# Welda > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Welda > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Welda.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welda > Source revision: 1305973955 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For the community in the U.S., see [Welda, Kansas](/source/Welda,_Kansas). **Welda** is a village and constituent community *(stadtteil)* of the town of [Warburg](/source/Warburg), in the district of [Höxter](/source/H%C3%B6xter_(district)) in the east of the [federal state](/source/States_of_Germany) of [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia), [Germany](/source/Germany). Welda has historically been known by the names of Wellede, Welde and Kerkwellede. Welda has an area of 9.22 km² and a population of 808.[1] ## Geography The village of Welda is the southernmost point of Kreis Höxter (within the administrative region of [Detmold](/source/Detmold_(region))) near North Rhine-Westphalia's border with the [Waldeck-Frankenberg](/source/Waldeck-Frankenberg) district of the federal state of [Hessen](/source/Hessen). It lies between the towns of [Warburg](/source/Warburg) and [Volkmarsen](/source/Volkmarsen) on a line between the cities of [Paderborn](/source/Paderborn) (40 km) and [Kassel](/source/Kassel) (35 km). It adjoins the Warburg communities of [Calenberg](/source/Calenberg_(Warburg)), [Germete](/source/Germete) and [Wormeln](/source/Wormeln). Welda lies in the valley of the river [Twiste](/source/Twiste_(Diemel)) which runs north into the river [Diemel](/source/Diemel). ## History The land around Welda, once a border village between [Westphalia](/source/Westphalia), [Waldeck](/source/Waldeck_(state)) and [Hesse](/source/Hesse), has yielded forth archaeological evidence of a [Celtic](/source/Celt) presence. In 1856 Welda was visited by Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, who went on to become the "Ninety-Nine-Day Emperor", Kaiser [Friedrich III](/source/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor). He presented the church with a [Communion](/source/Eucharist) [chalice](/source/Chalice_(cup)). In [World War II](/source/World_War_II) Welda was liberated by U.S. forces in April 1945. In the fields east of the railway station there was an American internment camp holding up to 80,000 German [prisoners of war](/source/Prisoner_of_war).[2] Welda was in the [British zone of occupation](/source/Allied-occupied_Germany) from 1945, then from 1949, following the political division of occupied Germany, Welda became part of the [Federal Republic of West Germany](/source/Federal_Republic_of_West_Germany) until German reunification in 1990. ## Places of interest - The Roman Catholic Church dedicated to [Saint Kilian](/source/Saint_Kilian) was founded in 1220. - **Schloss Welda** was built between 1734 and 1736 by the architect [Justus Wehmer](/source/Justus_Wehmer) who was also the architect of [Hildesheim](/source/Hildesheim) cathedral and of Schloss Vinsebeck; the architectural history and construction of the two houses are closely linked together. The Kassel baroque sculptor and artist Johann Georg Kotschau was also involved.[3] The historic baroque park and landscape garden of Schloss Welda was created from 1738 to 1758 by the landscape architect Carl Hatzel.[4] The garden includes an [orangery](/source/Orangery) which was built from 1756 to 1763. In the north part of the garden is a baroque wall that is partly fallen down. The access road from the south has an avenue of lime trees which leads to a carriage turn in front of the Schloss. Today the house is used as a registry office, for wedding receptions, and for concerts. - The oldest existing village house (a timber-frame building) was built in 1747. - The old mill houses a museum of village life. - The [Iron Way](/source/Iron_Way), an old iron ore route, now a hiking and cycling trail. ## Transport In 1890, a section of the railway line from Warburg to [Bad Arolsen](/source/Bad_Arolsen) opened with a station in the village. The railway line was closed in 1982 and converted in 1989 into a bicycle lane (R 51), part of an inter-regional cycle network. The station building was sold and is now used as a private residence. Welda's nearest links to the national rail network are located in Warburg and Volkmarsen. The autobahn [A44](/source/Bundesautobahn_44) (E331) from [Dortmund](/source/Dortmund) to [Kassel](/source/Kassel) runs to the north-west of Welda. The closest regional airports are KSF [Kassel-Calden](/source/Kassel_Calden_Airport) (27 km) and PAD [Paderborn-Lippstadt](/source/Paderborn_Lippstadt_Airport) (46 km). ## Further reading - Bruno Hake (1994): *Welda. Ein Dorf zwischen Adel und Kirche*, Warburg: Hermes Verlag, ISBN 3-922032-29-X (= Warburger Schriften 13). - Bruno Hake, Ortssippenbuch, 2 Bände, Teil 1 1693-1775, Teil II 1776-1875, Selbstverlag, Welda, 1988, 1989 - Helga Bültmann et al. (2006): *Tagungsexkursion zu Kalkmagerrasen und Schwermetallfluren in ostwestfälischen Naturschutzgebieten*, in: Helga Bültmann, Thilo Hasse und Mirja Dörsing: *Trockenrasen auf verschiedenen Betrachtungsebenen*, Münster: Institut für Landschaftsökologie, S.155-171. - Exkursionsprotokoll des Bochumer Botanischen Vereins nach Welda am 19. Mai 2007, URL: [\[1\]](http://www.botanik-bochum.de) ## References 1. [Welda: *Unser Dorf*](https://www.welda.de/unser-dorf/) (Accessed 2023-09-10) 1. ["Dr Horst Fenge: Memories of post war 1945."](https://web.archive.org/web/20100424033036/http://home.arcor.de/kriegsgefangene/memoirs/fenge.html). Archived from [the original](http://home.arcor.de/kriegsgefangene/memoirs/fenge.html) on 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 1. [http://www.burgendaten.de/castle.php?country_id=1&castle_id=2670](http://www.burgendaten.de/castle.php?country_id=1&castle_id=2670). Basisinformation Schloss Welda 1. [Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe: Schlosspark Welda](https://www.lwl.org/geodatenkultur/objekt/10034190) ## External links - [Homepage of Welda](http://www.welda.de) - [Schloss Welda](http://www.schloss-welda.de) - [Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL): Schlosspark Welda](http://www.lwl.org/ParkUndGartenanlagen/LWL/Dokumente/168.html) - [Street map of Welda](http://www.stadtplandienst.de/Map.aspx?sid=5CDA866286D7204E7287BB1ADBED17D6) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Welda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welda) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welda?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.