Worfelden

Worfelden
Ortsteil of Büttelborn
Aerial photograph of Worfelden (2010)
Coat of arms
Location of Worfelden
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Coordinates: 49°55′44″N 08°32′55″E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
District	Groß-Gerau
Municipality	Büttelborn
Area
• Total	9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Elevation	96 m (315 ft)
Population  (2011-12-31)
• Total	4,536
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	64572
Dialling codes	06152

Worfelden is a village in the municipality of Büttelborn, which is located in the triangle formed by the cities of Frankfurt, Mainz and Darmstadt, within the Rhine-Main region.

Geography

Location

The parish of Worfeld lies entirely within the so-called Hegbach-Apfelbach Bottom (Hegbach-Apfelbach-Grund) in the western Lower Main Plain. In this respect it differs from Lage Büttelborn, whose southwestern corner lies within the Hessian Ried.

In the north Worfelden borders on Mörfelden, in the east on Schneppenhausen (Darmstadt-Dieburg), in the southeast on Braunshardt (Darmstadt-Dieburg), in the southwest on Büttelborn and in the west on Klein-Gerau.

Literature

• Emil Hieke: Die Geschichte Worfeldens. Published by the municipal council (Gemeindeverwaltung), 1959
• Otto Klausing: Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt 151 Darmstadt. Bad Godesberg, 1967
• Festschrift 750 Jahre Worfelden, 1975
• There is literature about Worfelden in the Hessian Bibliography

External links

• Geschichte der Ortsteile. In: Webauftritt der Gemeinde Büttelborn.
• "Geschichte Worfeldens". www.worfelden.org. Heimat- & Geschichtsverein Worfelden. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
• Worfelden, Landkreis Groß-Gerau. Historisches Ortslexikon für Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).