Schwalm-Eder-Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Kassel, Werra-Meißner, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Vogelsberg...
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northern Hesse, comprising the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district and the southern part of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Schwalm-Eder was created for the inaugural...
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List of castles in Hesse (section Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Numerous castles (Burgen) and palaces (Schlösser) are found in the German state of Hesse. These buildings, some of which have a history of over 1000 years...
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Hoffmann'sche Buckhandlung. p. 34. "Obermöllrich, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis" [Obermöllrich, Schwalm-Eder District] (in German). Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche...
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Homberg (Efze) (category Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
central Germany, with about 15,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Schwalm-Eder district. In 2008, the town hosted the 48th Hessentag state festival...
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Guxhagen (category Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Guxhagen is a municipality in Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany. Guxhagen lies about 15 km south of Kassel between the Habichtswald Nature...
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municipalities. Kreise (districts) Fulda Hersfeld-Rotenburg Kassel Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Waldeck-Frankenberg Werra-Meißner Kreisfreie Städte (district-free...
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Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Wartburgkreis, district-free Eisenach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel. The district was created in 1974 by merging the two districts...
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Leopold Fleischhacker (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Leopold Fleischhacker (13 May 1882, Felsberg - 11 September 1946, Uccle) was a German sculptor and medallist of Jewish ancestry. From 1897 to 1902, he...
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Melsungen (category Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
(German pronunciation: [ˈmɛlzʊŋən]) is a small climatic spa town in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany. In 1987, the town hosted the 27th...
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Friedrich Paulus (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus (23 September 1890 – 1 February 1957) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) during World War II who is best...
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Margarita of Diez (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Margarita of Diez (German - Margarethe von Diez; 14 October 1544 – 12 July 1608) was a German noblewoman. Born in Spangenberg, she was the fourth child...
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(HEF, ROF) Kassel (Kassel) (KS, HOG, WOH) Schwalm-Eder-Kreis (Homberg (Efze)) (HR, ZIG, FZ) Werra-Meißner-Kreis (Eschwege) (ESW, WIZ) Waldeck-Frankenberg...
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Manfred Glienke (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Manfred Glienke (born 19 August 1954) is a German chess International Master (IM, 1999) who won West Germany Chess Championship (1982). Manfred Glienke...
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Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Louis I (German: Ludwig; 6 February 1402 – 17 January 1458), nicknamed the Peaceful (German: der Friedsame), was Landgrave of Hesse from 1413 to 1458....
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motorway running through north Hesse. It connects Kassel with the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, where it ends in Neuental. The motorway is planned to be extended...
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Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany Béla Schwalm (born 1941), Hungarian former ice hockey player J. Peter Schwalm (born...
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Karl Bernhardi (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Karl Christian Sigismund Bernhardi (5 October 1799, Ottrau – 1 August 1874, Kassel) was a German librarian and politician. He studied theology at the University...
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Anna Maria Braun (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Anna Maria Braun (born 3 July 1979) is a German businesswoman and lawyer. Since 2019, she has been managing the family business B. Braun in the sixth generation...
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Schwalmstadt (category Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Schwalmstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈʃvalmˌʃtat] ) is the largest town in the Schwalm-Eder district, in northern Hesse, Germany. It was established only in 1970...
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Karl Glinzer (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Justus Wilhelm Karl Glinzer (2 February 1802, Guxhagen - 28 April 1878, Kassel) was a German painter and lithographer, in the Biedermeier style. He worked...
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Spangenberg Castle (Hesse) (category Buildings and structures in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
the small German town of Spangenberg in the North Hesse county of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis. The originally Gothic building was first a medieval fortified castle...
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Wilhelm von Nathusius (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Wilhelm Engelhard Nathusius (from 1861 Wilhelm von Nathusius-Königsborn) (27 June 1821, Hundisburg – 25 December 1899, Halle ) was a wealthy Prussian land-owning...
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Laufskopf (534.8 m), Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, near Niedenstein-Ermetheis Bensberg (464.8 m), bei Edermünde-Besse, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Bilstein (ca. 460 m),...
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Friedrich Hassel (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Friedrich Hassel, real name Friedrich Laube, (23 April 1815 in Spangenberg or Kassel – 29 September 1884) was a German child actor, stage actor, operatic...
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The Schwalm (German pronunciation: [ʃvalm]) is a natural region or landscape unit within the West Hesse Depression and also the smallest basin within...
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Niedenstein (category Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
[ˈniːdnˌʃtaɪ̯n] ) is a small town and an officially recognized climatic spa in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany. Niedenstein's main settlement lies...
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Arnold Strippel (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Europas KZs – Sie begann vor 70 Jahren hier in Unshausen, im heutigen Schwalm-Eder-Kreis" (PDF). Archiv und Ausstellung der Universität Kassel (in German)...
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Alwin Wagner (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Alwin Josef Wagner (born 11 August 1950 in Melsungen, Hessen) is a West German discus thrower and weight lifter, who was affiliated with University Sportclub...
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William J. Archinal (category People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)
Medal of Honor recipient Born (1840-06-03)June 3, 1840 Felsberg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Grand Duchy of Hesse Died May 10, 1919(1919-05-10) (aged 78) Trenton...
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