Schöffengrund

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen_Schöffengrund.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 29
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 29
Lageplan = Lahn-Dill-Kreis Schöffengru.pngBundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Gießen
Landkreis = Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Höhe = 285
Fläche = 34.11
Einwohner = 6469
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 35641
Vorwahl = 06445
Kfz = LDK
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 32 018
Straße = Neukirchener Straße 5
Website = [http://www.schoeffengrund.de www.schoeffengrund.de]
Bürgermeister = Norbert Schmitt

Schöffengrund is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

Schöffengrund lies only a few kilometres south of Wetzlar in the Hochtaunus Nature Park.

Neighbouring communities

Schöffengrund borders in the north on the towns of Solms and Wetzlar, in the east on the community of Hüttenberg (all three in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis), in the southeast on the community of Langgöns (Gießen district), in the south on the community of Waldsolms, and in the west on the town of Braunfels (both in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis).

Constituent communities

The community consists of the centres of Laufdorf, Niederquembach, Niederwetz, Oberquembach, Oberwetz and Schwalbach.

History

As part of Hesse's municipal reforms, the communities of Schwalbach, Laufdorf, Niederquembach, Niederwetz, Oberquembach and Oberwetz merged on 1 January 1972 and chose the historic name Schöffengrund, which does back to the old court region, the so-called "Quembacher Gericht", which was held at the "stone" near Oberquembach. This was where the "Schöffen" ("jurymen") from distinguished families in the villages that belonged to the court met for the court's sittings. "Grund" is, of course, German for "ground".

Politics

Municipal council

The municipal elections in 2001 yielded the following results:Note: FWG and UWG are citizens' coalitions.

Partnerships

The community of Schöffengrund maintains partnerships with the following places:
* Chauray in the département of Deux-Sèvres, France since 1990
* Langewiesen, Thuringia since 1992.

References

External links

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