Schwarzenborn, Hesse
Schwarzenborn | |
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 Coat of arms | |
show Location of Schwarzenborn within Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district | |
  Schwarzenborn | |
| Coordinates: 50°55′N 9°26′E / 50.917°N 9.433°ECoordinates: 50°55′N 9°26′E / 50.917°N 9.433°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Schwalm-Eder-Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2017–23) | Jürgen Liebermann[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.90 km2 (10.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 479 m (1,572 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,200 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 34639 |
| Dialling codes | 05686 |
| Vehicle registration | HR |
| Website | www.schwarzenborn.de |
Schwarzenborn is the smallest town in Hesse, Germany.
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 river Efze.
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: 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[]
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 Jägerregiment 1 (1st Ranger Regiment), which is the infantry element of the German Army's Luftbewegliche Brigade 1 (1st Air Mobile Brigade) at Fritzlar Army Base.
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[]
- ^ Direkt gewählte (Ober-) Bürgermeister/-innen der hessischen Städte und Gemeinden, accessed 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2020 nach Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). June 2021.
External links[]
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- Schwalm-Eder-Kreis