Söhrewald

Municipality in Hesse, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Söhrewald within Kassel district

(2022–28) Ralf Eberwein^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total58.9 km² (22.7 sq mi)Elevation

350 m (1,150 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,677 • Density79/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

34320

Dialling codes05608Vehicle registrationKSWebsitewww.soehrewald.de

Söhrewald is a municipality in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 13 kilometers southeast of Kassel. The municipality was formed by the former independent municipalities Eiterhagen, Wattenbach and Wellerode in 1970.

Geography

Söhrewald borders in the north to the municipality Lohfelden, in the northeast to the municipality Kaufungen and Helsa all three in the district of Kassel), in the east to the city of Hessisch Lichtenau (Werra-Meißner-Kreis), in the south with the city of Melsungen, in the southeast to the municipality Körle and in the west to the municipality Guxhagen (all the three in the district of Schwalm-Eder)

References

^ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.