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Location of the town of Schwarzenborn within Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Schwalm-Eder-Kreis |
| Mayor | Jürgen Kaufmann |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 26.90 km2 (10.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 479 m (1572 ft) |
| Population | 1,090 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 41 /km2 (105 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | HR |
| Postal code | 34639 |
| Area code | 05686 |
| Website | www.schwarzenborn.de |
Schwarzenborn is the smallest town in Hesse, Germany.
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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.
The town consists of the two centres of Grebenhagen and Schwarzenborn.
Schwarzenborn's civic coat of arms might be heraldically described thus: Argent a goat-headed spreadeagle sable langued gules, surmounted by an inescutcheon sable a mullet of six 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.
The town is well known for being a Bundeswehr base with a large training area, furnishing some 300 jobs to local civilians, making the Bundeswehr the town's biggest employer. The garrison is home of the Jägerregiment 1 (1st Infantry Regiment) , which is the infantry element of the German Army's Luftbewegliche Brigade 1 (1st Air Mobile Brigade) at Fritzlar Army Base.
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.
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