Schwarzenborn, Hesse

Schwarzenborn

Coat of arms
Schwarzenborn
Location of Schwarzenborn within Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 50°55′N 9°26′E / 50.917°N 9.433°E / 50.917; 9.433Coordinates: 50°55′N 9°26′E / 50.917°N 9.433°E / 50.917; 9.433
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Kassel
District Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Government
 • Mayor Jürgen Kaufmann
Area
 • Total 26.90 km2 (10.39 sq mi)
Elevation 479 m (1,572 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 1,275
 • Density 47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 34639
Dialling codes 05686
Vehicle registration HR
Website www.schwarzenborn.de

Schwarzenborn is the smallest town in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

Schwarzenborn lies in the Schwalm-Eder district some 13.5 km from Homberg in the Knüll. Through the constituent community of Grebenhagen flows the river Efze.

Constituent communities

The town consists of the two centres of Grebenhagen and Schwarzenborn.

Politics

Coat of arms

Schwarzenborn's civic coat of arms might be heraldically described thus: Argent a goat-headed spreadeagle sable langued gules, surmounted by an inescutcheon sable a mullet of six Or.

Schwarzenborn's arms bear a likeness to both Neukirchen's and Schwalmstadt's. All three have the goat-headed spreadeagle and a star on the inescutcheon (small shield within the bigger one), but colouring varies among the three.

Town partnerships

Economy and infrastructure

The town is well known for being a Bundeswehr base with a large training area, furnishing some 300 jobs to local civilians, making the Bundeswehr the town's biggest employer. The garrison is home of the Jägerregiment 1 (1st Ranger Regiment), which is the infantry element of the German Army's Luftbewegliche Brigade 1 (1st Air Mobile Brigade) at Fritzlar Army Base.

Transport

The Hersfeld-West Autobahn interchange on the A 7 (Kassel – Würzburg) is about 15 km away.

Schwarzenborn is joined to the railway network through the stations at Schwalmstadt-Treysa and Bad Hersfeld.

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). September 2018.
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