The jewish community of Voelkershausen and their Protectorate.

The Parochie Völkershausen about 827 to 874 AC.

The parochial Völkershausen including the villages and farms Wölferbütt, Martinroda, Willmanns, and later on Mariengart are nestled along the total length of the creek Oechse and is inhabited by approx.. 1800 souls.
The area itself belonged  in earlier times to  Can. Tullifeld and was governed by an earl. No information is available on the start of Christianity and the parochie in this area, but one can assume that it started with the building of the monastery in Fulda in the year 744 AC. or there about. In the year 827 AC. Völkershausen was already mentioned as a (catholic) christian settlement. However, the name mentioned at that time was Vnolfricheshuson
 The village Voelkershausen was first mentioned in connection with Eberhard von Völkershausen, as the Herr or Master of Völkershausen,  in the year 1214 . In the year 1706 , the last of the von Völkershausen died and ownership of Völkershausen went to the earl of Hessen- Kassel.
Once, the villages was more heavily populated,  but in the Years 1839 to 1860  a total of 359 persons, including the Israelites  immigrated to North America and Australia.
In the 16th Century the nobility, ruling earls and counts, favored the acceptance of jews, called Schutzjuden in their district since they were allowed to collect a much higher tax rate from jews. Consequently more jews moved into Völkershausen and took possession of homes that fell vacant during
   The 30 Year War  1618 - 1648
 Only 5 jewish families lived in Völkershausen  in  1780, however by 1820 the jewish population had tripled. In the middle of the 19th century, Immigration to America and larger cities in germany began and already 1876 the thought was introduced to close the jewish community in Völkershausen. In 1903 the jewish community of Völkershausen was incorporated with the community in Vacha. The last jewish Family  by the name of Baumgart moved to Vacha in 1913. Therese and Meier Baumgart found their final resting place in the jewish cemetery in Vacha among their ancestors.

Jewisch Inhabitants Register of 1731