Schöffengrund

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′  N , 8 ° 29 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	to water
County :	Lahn-Dill district
Height :	287 m above sea level NHN
Area :	34.11 km 2
Residents:	6421 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	188 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	35641
Primaries :	06445, 06085
License plate :	LDK, DIL
Community key :	06 5 32 018
Address of the municipal administration:	Neukirchener Strasse 5 35641 Schöffengrund
Website :	www.schoeffengrund.de
Mayor :	Michael Peller ( independent )
Location of the community Schöffengrund in the Lahn-Dill district

Schöffengrund is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill district in Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

Schöffengrund is only a few kilometers south of Wetzlar in the Taunus Nature Park .

Neighboring communities and districts

Schöffengrund borders in the north on the cities of Solms and Wetzlar , in the east on the municipality Hüttenberg (all three in the Lahn-Dill district), in the southeast on the municipality Langgöns ( district of Gießen ), in the south on the municipality Waldsolms and in the west on the City of Braunfels (both Lahn-Dill district).

structure

The community consists of the districts Laufdorf , Niederquembach , Niederwetz , Oberquembach , Oberwetz and Schwalbach .

history

As part of the regional reform in Hesse, the communities of Laufdorf, Niederquembach, Niederwetz, Oberquembach, Oberwetz and Schwalbach merged on December 31, 1971 and chose the historical name Schöffengrund. The name Schöffengrund comes from an old judicial district, the so-called "Quembach court", which had its meal on the "Stein" near Oberquembach. This is where the "lay judges" from respected families from the villages belonging to the district court met for the meetings of the district court.

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 31 seats SPD : 7 Greens : 4 FWG : 10 CDU : 6 UWG : 4	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	FWG	Free voter community Schöffengrund	32.2	10	35.2	11	31.6	10	25.2	8th
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	22.5	7th	26.2	8th	28.1	9	35.2	11
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	21.3	6th	16.5	5	24.4	7th	20.3	6th
	GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	11.9	4th	14.9	5	7.3	2	8.2	3
	UWG	Independent voter community Schöffengrund	12.1	4th	7.2	2	8.6	3	11.1	3
	total		100.0	31	100.0	31	100.0	31	100.0	31
	Voter turnout in%		52.2		49.8		47.9		55.4

mayor

Mayor of the community is the non-party Michael Peller. In the election on January 29, 2017, he prevailed with 58.6% of the votes against the other candidates Michael Best and Martin Krohn. The turnout was 56.8 percent.

List of the mayors of Schöffengrund

Term of office	mayor
1984 to 2002	Stefan Rech (SPD)
2002 to 2007	Norbert Schmitt (SPD)
2008 to 2017	Hans-Peter Stock (independent)
since 2017	Michael Peller (independent)

Partnerships

The community of Schöffengrund maintains partnership relationships with

• Chauray in the Deux-Sèvres department , France (since 1990)
• Langewiesen in Thuringia (since 1992)

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments in Schöffengrund

see list of cultural monuments in Schöffengrund

Natural monuments in Schöffengrund

see list of natural monuments in Schöffengrund

traffic

Schöffengrund is connected to rail traffic in Wetzlar ( Dill route in the direction of Siegen and Fulda) and in Brandoberndorf ( Solmsbachtalbahn in the direction of Frankfurt / Main) via bus lines operated by the Lahn-Dill-Weil transport company .

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. ^ 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. 380 .
3. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
4. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
5. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
6. ↑ hessenschau.de: Results of mayoral election: Schöffengrund (29.01.17) . In: hessenschau.de . January 26, 2017 ( hessenschau.de [accessed July 29, 2017]).
7. ↑ Website of the Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed on January 4, 2015

Web links

Commons : Schöffengrund  - collection of images

• Schöffengrund, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Literature on Schöffengrund in the Hessian Bibliography
• Link catalog on the subject of Schöffengrund at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )