Wölfersheim

Wölfersheim
Wölfersheim
	View of the town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wölfersheim within Wetteraukreis district
	Wölfersheim Wölfersheim
	Coordinates: 50°23′51″N 8°48′41″E / 50.39750°N 8.81139°ECoordinates: 50°23′51″N 8°48′41″E / 50.39750°N 8.81139°E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Wetteraukreis
Subdivisions	5 districts
Government
• Mayor	Rouven Kötter (SPD)
Area
• Total	43.15 km2 (16.66 sq mi)
Elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)
• Total	9,784
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	61200
Dialling codes	06036
Vehicle registration	FB
Website	www.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 municipalityEdit

The municipality consists of 5 districts:

Wölfersheim
Södel
Melbach
Berstadt
Wohnbach

HolocaustEdit

There was a small Jewish community in Wolfersheim since at least 1700.^[2] 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 they were murdered by the Nazis. The Jewish cemetery still stands today though there are no Jews left in the town.

ReferencesEdit

^ "Bevölkerungsstand am 31.12.2019". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). July 2020.
^ ""Wölfersheim" Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities: Germany volume 3". jewishgen.org. Retrieved March 27, 2014. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

External linksEdit

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[1] "Bevölkerungsstand am 31.12.2019". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). July 2020.

[2] ""Wölfersheim" Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities: Germany volume 3". jewishgen.org. Retrieved March 27, 2014. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

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