Worfelden

Worfelden
Ortsteil of Büttelborn
Aerial photograph of Worfelden (2010)
Coat of arms
Location of Worfelden
Worfelden
Worfelden
Coordinates: 49°55′44″N 08°32′55″E / 49.92889°N 8.54861°E / 49.92889; 8.54861
CountryGermany
StateHesse
DistrictGroß-Gerau
MunicipalityBüttelborn
Area
 • Total
9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Elevation
96 m (315 ft)
Population
 (2011-12-31)[1]
 • Total
4,536
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
64572
Dialling codes06152

Worfelden is a village in the municipality of Büttelborn, which is located in the triangle formed by the cities of Frankfurt, Mainz and Darmstadt, within the Rhine-Main region.

Geography

Location

The parish of Worfeld lies entirely within the so-called Hegbach-Apfelbach Bottom (Hegbach-Apfelbach-Grund) in the western Lower Main Plain.[2] In this respect it differs from Lage Büttelborn, whose southwestern corner lies within the Hessian Ried.

In the north Worfelden borders on Mörfelden, in the east on Schneppenhausen (Darmstadt-Dieburg), in the southeast on Braunshardt (Darmstadt-Dieburg), in the southwest on Büttelborn and in the west on Klein-Gerau.

Literature

  • Emil Hieke: Die Geschichte Worfeldens. Published by the municipal council (Gemeindeverwaltung), 1959
  • Otto Klausing: Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt 151 Darmstadt. Bad Godesberg, 1967
  • Festschrift 750 Jahre Worfelden, 1975
  • There is literature about Worfelden in the Hessian Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Gemeinde Büttelborn, Zahlen und Fakten". buettelborn.de. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  2. ^ Otto Klausing: Die Naturräume Hessens. Hessische Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Wiesbaden, 1988, ISBN 3-89026-066-7
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