July Christmas market on the second Saturday in December "Strohbärenfest" (“Straw Bear Festival”) in Heldra (on Ash Wednesday) Jazz-Matinee; Kalkhof in early summer Wanfrieder Lesung (“reading”); in summer Soapbox derby; yearly towards the end of summer holidays "Weinfest"; yearly on the third Saturday in September "Mountainbike-Orientierungsfahrt"; yearly on the second Saturday in October Economy and infrastructure Transport Through Wanfried, which lies on the "Deutsche Fachwerkstraße" (“German Timber Frame Road”), run Bundesstraßen 250 and 249. Education The town has at its disposal one primary school (Gerhart-Hauptmann-Schule) and one integrated comprehensive school (Elisabeth-Selbert-Schule), which since the 2006-2007 schoolyear has been functioning as a branch school of the Anne-Frank-Schule in Eschwege. References External links Town’s official webpage Premiumwanderweg 6 Heldrastein Werra-Meißner-Kreis