Schwarzenborn, Hesse

Schwarzenborn
Coat of arms of Schwarzenborn Coat of arms
Schwarzenborn
Location of Schwarzenborn within Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Jürgen Kaufmann
Area
• Total	26.90 km2 (10.39 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	1,194
• Density	44/km2 (110/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

• Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion, France since 7 May 2005

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.

External links

• Schwarzenborn