Admin. region Darmstadt Elevation 327 m (1,073 ft) Area 48.5 km² Local time Sunday 12:59 PM Administrative region Darmstadt | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 2,578 (30 Jun 2009) Postal code 64756 | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind SW at 29 km/h, 85% Humidity |
Mossautal in the Odenwald is a community and a state-recognized health resort in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.
Contents
- Map of Mossautal Germany
- Location
- Neighbouring communities
- Constituent communities
- Politics
- Mayor
- Coat of arms
- Town partnerships
- Sightseeing
- Regular events
- Economy
- Sport
- References
Map of Mossautal, Germany
Location
The community lies at elevations of between 300 and 500 m above sea level.
The Nibelungenstraße (Bundesstraße 47) touches Mossautal in the north and the Siegfriedstraße (Bundesstraße 460) runs through the community in the south. The surrounding countryside is also used as a holiday destination in the UNESCO Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald on the Marbach Reservoir, the Odenwald’s biggest body of standing water.
Mossautal is well known as a textbook example of a Waldhufendorf ("forest village").
Neighbouring communities
Mossautal borders in the north on the community of Reichelsheim and the town of Michelstadt, in the east on the town of Erbach, in the south on the town of Beerfelden (all in the Odenwaldkreis), and in the west on the communities of Wald-Michelbach, Grasellenbach and Fürth (all three in the Bergstraße district).
Constituent communities
Mossautal’s Ortsteile are Güttersbach, Hiltersklingen, Hüttenthal, Ober-Mossau and Unter-Mossau (the community’s administrative seat).
Politics
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
Mayor
At the mayoral election on 25 April 2004, the independent Willi Keil, who has been in the mayor’s office since 1986, was reëlected unopposed with 97.2% of the vote.
Coat of arms
The community’s arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per saltire, above gules a Hiberno-Scottish cross (called an Iroschottenkreuz in the German blazon) argent, below gules a Maltese cross argent, dexter and sinister argent a mullet of six gules.
Town partnerships
Maasdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Sightseeing
Regular events
Economy
The community’s livelihood comes from, for example, tourism in the form of holiday homes, conference hotels and guesthouses. There are also a brewery and a dairy on hand. Furthermore, fish farming earns some income. The main industry is now, as it has always been, agriculture and forestry.
Sport
Mossautal is home to the SG Mossautal football team. The players come from SV (Sportverein, “sport club”) 54 Mossau and SV 67 Hiltersklingen.