Spangenberg

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Spangenberg
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Town subdivisions	13 Stadtteile
Mayor	Peter Tigges (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	97.7 km² (37.7 sq mi)
Elevation	200-530 m
Population	6,446  (31/12/2006)
- Density	66 /km² (171 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HR
Postal code	34286
Area code	05663
Website	www.spangenberg.de Coordinates: 51°07′00″N 09°40′00″E / 51.116667, 9.666667

Spangenberg is a small town in northeastern Hesse, Germany.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Historic sights 4 Coat of arms 5 Constituent communities 6 Partnerships 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Geography

Spangenberg lies in the Schwalm-Eder district some 35 km southeast of Kassel, west of the Stölzinger Gebirge, a low mountain range.

[edit] History

The town of Spangenberg had its first documentary mention in 1261, at about the time when the Treffurt family ruled Spangenberg.

[edit] Historic sights

The town is known best of all for its Schloss Spangenberg, a castle built in 1253 and the town's landmark. Also worth seeing are the half-timbered buildings in the Old Town and the remains of the town's old wall, several of whose towers are still standing.

[edit] Coat of arms

Spangenberg's civic coat of arms is based on the town's oldest known seal from 1317. The object on the right (heraldically speaking, left) side is a kind of fossilized plant locally known as a Spange (also German for "brooch" or "clip"), the town's namesake. The current colours – red and gold – have been in use since 1621.[1]

[edit] Constituent communities

In alphabetical order, these are Bergheim, Bischofferode, Elbersdorf, Herlefeld, Kaltenbach, Landefeld, Metzebach, Mörshausen, Nausis, Pfieffe, Schnellrode, Vockerode-Dinkelberg and Weidelbach.

[edit] Partnerships

Spangenberg maintains partnerships with the following places:

• Treffurt, Thuringia since 1990
• Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, France since 1997
• Pleszew, Poland since 1997

[edit] References

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

[edit] External links

• Spangenberg

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