Admin. region Gießen Elevation 444 m (1,457 ft) Area 65.67 km² Population 3,334 (30 Jun 2009) Dialling code 06666 | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Friday 7:18 AM Postal code 36399 Administrative region Giessen | |
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Freiensteinau is a community in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.
Contents
- Map of 36399 Freiensteinau Germany
- Location
- Neighbouring communities
- Constituent communities
- Municipal council
- Mayors
- Partnerships
- Music
- Sundry
- References
Map of 36399 Freiensteinau, Germany
Location
Freiensteinau lies on the south slope of the Vogelsberg Mountains.
Neighbouring communities
Freiensteinau borders in the north on the community of Grebenhain, in the northeast on the community of Hosenfeld (Fulda district), in the east on the community of Neuhof (Fulda district), in the south on the town of Steinau an der Straße (Main-Kinzig-Kreis) and in the west on the community of Birstein (Main-Kinzig-Kreis).
Constituent communities
The community consists of the twelve centres of Freiensteinau (administrative seat), Holzmühl, Fleschenbach, Salz, Ober-Moos, Nieder-Moos, Gunzenau, Reichlos, Weidenau, Reinhards, Hessisch Radmühl and Preußisch Radmühl.
Municipal council
The municipal elections on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
Elections in March 2016
Mayors
In July 2014 Sascha Spielberger was elected the new mayor, he started in office in December 2014.
Former mayors:
Partnerships
Music
The organ at the Evangelical Church in Nieder-Moos was built in 1790-1791 by Johann-Markus Oestreich from Oberbimbach near Fulda. Every year, the Nieder-Mooser Sommerkonzerte (Nieder-Moos Summer Concerts) take place around the organ.
Sundry
A curious fact about the community's political history is that before Hesse's municipal reforms in the 1970s, the 12 constituent communities nowadays within Freiensteinau not only were not united, but even belonged to four different districts: Fulda, Gelnhausen, Lauterbach and Schlüchtern.