Gemünden (Felda)

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	to water
County :	Vogelsbergkreis
Height :	283 m above sea level NHN
Area :	55 km 2
Residents:	2715 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	35329
Area code :	06634
License plate :	VB
Community key :	06 5 35 005
LOCODE :	DE GUF
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rathausgasse 6 ; 35329 Gemünden (Felda)
Website :	www.gemuenden-felda.de
Mayor :	Lothar Bott (independent)
Location of the municipality of Gemünden (Felda) in the Vogelsberg district

Gemünden (Felda) is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

Gemünden (Felda) is located on the rivers Felda and Ohm , which emanate from the Vogelsberg , in the Upper Hesse region on the Vorderen and Unteren Vogelsberg , northwest of the actual Hohen Vogelsberg .

Gemünden is spaciously located between Gießen and Bad Hersfeld . The A5 leads through the district .

Neighboring communities

Gemünden borders the city of Homberg (Ohm) in the northwest , the city of Kirtorf in the northeast, the city of Romrod in the east, the municipality of Feldatal in the southeast , and the municipality of Mücke in the southwest .

Community structure

The municipality of Gemünden (Felda) consists of seven localities that were merged into one large municipality as part of the local government reform in 1971.

The districts:

The seat of the municipal administration is Nieder-Gemünden.

history

On March 14, 1973, the name of the municipality Gemünden was officially changed to Gemünden (Felda) .

Incorporations

On December 31, 1971, the communities of Burg-Gemünden, Ehringshausen, Elpenrod, Hainbach, Nieder-Gemünden, Otterbach and Rülfenrod were merged to form the new community of Gemünden.

politics

Community representation

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016 A total of 15 seats SPD : 5 UBL : 6 BGG : 4	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	UBL	Independent citizen list	43.0	6th	37.9	6th	36.2	8th	16.5	4th
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	30.4	5	31.2	5	34.5	8th	37.3	8th
	BGG	Citizens' Community Gemünden	26.5	4th	30.9	4th	29.2	7th	29.2	7th
	FBG	Free citizen Gemünden	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.0	4th
	total		100.0	15th	100.0	15th	100.0	23	100.0	23
	Voter turnout in%		55.6		53.0		50.2		63.4

mayor

After the Hessian municipal constitution is the Mayor Chairman of the Municipal Board , the six volunteers in the community Gemünden next to the Mayor Councilor belong. Lothar Bott, a non-party member, has been mayor since May 1, 2004. His directly elected predecessors were

2001 to 2004 Paul Weber (SPD)
until 2001 Peter Antmansky (BGG)

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Otfried Praetorius (born February 26, 1878 in Nieder-Gemünden, † November 18, 1964), high school professor and genealogist .

Personalities related to the community

Wilhelm August Dollinger (1873–1959), member of the Hessian state parliament ( DVP ), teacher in Nieder-Gemünden.
Hermann Bräuning-Oktavio (1888–1977), literary historian, critic, translator and publisher, resided in Burg-Gemünden as a private scholar in the post-war period.