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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Gießen

Elevation
  
286 m (938 ft)

Area
  
55.37 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 6:52 PM

Dialling code
  
06646

State
  
Hesse

District
  
Vogelsbergkreis

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
2,618 (30 Jun 2009)

Postal code
  
36323

Administrative region
  
Giessen

Grebenau

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 23 km/h, 81% Humidity

Grebenau is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.

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Map of 36323 Grebenau, Germany

Location

Lying from 220 to 350 m above sea level, Grebenau is northeast of the Vogelsberg some 26 km northwest of Fulda, at the place where the Schwarza empties into the Jossa, itself a tributary to the Fulda.

Neighbouring communities

Grebenau borders in the north on the town of Alsfeld and the community of Breitenbach am Herzberg (Hersfeld-Rotenburg), in the east on the town of Schlitz, in the south on the town of Lauterbach, and in the west on the community of Schwalmtal, Hesse.

Constituent communities

  • Bieben, representative Klaus Gaudl
  • Merlos – belongs to Bieben
  • Eulersdorf, representative Ernst Hölscher
  • Grebenau, representative Lotti Frick
  • Reimenrod, representative Gerhard Agel
  • Schwarz, representative Klaus Weitzel
  • Udenhausen, representative Herbert Schäfer
  • Wallersdorf, representative Gerd-Dieter Kaiser
  • Town council

    Chairman:

    Herbert Appel (SPD)

  • CDU: 6 seats, factional chairman Gerd-Dieter Kaiser
  • SPD: 6 seats, factional chairman Helmut Ihm
  • FWG (citizens' coalition): 3 seats, factional chairman Rudolf Dippel
  • (as of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)

    References

    Grebenau Wikipedia