Weißenborn, Hesse

Weißenborn (or Weissenborn) is a community in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Weißenborn
Location of Weißenborn within Werra-Meißner-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 51°07′N 10°07′E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Mäurer (Ind.)
Area
• Total	15.6 km^2 (6.0 sq mi)
Elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	974
• Density	62/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	37299
Dialling codes	05659
Vehicle registration	ESW
Website	www.gemeinde-weissenborn.de

Geography

Location

Weißenborn lies in the North Hesse Uplands some 8 km (as the crow flies) southeast of Eschwege and abuts a section of the boundary with Thuringia. It is found in the Schlierbachswald, onto which borders the Ringgau (ranges) not far south of the community. Not far southwest of Weißenborn (elevation: 280 m above sea level) stands the Rabenkuppe (514.8 m above sea level), and just under 6 km (as the crow flies) east of the community, on the Thuringian side of the state boundary, is the Heldrastein (503.8 m above sea level).

Neighbouring communities

Weißenborn borders in the north on the town of Treffurt, in the east on the community of Ifta (both in Thuringia’s Wartburgkreis), in the south on the community of Ringgau, in the west on the community of Wehretal and in the northwest on the town of Eschwege (all three in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis).

Constituent communities

Weißenborn’s Ortsteile are Weißenborn and Rambach.

History

Archaeological finds bear witness to people having lived in the area that is now Weißenborn as early as about 2000 BC. The community itself had its first documentary mention in 1365.

Politics

Community council

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

Parties and voter communities		% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	22.9	3	21.9	3
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	53.9	8	51.2	8
FWG	Freie Wählergemeinschaft Weißenborn und Rambach	23.2	4	26.9	4
Total		100.0	15	100.0	15
Voter turnout in %		72.0		71.6

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Over Bundesstraßen 7 (Kassel-Eisenach) and 250 (Wanfried-Creuzburg), the community is linked to the highway network.

References

1. "Bevölkerungsstand am 31.12.2019". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). July 2020.