Breidenbach

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For the town in France, see Breidenbach, Moselle.

Coordinates: 50°52′N 8°28′E

Breidenbach
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Gießen
District	Marburg-Biedenkopf
Population	6,954 (31/12/2004)
Area	44.83 km²
Population density	155 /km²
Elevation	320-561 m
Coordinates	50°52′ N 8°28′ E
Postal code	35236
Area code	06465
Licence plate code	MR
Mayor	Werner Reitz
Website	Gemeinde Breidenbach

Breidenbach is a community in the west of Marburg-Biedenkopf district.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Neighbouring communities 1.2 Community divisions 2 Politics 2.1 Municipal council 2.2 Mayor 2.3 Constituent communities' coats of arms 3 Sport 3.1 Sports facilities 4 Economy and infrastructure 4.1 Shopping 4.2 Industry 5 Transport 5.1 Public transportation 6 Education 6.1 Schools 6.2 Kindergartens 6.3 Breidenbach clubs and associations 7 Reference 8 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbouring communities

• Bad Laasphe
• Biedenkopf
• Dautphetal
• Eschenburg
• Steffenberg

[edit] Community divisions

The community is divided into the Ortsteile (constituent communities) of Achenbach, Breidenbach, Kleingladenbach, Niederdieten, Oberdieten, Wiesenbach and Wolzhausen.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Municipal council

As of municipal elections on 26 March 2006, municipal council seats are apportioned thus:

SPD	11 seats
CDU	11 seats
BL (citizens' coalition)	5 seats

[edit] Mayor

Werner Reitz (SPD) was elected mayor on 22 October 2000 with 59.7% of the votes.

[edit] Constituent communities' coats of arms

Coat of arms	Community's name
	Achenbach
	Breidenbach
	Kleingladenbach
	Niederdieten
	Oberdieten
	Wiesenbach
	Wolzhausen

[edit] Sport

[edit] Sports facilities

Breidenbach has many sports facilities, including two playing fields in the main community. These are open free to the public. In Kleingladenbach there is also a skiing hill with a skilift, for which the community is becoming attractive to tourists. The main community also offers two gymnasia, a small sports hall and the Perftalhalle.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Shopping

The main community of Breidenbach is a well developed, industry-rich place. A great number of shopping and leisure opportunities make Breidenbach the municipality's, and the surrounding area's, centre.

[edit] Industry

Furthermore, Breidenbach has at its disposal a large industrial area (Industriegebiet West) harbouring successful businesses such as Weber Maschinenbau and a Buderus disk brake manufacturing plant. The main community of Breidenbach thereby employs more than 2,500 workers.

[edit] Transport

[edit] Public transportation

Breidenbach is well connected to the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund public transport system. The following services come to the community:

• 491: Dillenburg - Niedereisenhausen - Biedenkopf (and back)
• MR-52: Biedenkopf - Friedensdorf - Niedereisenhausen - Biedenkopf (and the other way round)
• MR-55: Niedereisenhausen - Breidenbach-Wolzhausen - Friedensdorf

[edit] Education

[edit] Schools

Breidenbach has the following schools:

Breidenbach:	Grundschule Orientation year ("Förderstufe") Hauptschule
Oberdieten:	Grundschule
Wolzhausen:	Grundschule

[edit] Kindergartens

Breidenbach has kindergartens in the following communities:

• Breidenbach (2)
• Oberdieten

[edit] Breidenbach clubs and associations

• Frauenchor 1975 Breidenbach (women's choir)
• TV 09 Breidenbach
• Trachtentanzgruppe Breidenbach (costume dance group)
• Burschenschaft Breidenbach (fraternity)
• Mädchenschaft Breidenbach (sorority)

[edit] Reference

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

[edit] External links

• Official homepage
• Breidenbach history

Breidenbach at the Open Directory Project – Further links