Country Germany Admin. region Gießen Elevation 332 m (1,089 ft) Area 54.21 km² Population 2,960 (30 Jun 2009) Administrative region Giessen | State Hesse District Vogelsbergkreis Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Friday 4:27 PM Postal code 36318 | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind NE at 19 km/h, 61% Humidity | ||
Schwalmtal is a community in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.
Contents
- Map of 36318 Schwalmtal Germany
- Neighbouring communities
- Constituent communities
- Politics
- Economy and Transport
- Transport
- References
Map of 36318 Schwalmtal, Germany
Neighbouring communities
Schwalmtal borders in the north on the towns of Alsfeld and Grebenau, in the east on the town of Lauterbach, in the south on the community of Lautertal, and in the west on the community of Feldatal and the town of Nidda (Wetteraukreis) and the town of Romrod.
Constituent communities
The community of Schwalmtal consists of 9 centres:
Brauerschwend and Storndorf are the two biggest of these centres, the latter being slightly bigger than the former.
Politics
Currently represented on municipal council are three parties, the SPD, the CDU and the FWG (a citizens' coalition). The current mayor is an SPD member whose support on council derives from an SPD-FWG coalition.
Economy and Transport
The constituent communities of Brauerschwend and Storndorf each have a primary school, a kindergarten and a grocer's shop. Furthermore there is a butcher's shop in each as well as branches of the Kreissparkasse/VR-Bank. The community's main industrial area is to be found in Storndorf. Moreover, the district rubbish tip, administered by the ZAV (Zentralstelle für Arbeitsvermittlung, or "Central Post for Work Placement"), lies in the community's outlying countryside. In the constituent community of Hopfgarten is one of Hesse's few knacker's yards.
Renzendorf is home to the community's only railway station, and a location of the Bäckerei Karl (bakery) whose head office is in Storndorf.
Brauerschwend and Storndorf each have a medical general practice and a dental practice.
Transport
Through the community runs Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) 254 from Alsfeld by way of Lauterbach to Fulda. Whereas until a few years ago it went through some of the communities, there is now a bypass.