Meissner

Meissner, Meißner or Meisner may refer to:

Meissner is the name of the following geographic features:

Meißner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname and its variants include:

Meißner, Hesse

Meißner (or Meissner) is a community in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

Meißner 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 communities

Meißner 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 communities

Meißner’s seven Ortsteile are Abterode (administrative seat), Alberode, Germerode, Vockerode, Weidenhausen, Wellingerode and Wolfterode.

History

Alberode 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.

Hoher Meissner

The Hoher Meissner is a mountain massif with a height of 753.6 m and is located in the Meissner Kaufunger nature park in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

The Hoher Meissner is densely forested and covers an area of 10 km by 5 km. It is located approximately between Eschwege and Grossalmerode as well as Bad Sooden-Allendorf and Waldkappel. Together with large parts of the Kaufungen Forest and the Soehre forest it forms the very extensive Naturpark Meissner-Kaufunger Wald.

Geology

In the Tertiary period the area was covered by thick forests. From these forests, lignite deposits were formed, which were then covered by sand and lava. The basalt formations have been eroded by weathering and were much higher at one time.

Geomorphology

Highest mountain in northeast Hesse

The Meissner peak is not the highest point in northern Hesse, even if it is commonly held to be. In northwest Hesse lie some mountains which are substantially higher. Therefore the Kasseler crest, with an elevation of 753.6 m, is the highest peak in northeast Hesse, but not in all of Hesse.