valley of the Eder river and the Edersee and first mentioned in 1120. ... Willingen is a municipality of the Waldeck-Frankenberg Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. ...

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