Schwarzenborn, Hesse

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Coordinates: 50°55′N 9°26′E

Schwarzenborn
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Kassel
District	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Population	1,187 (31/12/2004)
Area	26.90 km²
Population density	44 /km²
Elevation	479 m
Coordinates	50°55′ N 9°26′ E
Postal code	34639
Area code	05686
Licence plate code	HR
Mayor	Jürgen Kaufmann
Website	Stadt Schwarzenborn

Schwarzenborn, Germany, is Hesse's smallest town.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Location 1.2 Constituent communities 2 Politics 2.1 Coat of arms 2.2 Town partnerships 3 Economy and infrastructure 3.1 Transport 4 Reference 5 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Schwarzenborn lies in the Schwalm-Eder district some 13.5 km from Homberg in the Knüllwald. Through the constituent community of Grebenhagen flows the river Efze.

[edit] Constituent communities

The town consists of the two centres of Grebenhagen and Schwarzenborn.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Coat of arms

Schwarzenborn's civic coat of arms might be heraldically described thus: In argent a goat-headed spreadeagle sable langued gules, on its breast an inescutcheon in sable a six-pointed star Or.

Schwarzenborn's arms bear a likeness to both Neukirchen's and Schwalmstadt's. All three have the goat-headed spreadeagle and a star on the inescutcheon (small shield within the bigger one), but colouring varies among the three.

[edit] Town partnerships

• Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion, France since 7 May 2005

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

The town is well known for being a Bundeswehr base, furnishing some 300 jobs to local civilians, making the Bundeswehr the town's biggest employer.

[edit] Transport

The Hersfeld-West Autobahn interchange on the A 7 (Kassel – Würzburg) is about 15 km away.

Schwarzenborn is joined to the railway network through the stations at Schwalmstadt-Treysa and Bad Hersfeld.

[edit] Reference

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

[edit] External links

• Schwarzenborn