Wölfersheim

Wölfersheim

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Wölfersheim

Coordinates: 50°23′51″N 8°48′41″E / 50.39750°N 8.81139°E / 50.39750; 8.81139Coordinates: 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
Government
  Mayor Rouven Kötter (SPD)
Area
  Total 43.15 km2 (16.66 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 9,925
  Density 230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
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

The municipality consists of 5 districts:

Holocaust

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 perished at the hands of the Nazis. The Jewish cemetery still stands today though there are no Jews left in the town.

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