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Wickenrode is a village in Hesse (Germany) and part of the municipality Helsa.

Geography

The Village ist located 18km east of Kassel in the woods of the Kaufunger Wald.

History

The first documentary was in 1293 in a deed of donation of the Monastary Kaufungen to the Knight Burghardus Cygenberc.

Since the administrative reform of 1972 Wickenrode belongs to the municipality Helsa.

Coat of Arms

In the Coat of Arms of Helsa Wickenrode is represented by the symbol under the bell. The Coat of Arms bears Helsa since administrative reform of 1972.

Saga

Several sagas are told in Wickenrode associated with the Brothers Grimm fairy-tale figure Mother Hulda.

On the 6. december the day of Nikolaus she is coming down from her mountain (Hoher Meißner) to support the poor and helpless. So has been told that she showed Essias Gunkel a resident of Wickenrode the brown coal in the Hirschberg moutain to survive the rough winter. ^[1]

Another saga tells she is comming on the 1. May to the Hirschberg to look across the Valley. On such a day Mother Hulda it is told that she has cured a girl from the curse of a evil witch.^[2]

Sources

Festschrift 750 Jahre Wickenrode 1293–1993 (Herausgeber: Gemeinde Helsa)

^ Burckhard Garbe, "Die schönsten Sagen - Band 1 - Region Kassel", Prolibris Verlag, 2001, page 42 - 48
^ Herbert Brandt, "Glashütten- und Bergarbeiterdorf Wickenrode bis zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts", 1993, page 224

51°15′N 9°43′E / 51.250°N 9.717°E / 51.250; 9.717

[1] Burckhard Garbe, "Die schönsten Sagen - Band 1 - Region Kassel", Prolibris Verlag, 2001, page 42 - 48

[2] Herbert Brandt, "Glashütten- und Bergarbeiterdorf Wickenrode bis zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts", 1993, page 224

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