Schöffengrund

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Coordinates: 50°29′N, 8°29′E

Schöffengrund
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Gießen
District	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Population	6,445 (31/12/2004)
Area	34.11 km²
Population density	189 /km²
Elevation	285 m
Coordinates	50°29′ N 8°29′ E
Postal code	35641
Area code	06445
Licence plate code	LDK
Mayor	Norbert Schmitt
Website	Gemeinde Schöffengrund

Schöffengrund is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Location 1.2 Neighbouring communities 1.3 Constituent communities 2 History 3 Politics 3.1 Municipal council 3.2 Partnerships 4 Reference 5 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Schöffengrund lies only a few kilometres south of Wetzlar in the Hochtaunus Nature Park.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Schöffengrund borders in the north on the towns of Solms and Wetzlar, in the east on the community of Hüttenberg (all three in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis), in the southeast on the community of Langgöns (Gießen district), in the south on the community of Waldsolms, and in the west on the town of Braunfels (both in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis).

[edit] Constituent communities

The community consists of the centres of Laufdorf, Niederquembach, Niederwetz, Oberquembach, Oberwetz and Schwalbach.

[edit] History

As part of Hesse's municipal reforms, the communities of Schwalbach, Laufdorf, Niederquembach, Niederwetz, Oberquembach and Oberwetz merged on 1 January 1972 and chose the historic name Schöffengrund, which does back to the old court region, the so-called "Quembacher Gericht", which was held at the "stone" near Oberquembach. This was where the Schöffen ("jurymen") from distinguished families in the villages that belonged to the court met for the court's sittings. Grund is, of course, German for "ground".

[edit] Politics

[edit] Municipal council

The municipal elections in 2001 yielded the following results:

SPD	10 seats
FWG	8 seats
CDU	6 seats
Greens	3 seats
UWG	3 seats

Note: FWG and UWG are citizens' coalitions.

[edit] Partnerships

The community of Schöffengrund maintains partnerships with the following places:

• Chauray in the département of Deux-Sèvres, France since 1990
• Langewiesen, Thuringia since 1992.

[edit] Reference

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

[edit] External links

• Schöffengrund at the Open Directory Project (suggest site)