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Municipality in Hesse, Germany

Municipality in Hesse, Germany

Wölfersheim
Municipality
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Location of Wölfersheim within Wetteraukreis district
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Coordinates: 50°23′51″N 8°48′41″E / 50.39750°N 8.81139°E / 50.39750; 8.81139
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Wetteraukreis
Subdivisions 5 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
• 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 municipality

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The municipality consists of 5 districts:

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.

  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.