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Schwarzenborn, Hesse


FieldValue
typeTown
nameSchwarzenborn
image_coaDEU Schwarzenborn (Knüll) COA.svg
coordinates
image_planSchwarzenborn in HR.svg
stateHessen
regionKassel
districtSchwalm-Eder-Kreis
elevation479
area26.9
postal_code34639
area_code05686
licenceHR
Gemeindeschlüssel06 6 34 023
websitewww.schwarzenborn.de
mayorJürgen Liebermann
leader_term2022–28
partySPD

Schwarzenborn () is the smallest town in Hesse, Germany. It lies in the Schwalm-Eder district some 13.5 km from Homberg in the Knüll. Through the constituent municipality of Grebenhagen flows the river Efze. 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: Argent a goat-headed spreadeagle sable langued gules, surmounted by an inescutcheon sable a mullet of six 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

  • France Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion, France since 7 May 2005

Economy and infrastructure

The town is well known for being a Bundeswehr base with a large training area, furnishing some 300 jobs to local civilians, making the Bundeswehr the town's biggest employer. The garrison is home of the Jägerbataillon 1 (1st Ranger battalion) which is part of the Panzerbrigade 21 based in Augustdorf.

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 and Bad Hersfeld.

References

References

  1. "Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen, Stand 13.04.2023". [[Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt]].
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