Grebenau

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Kleines Wappen Grebenau.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 45
lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 28
Lageplan = Mittelhessen Vogelsberg Greb.pngBundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Gießen
Landkreis = Vogelsbergkreis
Höhe = 286
Fläche = 55.37
Einwohner = 2690
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 36323
Vorwahl = 06646
Kfz = VB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 35 006
Gliederung = 7 Stadtbezirke
Adresse = Amthof 2
36323 Grebenau
Website = [http://www.grebenau.de/ www.grebenau.de]
Bürgermeister = Jürgen Ackermann
Partei = SPD

Grebenau 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)

References