Guxhagen

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Coordinates: 51°12′N 9°29′E

Guxhagen
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Kassel
District	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Population	5,421 (31/12/2004)
Area	26.25 km²
Population density	207 /km²
Elevation	225 m
Coordinates	51°12′ N 9°29′ E
Postal code	34302
Area code	05665
Licence plate code	HR
Mayor	Edgar Slawik (independent)
Website	Gemeinde Guxhagen

Guxhagen is a community in Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Location 1.2 Neighbouring communities 1.3 Constituent communities 2 History 3 Politics 3.1 Municipal council 4 Economy and infrastructure 4.1 Transport 5 Personalities 6 Reference

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Guxhagen lies about 15 km south of Kassel between the Habichtswald Nature Park and the Meißner-Kaufunger Wald Nature Park on the river Fulda.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Guxhagen's neighbours are Edermünde, Felsberg, Fuldabrück and Körle.

[edit] Constituent communities

The community consists of the six centres of Albshausen, Büchenwerra, Ellenberg, Grebenau, Guxhagen and Wollrode.

[edit] History

Guxhagen had its first documentary mention in 1352 under the name Kukushayn.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Municipal council

Municipal council is made up of 31 members.

• SPD 18 seats
• Gemeinschaftsliste Guxhagen (citizens' coalition) 7 seats
• CDU 4 seats
• Greens 2 seats

(as of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

Guxhagen lies on Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 83 and Autobahn A 7 (Kassel – Bad Hersfeld).

The community belongs to the North Hesse Transport Network, which among other things runs a hailed shared taxi within the greater community.

[edit] Personalities

• Friedrich Paulus (general)
• Christoph Weber (librarian)

[edit] Reference

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