Gemünden (Felda)

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Coordinates: 50°42′N 9°3′E

Gemünden
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Gießen
District	Vogelsbergkreis
Population	3,248 (31/12/2004)
Area	55.0 km²
Population density	59 /km²
Elevation	259 m
Coordinates	50°42′ N 9°3′ E
Postal code	35329
Area code	06634
Licence plate code	VB
Mayor	Lothar Bott
Website	Gemeinde Gemünden

Gemünden is a community in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Location 1.2 Neighbouring communities 1.3 Constituent communities 2 Politics 2.1 Municipal council 3 Reference

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Gemünden lies on the rivers Felda and Ohm, flowing from the Vogelsberg Mountains in the region of Upper Hesse (Oberhessen) amongst Homberg Grünberg, Kirtorf, Romrod and Feldatal, or more broadly, between Gießen and Bad Hersfeld. Through the rural areas within the community runs the Autobahn A 5

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Gemünden borders in the northwest on the town of Homberg (Ohm), in the northeast on the town of Kirtorf, in the east on the town of Romrod, in the southeast on the community of Feldatal, and in the southwest on the community of Mücke.

[edit] Constituent communities

The community of Gemünden consists of 7 centres that were amalgamated as part of municipal reforms in 1971 into one greater community. These are:

• Burg-Gemünden
• Ehringshausen
• Elpenrod
• Hainbach
• Nieder-Gemünden (administrative seat)
• Otterbach
• Rülfenrod

[edit] Politics

[edit] Municipal council

The municipal elections on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

• SPD 8 seats
• BGG (citizens' coalition) 7 seats
• UBL (citizens' coalition) 8 seats

[edit] Reference

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