Breidenbach

For the town in France, see Breidenbach, Moselle.
Breidenbach
Breidenbach
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Gießen
District Marburg-Biedenkopf
Local subdivisions 7 Ortsteile
Mayor Werner Reitz
Basic statistics
Area 44.83 km2 (17.31 sq mi)
Elevation 320-561 m
Population 6,871 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 153 /km2 (397 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate MR
Postal code 35236
Area code 06465
Website www.breidenbach.de

Breidenbach is a community in the west of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.

Contents

Geography

Neighbouring communities

Community divisions

The community is divided into the Ortsteile (constituent communities) of Achenbach, Breidenbach, Kleingladenbach, Niederdieten, Oberdieten, Wiesenbach and Wolzhausen.

Politics

Municipal council

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

SPD 11 seats
CDU 11 seats
BL (citizens' coalition) 5 seats

Mayor

Werner Reitz (SPD) was elected mayor on 22 October 2000 with 59.7% of the votes.

Constituent communities' coats of arms

Coat of arms Community's name
Achenbach
Breidenbach
Kleingladenbach
Niederdieten
Oberdieten
Wiesenbach
Wolzhausen

Sport

Sports facilities

Breidenbach has many sports facilities, including two playing fields in the main community. These are open free to the public. In Kleingladenbach there is also a skiing hill with a skilift, for which the community is becoming attractive to tourists. The main community also offers two gymnasia, a small sports hall and the Perftalhalle.

Economy and infrastructure

Shopping

The main community of Breidenbach is a well-developed, industry-rich place. A great number of shopping and leisure opportunities make Breidenbach the municipality's, and the surrounding area's, centre.

Industry

Furthermore, Breidenbach has at its disposal a large industrial area (Industriegebiet West) harbouring successful businesses such as Weber Maschinenbau and a Buderus disk brake manufacturing plant. The main community of Breidenbach thereby employs more than 2,500 workers.

Transport

Public transportation

Breidenbach is well connected to the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund public transport system. The following services come to the community:

Education

Schools

Breidenbach has the following schools:

Breidenbach:

Oberdieten:
  • Grundschule

Wolzhausen:
  • Grundschule

Kindergartens

Breidenbach has kindergartens in the following communities:

Breidenbach clubs and associations

References

  1. ^ "Die Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden" (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2011. http://www.statistik-hessen.de/static/publikationen/A/AI2_AII_AIII_AV_10-1hj_pdf.zip. 
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

External links

Breidenbach at the Open Directory Project – Further links

Towns and municipalities in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf