Wohratal

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen_Wohratal.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 56
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 56
Lageplan = Marburg Biedenkopf Wohratal.pngBundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Gießen
Landkreis = Marburg-Biedenkopf
Höhe = 240
Fläche = 30.66
Einwohner = 2485
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 35288
Vorwahl = 06453 und 06425
Kfz = MR
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 34 022
Straße = Halsdorfer Straße 56
Website = [http://www.wohratal.de www.wohratal.de]
Bürgermeister = Peter Hartmann

Wohratal is a community in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Wohratal lies between the "Kellerwald" (forest) in the east and the "Burgwald", a low mountain range, in the west, on the river Wohra.

Among the bigger neighbouring centres are the towns of Frankenberg an der Eder to the northwest and Kirchhain to the south.

Neighbouring municipalities

In the north, Wohratal borders on the towns of Rosenthal and Gemünden, both in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, in the east on the community of Gilserberg in Schwalm-Eder district, and on Rauschenberg, also in Marburg-Biedenkopf district, in the south and west.

Constituent communities

The community consists of four centres: Wohra, Hertingshausen, Halsdorf and Langendorf.

Politics

As of the municipal elections on 26 March 2006, the seats on Wohratal's council are apportioned thus:

*SPD 7 seats
*CDU 5 seats
*Greens 2 seats
*UWG (citizens' coalition) 1 seat

References

External links

* [http://www.wohratal.de/ Wohratal's official website]
* [http://opengeodb.hoppe-media.com/examples/location.php?id=26374&q=Wohratal Wohratal in OpenGeoDB]
* [http://www.halsdorf.net/ Homepage of Wohratal-Halsdorf]