Grebenau

{{Infobox German place

|type = Stadt

|image_coa = Kleines Wappen Grebenau.png

|coordinates = {{coord|50|45|N|9|28|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Mittelhessen Vogelsberg Greb.png

|state = Hessen

|region = Gießen

|district = Vogelsbergkreis

|elevation = 286

|area = 55.34

|postal_code = 36323

|area_code = 06646

|licence = VB

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 35 006

|divisions = 7 Stadtbezirke

|website = [http://www.grebenau.de/ www.grebenau.de]

|mayor = Lars Wicke{{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 = 2019–25

|party = FW

}}

Grebenau ({{IPA|de|ˈɡʁeːbənaʊ|-|De-Grebenau.ogg}}) is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

=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

Politics

=Town council=

{{update section|date=July 2021}}

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

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{{Cities and towns in Vogelsberg (district)}}

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Category:Vogelsbergkreis