- Schwarzenborn, Hesse
Infobox German Location
Art = town
Name = Schwarzenborn
Wappen = Wappen Schwarzenborn.png
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 55
lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 26
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Kassel
Landkreis = Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Höhe = 479
Fläche = 26.90
Einwohner = 1158
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 34639
Vorwahl = 05686
Kfz = HR
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 6 34 023
Website = [http://www.schwarzenborn.de/ www.schwarzenborn.de]
Bürgermeister = Jürgen KaufmannSchwarzenborn,
Germany , is Hesse's smallest town.Geography
Location
Schwarzenborn lies in the Schwalm-Eder district some 13.5 km from Homberg in the
Knüll . Through the constituent community of Grebenhagen flows the riverEfze .Constituent communities
The town consists of the two centres of Grebenhagen and Schwarzenborn.
Politics
Coat of arms
Schwarzenborn's civic
coat of arms might be heraldically described thus: In argent a goat-headed spreadeagle sable langued gules, on its breast an inescutcheon in sable a six-pointed star Or.Schwarzenborn's arms bear a likeness to both Neukirchen's and
Schwalmstadt 's. All three have the goat-headed spreadeagle and a star on the inescutcheon (small shield within the bigger one), but colouring varies among the three.Town partnerships
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Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion ,France since7 May 2005 Economy and infrastructure
The town is well known for being a
Bundeswehr base, furnishing some 300 jobs to local civilians, making the Bundeswehr the town's biggest employer. The garrison is home of the Jägerregiment 1 (1st Airborne Infantry Regiment) of the German Army.Transport
The Hersfeld-West
Autobahn interchange on the A 7 (Kassel –Würzburg ) is about 15 km away.Schwarzenborn is joined to the
railway network through the stations at Schwalmstadt-Treysa andBad Hersfeld .References
External links
* [http://www.schwarzenborn.de/ Schwarzenborn]
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