History Waldkappel
waldkappel – extract topographia hassiae matthäus merian 1655
in 1226, waldkappel had first documentary mention, , granted town rights in 1414.
the town experienced economic heyday in late middle ages lying on old trade road durch die langen hessen, ran wetterau thuringia , on leipzig. bearing witness town’s earlier, wealthier times late gothic church standing in middle of community.
the thirty years war put abrupt end waldkappel’s prosperity; town never again reach former importance.
in course of municipal reform, communities of waldkappel, bischhausen, burghofen, friemen, gehau, kirchhosbach, mäckelsdorf, rechtebach, rodebach , schemmern former eschwege district merged. joined harmuthsachsen , hasselbach former witzenhausen district, stolzhausen melsungen district. in 1974, greater community reached full extent amalgamation of eltmannsee , hetzerode.
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