Meißner, Hesse

Meißner is a community in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.GeographyLocationMeißner lies at the Krösselberg between the Hoher Meißner and the Werra valley in the Meißner-Kaufunger Wald Nature Park, some 40 km southeast of Kassel and 10 km west of Eschwege.Neighbouring communitiesMeißner borders in the north on the community of Berkatal, in the east on the town of Eschwege, in the south on the community of Wehretal and the town of Waldkappel and in the west on the town of Hessisch Lichtenau (all in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis).Constituent communitiesMeißner’s seven Ortsteile are Abterode (administrative seat), Alberode, Germerode, Vockerode, Weidenhausen, Wellingerode and Wolfterode.HistoryAlberode had its first documentary mention in 1276. In 1823, the current Evangelical church was consecrated. The estate of Mönchhof belonging to Alberode was first mentioned in 876.Germerode had its first documentary mention in 1186. The Germerode Monastery was first mentioned as early as 1454 or 1455. It was the house monastery to the Hessian lower nobility. The Premonstratensian double monastery is one of the most important building works in North Hesse. The estate of Mönchhof was formerly an outlying piece of the monastery’s property.