Neuental

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′  N , 9 ° 14 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Schwalm-Eder district
Height :	211 m above sea level NHN
Area :	38.65 km 2
Residents:	3005 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	78 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	34599
Area code :	06693
License plate :	HR, FZ, MEG, ZIG
Community key :	06 6 34 016
Community structure:	8 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 8 34599 Neuental
Website :	www.neuental.de
Mayor :	Philipp Rottwilm ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Neuental in the Schwalm-Eder district

Neuental is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse .

geography

The municipality of Neuental lies east of the Kellerwald in the valleys of Schwalm , Gilsa and Merrebach between Borken in the north-northeast and Schwalmstadt in the south. In the far north of the municipality, near the district of Römersberg, with the mountain Altenburg (433 m above sea level ) is the highest mountain in Neuental.

Neighboring communities

Neuental borders the municipality of Bad Zwesten in the north, the city of Borken in the east, the municipality of Frielendorf and the city of Schwalmstadt in the south, and the municipality of Jesberg in the west (all in the Schwalm-Eder district).

structure

The community consists of the eight districts of Bischhausen , Dorheim , Gilsa , Neuenhain , Römersberg , Schlierbach , Waltersbrück and Zimmerrode (seat of the municipal administration).

history

The municipality of Neuental was created on December 31, 1971 as part of the Hessian regional reform through the merger of the previously independent municipalities of Bischhausen (first documentary mention: 1160), Dorheim (1205), Gilsa (1209), Neuenhain (1149), Schlierbach (1193), Waltersbrück (1230) and Zimmerrode (1209). On January 1, 1974, Römersberg (first mentioned in 1231) was added as the eighth district by virtue of state law.

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 23 seats SPD : 9 FDP : 2 CDU : 7 BL : 5	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	41.2	9	44.7	10	39.5	9	44.2	10
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	31.8	7th	30.8	7th	36.2	8th	36.2	8th
	BL	Neuental citizens' list	19.8	5	15.6	4th	15.3	4th	10.7	3
	FDP	Free Democratic Party	7.2	2	8.9	2	9.0	2	8.9	2
	total		100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	23
	Voter turnout in%		62.7		62.2		61.4		68.3

mayor

Kai Knöpper ( FDP ) was elected on September 25, 2005 with a share of 64.2% of the votes. In the election on August 14, 2011, Knöpper was confirmed in office with 82.3% of the votes; with two opposing candidates, the turnout was 63.2%. On January 1, 2018, Philipp Rottwilm (SPD), who was elected as the new mayor on September 24, 2017, took office.

Culture and sights

A popular destination is only a few dozen meters north-west of the municipality is located at the boundary between the northern neighboring communities Borken and Bad Zwesten Berg Altenburg (433 m. U. NN. ) Above Römerberg with an observation tower and the remains of the same Celtic ring wall Altenburg .

In the east of the municipality, near the Neuenhain district, is the Neuenhainer See , a natural bathing lake with a campsite that was created from the Borken lignite opencast mining .

Sports

The SG Neuental / Jesberg are important sports clubs in the Neuental community. The Celticman triathlon has been held annually at Lake Neuenhainer since 2008 .

traffic

Neuental is on the Main-Weser Railway . The districts of Zimmerrode and Schlierbach are stops on the Regiotram line Kassel - Treysa .

The Neuental motorway junction between the districts of Bischhausen and Waltersbrück marks the current end of the A 49 Kassel - Borken - Neuental. The federal road 254 Homberg - Fulda runs east of the community (approx. 4 km from the district of Neuenhain), to the west (approx. 3 km from the district of Gilsa) the federal road 3 Kassel - Marburg .

Personalities

• Georg Wolff (1845–1929), grammar school teacher and provincial Roman archaeologist
• Heinrich Bachmann (1903–1945), banker and politician (NSDAP), born in Gilsa

Web links

Commons : Neuental  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 ).
2. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen and Ziegenhain (GVBl. II 330-22) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 356 , § 10 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
3. ^ 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. 391 and 393 .
4. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
5. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
6. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
7. ^ Result of the mayoral election 2011 at statistik-hessen.de , accessed on August 20, 2011