Werleshausen

Werleshausen
Stadtteil of Witzenhausen
Location of Werleshausen
Werleshausen Werleshausen
Coordinates: 51°19′30″N 9°54′50″E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Werra-Meißner
Town	Witzenhausen
Area
• Total	6.78 km2 (2.62 sq mi)
Elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Population
• Total	500
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	37214
Dialling codes	05542
Vehicle registration	ESW + WIZ
Website	[1]

Werleshausen is a village in the northern part of Hesse, Germany. First recorded mention was in 876. Since 1972 it belongs to the town of Witzenhausen.

Location

The village of Werleshausen lies in the Werra valley near the Hoher Meißner, right on the boundary with Thuringia, almost at Germany's geographical centre, 33 km east of Kassel. The Bebra-Göttingen railway crosses the village in the east.

Neighbouring villages

Werleshausen borders in the east on the municipalities of Lindewerra and Bornhagen (Thuringia's Eichsfeld district), in the south on the village of Oberrieden, in the west on the village Wendershausen and in the north on the villages of Unterrieden and Neuseesen (town of Witzenhausen).

Sightseeing

• Historic framework buildings in the village core
• Manor
• Ludwigstein Castle
• Hanstein Castle (Bornhagen)
• Devil's rock ("Teufelskanzel") near Lindewerra

Gallery

• 
  Village view
• 
  Manor in Werleshausen
• 
  Blossom of cherry trees
• 
  Church

External links

• Homepage of Werleshausen (in German and English)
• Homepage of Witzenhausen (in German and English)