Grebenau

Town in Hesse, Germany

(2019–25) Lars Wicke^[1] (FW)Area • Total55.37 km² (21.38 sq mi)Elevation286 m (938 ft)Population • Total2,394 • Density43/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes06646Vehicle registrationVBWebsitewww.grebenau.de

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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