Wehrheim

Red town hall

Coat of arms

Wehrheim

Location of Wehrheim within Hochtaunuskreis district

Coordinates: 50°18′N 8°34′E / 50.300°N 8.567°ECoordinates: 50°18′N 8°34′E / 50.300°N 8.567°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Gregor Sommer (CDU)

Area

• Total

38.38 km² (14.82 sq mi)

Elevation

305 m (1,001 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

9,355

• Density

240/km² (630/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

61273

06081

Website

Wehrheim is a municipality in Hesse, Germany some 30 km (20 mi) north of Frankfurt am Main.

The town's nickname is "Apfeldorf Wehrheim" (Apple-village Wehrheim).

Wehrheim lies from 300 to 600 m above sea level on the north slope of the crest of the Taunus between Bad Homburg and Usingen im Taunus.

Wehrheim borders in the north on the town of Usingen and the community of Ober-Mörlen (Wetteraukreis), in the east on the towns of Friedberg and Rosbach (both in the Wetteraukreis), in the south on the towns of Friedrichsdorf and Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, and in the west on the town of Neu-Anspach.

The community has four centres named Wehrheim, Obernhain, Pfaffenwiesbach and Friedrichsthal.

The first traces of settlement go back to the Bronze Age. In Wehrheim, a burying ground from the early to middle Urnfield culture (11th to 10th century BC) was discovered. Wehrheim im Taunus itself had its first documentary mention in 1046. In 1372, the village was granted town rights, which it however lost again in 1814. The town's overlords changed several times, from the Castle Counts of Friedberg to the Counts of Diez, the area then passing to Nassau-Dillenburg and finally to Prussia in 1866. In 1895 the railway line from Bad Homburg vor der Höhe – then still called Homberg – through Friedrichsdorf to Usingen came into operation, and was extended to Weilburg a few years later, linking the community a bit more closely with the Frankfurt area, a trend that would continue in the coming century.

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