Meinhard

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Werra-Meißner district
Height :	174 m above sea level NHN
Area :	39.7 km 2
Residents:	4568 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	115 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37276
Area code :	05651
License plate :	ESW, WIZ
Community key :	06 6 36 007
LOCODE :	DE MDH
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Sandstrasse 15 ; 37276 Meinhard
Website :	www.meinhard.de
Mayor :	Gerhold Brill (independent)
Location of the community of Meinhard in the Werra-Meißner district

Meinhard is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner district in Hesse , Germany , with its administrative headquarters in Grebendorf .

geography

Meinhard is located in the north Hessian low mountain range on the edge of the Werra valley, barely 3 km north of the district town of Eschwege . The Gobert rises to the north .

In Meinhard-Frieda which opens Frieda into the Werra. The weir flows into the Werra on the banks of the Werra opposite Meinhard-Jestädt .

Neighboring communities

Meinhard borders in the northeast and east on the municipalities of Volkerode , Pfaffschwende , Kella and Geismar (all four in the Thuringian district of Eichsfeld ), in the southeast on the city of Wanfried , in the south and west on the city of Eschwege , and in the northwest on the city of Bad Sooden Allendorf (all three in the Werra-Meißner district).

Community structure

The community consists of the seven districts Frieda , Grebendorf (seat of the municipal administration), Hitzelrode , Jestädt , Neuerode , Motzenrode and Schwebda .

history

Incorporations

On December 31, 1971, the community of Meinhard was re-formed through the merger of the previously independent communities Frieda, Grebendorf, Jestädt and Schwebda. On April 1, 1972, Hitzelrode, Motzenrode and Neuerode were added.

politics

mayor

Mayor Gerhold Brill (independent) was elected on October 13, 2013 with 53.8% of the vote. The turnout was 69.2%. On February 9, 2020, he was re-elected for a second term with 56.7%.

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 23 seats SPD : 11 FDP : 2 CDU : 3rd ÜWG : 7	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	47.1	11	61.9	14th	58.2	18th	60.6	19th
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	14.1	3	18.8	4th	18.5	6th	16.7	5
	FDP	Free Democratic Party	9.7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
	ÜWG	Non-partisan voter community	29.1	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-
	FDP / ÜWG	Free Democratic Party / non-partisan voter community	-	-	19.4	5	23.3	7th	22.7	7th
	total		100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	31	100.0	31
	Voter turnout in%		63.1		62.0		62.1		64.3

Administrative headquarters

The so-called Keudell Castle in Grebendorf. Since 1993 seat of the municipal administration of Meinhard.

In 1987 the community of Meinhard bought the so-called Keudell Castle in Grebendorf, a stately three-storey Renaissance building in half-timbered over a massive basement. After a six-year renovation, the building has been used as the administrative headquarters since 1993.

Culture and sights

Wolfsbrunnen Castle
Schwebda moated castle
Grebendorf Castle
Historic portals of the Friedatunnel of the former cannon railway (industrial monument)
Werratalsee

Economy and Infrastructure

Industry

The largest employer in the community is friedola Gebr. Holzapfel GmbH in the Frieda district.

tourism

At the Seepark in Schwebda there is access to the Werratalsee. The Werratal cycle path runs through the municipality . The district of Hitzelrode is the starting point for many hikes. The premium hiking trail P4 runs there .

traffic

Schwebda station building

The federal highway 249 runs through the municipality in the section Eschwege - Mühlhausen .

The Kanonenbahn ran through the municipality in the Leinefelde – Treysa section . The Schwebda station was a railway junction that where until 1945 railway Holy City Schwebda and the railway Schwebda-Wartha branched off (Werra train) from the Kanonenbahn. After 1945, as a result of the division of Germany, only the Eschwege-Schwebda line and the section of the Werra Valley Railway to Wanfried - Heldra remained in operation, which were gradually shut down until 1994 and later dismantled. The Werra Valley Cycle Path now runs along parts of the former Schwebda – Wartha railway line .

Club sport

The community of Meinhard came under fire throughout Germany in early 2014 because it wanted to demand a usage fee - “club euro” - from local sports clubs for the use of community-owned halls and spaces.

education

The Meinhard elementary school is located in the Grebendorf district .

Town twinning

France Courçon (Charente Maritime) , France
Argentina Aldea Valle María , Entre Ríos Province , Argentina

Personalities

Friedrich Rudolf Ernst Freiherr von Feilitzsch (born July 14, 1858 in Jestädt; † January 23, 1942 in Bückeburg), politician in the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe and its first Prime Minister.

Alexander von Keudell (* 1861 in Schwebda; † 1939), manor owner, district administrator of the Eschwege district and politician

Heinz Fromm (born July 10, 1948 in Frieda), from June 2000 to July 2012 President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution .

Individual evidence

↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 388 and 389 .
^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .