Cölbe

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Coordinates: 50°51′N 8°48′E

Cölbe
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Gießen
District	Marburg-Biedenkopf
Population	7,133 (31/12/2004)
Area	26.66 km²
Population density	268 /km²
Elevation	213 m
Coordinates	50°51′ N 8°48′ E
Postal code	35091
Area code	06421
Licence plate code	MR
Mayor	Volker Carle
Website	Gemeinde Cölbe

Cölbe is a community in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.

Contents 1 Location 1.1 Neighbouring communities 1.2 Divisions 1.3 Coat of arms 2 Clubs 3 Politics 3.1 Municipal council 4 Partnerships 5 Sundry 6 Reference 7 External links

[edit] Location

Cölbe's municipal area lies on the southern edge of the Burgwald, a low mountain range and part of the Hessisches Bergland (Hessian Highland), and borders directly on the university city of Marburg to the south. The namesake constituent community is found on a bow in the river Lahn where it bends from its mainly easterly flow to a mainly southerly one.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Cölbe borders in the northwest on the town of Wetter, in the northeast on the town of Rauschenberg, in the east on the town of Kirchhain, in the south on the town of Marburg, and in the west on the community of Lahntal (all in Marburg-Biedenkopf).

[edit] Divisions

The community consists of six constituent communities named Bernsdorf, Bürgeln, Cölbe, Reddehausen, Schönstadt and Schwarzenborn.

[edit] Coat of arms

Cölbe's civic coat of arms might be described thus: In gules a broad bend argent; within, six inverted hearts gules.

[edit] Clubs

• Fussballverein 1927 Cölbe (football)
• Fröhlicher Kreis e.V. Cölbe ("Merry District")
• Turnverein 06 Cölbe e.V. (Gymnastics)
• Freiwillige Feuerwehr Cölbe – Bürgeln (Volunteer fire brigade)
• Schützenverein 1930/63 Cölbe e.V. (Shooting club)
• Männergesangsverein Cölbe 1878 e.V. (Men's singing club)
• Bläserchor 1901 Schönstadt e.V. (Brass Band)

[edit] Politics

[edit] Municipal council

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

SPD	12 seats
CDU	9 seats
BL (citizens' coalition)	5 seats
Greens	5 seats

[edit] Partnerships

• Kościerzyna, Poland

[edit] Sundry

The Institute for Theoretical Geodesy in Bonn has ascertained that the European Union's centre point after the 2004 expansion lies at the coördinates 50° 51' 10" N, 8° 46' 43" E. This spot is to be found within Cölbe's municipal limits, 895 m from the community's own centre point. Newer efforts delving into this question, however, have yielded different results, putting the EU's centre point at Kleinmaischeid in the Westerwald.

[edit] Reference

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

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Deutschlandradio Berlin: Reise zum Mittelpunkt Europas
• Cölbe at the Open Directory Project (suggest site)