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Location of Mossautal within Odenwaldkreis district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Odenwaldkreis |
| Local subdivisions | 5 Ortsteile |
| Mayor | Willi Keil (Ind.) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 48.5 km2 (18.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 327 m (1073 ft) |
| Population | 2,547 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 53 /km2 (136 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | ERB |
| Postal code | 64756 |
| Area codes | 06062 und 06061 |
| Website | www.mossautal.de |
Mossautal in the Odenwald is a community and a state-recognized health resort in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.
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The community lies at elevations of between 300 and 500 m above sea level.
The Nibelungenstraße (Bundesstraße 47) touches Mossautal in the north and the Siegfriedstraße (Bundesstraße 460) runs through the community in the south. The surrounding countryside is also used as a holiday destination in the UNESCO Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald on the Marbach Reservoir, the Odenwald’s biggest body of standing water.
Mossautal is well known as a textbook example of a Waldhufendorf ("forest village").
Mossautal borders in the north on the community of Reichelsheim and the town of Michelstadt, in the east on the town of Erbach, in the south on the town of Beerfelden (all in the Odenwaldkreis), and in the west on the communities of Wald-Michelbach, Grasellenbach and Fürth (all three in the Bergstraße district).
Mossautal’s Ortsteile are Güttersbach, Hiltersklingen, Hüttenthal, Ober-Mossau and Unter-Mossau (the community’s administrative seat).
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
| Parties and voter communities | % 2006 |
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| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 29.8 | 4 | 22.0 | 3 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 23.3 | 4 | 33.1 | 5 |
| ÜWG | Überparteiliche Wählergemeinschaft Mossautal | 46.8 | 7 | 44.9 | 7 |
| Total | 100.0 | 15 | 100.0 | 15 | |
| Voter turnout in % | 58.5 | 67.3 | |||
At the mayoral election on 25 April 2004, the independent Willi Keil, who has been in the mayor’s office since 1986, was reëlected unopposed with 97.2% of the vote.
The community’s arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per saltire, above gules a Hiberno-Scottish cross (called an Iroschottenkreuz in the German blazon) argent, below gules a Maltese cross argent, dexter and sinister argent a mullet of six gules.
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The community’s livelihood comes from, for example, tourism in the form of holiday homes, conference hotels and guesthouses. There are also a brewery and a dairy on hand. Furthermore, fish farming earns some income. The main industry is now, as it has always been, agriculture and forestry.
Mossautal is home to the SG Mossautal football team. The players come from SV (Sportverein, “sport club”) 54 Mossau and SV 67 Hiltersklingen.
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