Grebenau
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| Grebenau | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| 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) |
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| 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 | |
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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.
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