Schwarzenborn, Hesse
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| Schwarzenborn | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Schwalm-Eder-Kreis |
| Mayor | Jürgen Kaufmann |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 26.90 km² (10.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 479 m (1572 ft) |
| Population | 1,158 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 43 /km² (111 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | HR |
| Postal code | 34639 |
| Area code | 05686 |
| Website | www.schwarzenborn.de |
Schwarzenborn, Germany, is Hesse's smallest town.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
Schwarzenborn lies in the Schwalm-Eder district some 13.5 km from Homberg in the Knüll. 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] References
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
[edit] External links
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