Körle is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district in
Hesse
Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. It lies about 20 km south of
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...
near the turn-off for
Guxhagen Guxhagen is a municipality in Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Guxhagen lies about 15 km south of Kassel between the Habichtswald Nature Park and the Meißner-Kaufunger Wald Nature Park on the river Fulda. It neighb ...
on
Autobahn
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Much of t ...
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History
Körle was first mentioned in 1074 in a donation document from the
Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
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monastery
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The community, as it is now, came into being as part of Hesse's municipal reforms, when the communities of Empfershausen, Lobenhausen and Wagenfurth were amalgamated with Körle on 1 February 1971.
Partnership
The community of Körle has maintained since 1991 a partnership with
Floh-Seligenthal
Floh-Seligenthal is a municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany.
Notable people Born in Floh-Seligenthal
* Johann Michael Bach III, (1745 - 1820) German composer, lawyer and music theorist
* Carola Anding, (* 196 ...
in
Thuringia
Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area.
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References
External links
Körle
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Schwalm-Eder-Kreis