Grebenau
Town in Hesse, Germany
Coat of arms
Location of Grebenau within Vogelsbergkreis district
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Grebenau (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁeːbənaʊ̯] ⓘ) is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
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.
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.
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
Politics
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)
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Towns and municipalities in Vogelsberg (district)
- Alsfeld
- Antrifttal
- Feldatal
- Freiensteinau
- Gemünden
- Grebenau
- Grebenhain
- Herbstein
- Homberg (Ohm)
- Kirtorf
- Lauterbach
- Lautertal
- Mücke
- Romrod
- Schlitz
- Schotten
- Schwalmtal
- Ulrichstein
- Wartenberg