- Brensbach
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen Brensbach.png
lat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 46
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 53
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt
Landkreis = Odenwaldkreis
Höhe = 180-280
Fläche = 23.18
Einwohner = 5365
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 64391–64395
PLZ-alt = 6101
Vorwahl = 06161
Kfz = ERB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 37 003
Adresse = Ezyer Straße 5
64395 Brensbach
Website = [http://www.brensbach.de www.brensbach.de]
Bürgermeister = Hans-Georg StosiekBrensbach is a community in the
Odenwaldkreis (district) inHesse ,Germany .Geography
Location
Brensbach lies in the northern
Odenwald in the Gersprenz valleyNeighbouring communities
Brensbach borders in the north on the towns of
Groß-Bieberau andReinheim (although this boundary is quite short) and the community ofOtzberg (all inDarmstadt-Dieburg ), in the east on the community of Höchst and the town ofBad König , in the south on the communities ofBrombachtal and Reichelsheim and in the west on the communities ofFränkisch-Crumbach (all in the Odenwaldkreis) andFischbachtal (Darmstadt-Dieburg).Constituent communities
Brensbach’s "
Ortsteil e" are Affhöllerbach, Bierbach, Brensbach, Hippelsbach, Höllerbach, Kilsbach, Mummenroth, Nieder-Kainsbach, Stierbach, Wallbach and Wersau.Politics
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
Coat of arms
The community’s arms bear three charges on a white (silver) background: in the foot of the escutcheon are some blue waves, above which is a red fire, over which is an arc of five six-pointed stars. The arms are canting, suggesting the community’s name: the verb "brennen" means “burn” in German, and "Bach" means “brook”. According to legend, the namesake brook, when seen under starlight, looked as though it might be burning. Likelier, though, it looked so at sunset rather than at night, since stars would not be bright enough to produce such an effect.
Town partnerships
flagicon|France The community of Brensbach has maintained a partnership arrangement since 1978 with the French community of
Ézy-sur-Eure in theEure department inHaute-Normandie .
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