Freiensteinau
{{Infobox German place
|image_coa = DEU Freiensteinau COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|50|26|N|09|24|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Mittelhessen Vogelsberg Fre.png
|state = Hessen
|region = Gießen
|district = Vogelsbergkreis
|elevation = 444
|area = 65.67
|postal_code = 36399
|area_code = 06666
|licence = VB
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 35 004
|website = [https://www.freiensteinau.de/ www.freiensteinau.de]
|mayor = Sascha Spielberger{{cite web|url=https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2022-10/direktwahlen_09_2022_10102022.xlsx|title=Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden|language=de|date=5 September 2022|publisher=Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt|format=XLS}}
|leader_term = 2020–26
}}
Freiensteinau is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
=Location=
Freiensteinau lies on the southern slopes 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.
Politics
=Municipal council=
The municipal elections on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
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|colspan="2" bgcolor="#EECFA1" | Parties and voter coalitions |align="center" bgcolor="#EECFA1" | Share in % |align="center" bgcolor="#EECFA1" | Seats |
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|CDU |align="center" bgcolor="#EECFA1" |25.1 |align="center" bgcolor="#EECFA1" |5 |
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|SPD |Social Democratic Party of Germany |align="center" bgcolor="#EECFA1" |33.9 |align="center" bgcolor="#EECFA1" |6 |
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|bgcolor="#CDCDC1" | FW |bgcolor="#CDCDC1" | Freie Wähler |align="center" bgcolor="#EECFA1" |41.0 |align="center" bgcolor="#EECFA1" |8 |
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|colspan="2" bgcolor="#EECFA1" |total |align="center" bgcolor="#EECFA1" |100 |align="center" bgcolor="#EECFA1" |19 |
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Elections in March 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.statistik-hessen.de/k2016/html/EG535004.htm |title=Ergebnis der Gemeindewahl am 6. März 2016 |publisher=Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt|date=April 2016}}
- CDU = 2 seats
- SPD = 3 seats
- FW = 8 seats
- UBL = 4 seats
- Bündnis = 2 seats
=Mayors=
In July 2014 Sascha Spielberger was elected the new mayor, he started in office in December 2014, and was re-elected in 2020.
Former mayors:
- 1971–1991: Johannes Karl
- 1991–2014: Friedel Kopp
=Partnerships=
Culture and sightseeing
=Music=
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.
References
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