Grebenau

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Grebenau
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Grebenau
Grebenau (Germany)
Grebenau
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Gießen
District Vogelsbergkreis
Town subdivisions 7 Stadtbezirke
Mayor Jürgen Ackermann (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 55.37 km² (21.4 sq mi)
Elevation 286 m  (938 ft)
Population 2,690  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 49 /km² (126 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate VB
Postal code 36323
Area code 06646
Website www.grebenau.de
Location of the town of Grebenau within Vogelsbergkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°45′00″N 9°28′00″E / 50.75, 9.466667

Grebenau is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Lying from 220 to 350 m above sea level, Grebenau is northeast of the Vogelsberg some 26 km northwest of Fulda, at the place where the Schwarza empties into the Jossa, itself a tributary to the Fulda.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Grebenau borders in the north on the town of Alsfeld and the community of Breitenbach am Herzberg (Hersfeld-Rotenburg), in the east on the town of Schlitz, in the south on the town of Lauterbach, and in the west on the community of Schwalmtal, Hesse.

[edit] Constituent communities

  • Bieben, representative Klaus Gaudl
    • Merlos – belongs to Bieben
  • Eulersdorf, representative Ernst Hölscher
  • Grebenau , representative Lotti Frick
  • Reimenrod , representative Gerhard Agel
  • Schwarz , representative Klaus Weitzel
  • Udenhausen , representative Herbert Schäfer
  • Wallersdorf , representative Gerd-Dieter Kaiser

[edit] Politics

[edit] Town council

Chairman:

Herbert Appel (SPD)

  • CDU: 6 seats, factional chairman Gerd-Dieter Kaiser
  • SPD: 6 seats, factional chairman Helmut Ihm
  • FWG (citizens' coalition): 3 seats, factional chairman Rudolf Dippel

(as of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)

[edit] References

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