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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Kassel

Elevation
  
272 m (892 ft)

Area
  
74 km²

Local time
  
Monday 11:05 AM

Dialling code
  
05695

State
  
Hesse

District
  
Waldeck-Frankenberg

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
4,570 (30 Jun 2009)

Postal code
  
34477

Administrative region
  
Kassel


Weather
  
8°C, Wind SE at 10 km/h, 52% Humidity

Twistetal is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany, southwest of Bad Arolsen.

Contents

Map of Twistetal, Germany

Location

The community lies on the river Twiste, a tributary to the Diemel, itself a tributary to the Weser. Twistetal is only a short way downstream from, and southwest of, the Twistesee, a man-made lake.It is located about 6 kilometers southwest from Bad Arolsen.

Neighbouring communities

Twistetal borders in the north and east on the town of Bad Arolsen, in the southeast on the town of Waldeck, in the southwest on the town of Korbach and in the west on the community of Diemelsee (all in Waldeck-Frankenberg).

Constituent communities

Twistetal consists of the following centres:

  • Berndorf
  • Elleringhausen
  • Gembeck
  • Mühlhausen
  • Nieder-Waroldern
  • Ober-Waroldern
  • Twiste (main town and administrative seat)
  • Politics

    The community's mayor is Günter Hartmann (SPD). Twistetal's council is made up of 23 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006:

  • CDU 9 seats
  • SPD 9 seats
  • FDP 2 seats
  • Wählergemeinschaft Twistetal 2 seats
  • Greens 1 seat
  • Note: Wählergemeinschaft Twistetal is a citizens' coalition.

    Elections in March 2016:

  • CDU = 8
  • SPD = 7
  • Greens = 2
  • FDP = 3
  • WGT = 3
  • Infrastructure

    Through Twistetal runs Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) 252 from Korbach to Bad Arolsen. Furthermore, Twiste is a stop on the RegionalExpress railway service from Kassel to Korbach.

    Outing destinations

    Well known points of interest nearby are the Twistesee in the community itself, and a bit farther afield, Bad Arolsen.

    References

    Twistetal Wikipedia