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Ebsdorfergrund

Coordinates: 50°44′N 08°52′E / 50.733°N 8.867°E / 50.733; 8.867
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Ebsdorfergrund
Direction sign regarding a hiking trail in Ebsdorfergrund, Hesse, Germany
Direction sign regarding a hiking trail in Ebsdorfergrund, Hesse, Germany
Coat of arms of Ebsdorfergrund
Location of Ebsdorfergrund within Marburg-Biedenkopf district
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Ebsdorfergrund is located in Germany
Ebsdorfergrund
Ebsdorfergrund
Ebsdorfergrund is located in Hesse
Ebsdorfergrund
Ebsdorfergrund
Coordinates: 50°44′N 08°52′E / 50.733°N 8.867°E / 50.733; 8.867
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionGießen
DistrictMarburg-Biedenkopf
Government
 • Mayor (2022–28) Hanno Kern[1]
Area
 • Total
72.89 km2 (28.14 sq mi)
Elevation
219 m (719 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
9,033
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
35085
Dialling codes06424
Vehicle registrationMR
Websitewww.ebsdorfergrund.de

Ebsdorfergrund is a municipality consisting of eleven villages in the southeast of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.

The community's municipal area extends over the Ebsdorfer Grund in the valley of the Zwester Ohm and the areas around its edges, connecting the Amöneburg Basin with the middle Lahn valley between Marburg and Gießen.

Through the municipal area runs a highway from Fronhausen (Autobahn interchange in Gießen by Bundesstraße B 3) to Kirchhain. Another one joins Marburg with Grünberg.

The old ring railway, the Marburger Kreisbahn, which opened in 1905 and ran through the municipal area to Dreihausen, was shut down in 1972.

Neighbouring communities

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In the northwest, Ebsdorfergrund borders on the town of Marburg, in the north on the town of Kirchhain, in the northeast on the town of Amöneburg (all in Marburg-Biedenkopf) and the town of Homberg (Vogelsbergkreis), in the south on the community of Rabenau and the town of Allendorf, in the southwest on the town of Staufenberg (all three in Gießen district), and in the west on the communities of Fronhausen and Weimar (both in Marburg-Biedenkopf).

Centres

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The community consists of the following centres (Ortsteile):

Politics

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Municipal council

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As of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006, seats on the municipal council are apportioned thus:[citation needed]

SPD 9 seats CDU 17 seats
Free Voters (citizens' coalition) 4 seats
Greens 1 seat

Coat of arms

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The community's municipal coat of arms might be described as: Or, on a three-knolled hill vert a crenellated tower gules, therein the Hessian shield.

The coat of arms recalls the Wittelsberg Schanze, who served the Hessian Landgraves by watching over traffic on the road running through the Ebsdorfer Grund between areas belonging to the Ecclesiastical Principality of Mainz.

Partnerships

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The community of Ebsdorfergrund maintains partnerships with the following municipalities:

Important personalities

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References

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  1. ^ "Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen, Stand 13.04.2023" (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. Archived from the original (XLS) on 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
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