Schwalmtal (Hesse)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′  N , 9 ° 18 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	to water
County :	Vogelsbergkreis
Height :	332 m above sea level NHN
Area :	54.38 km 2
Residents:	2789 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	51 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	36318, 36304 (Hardtmühle)
Primaries :	06638 and 06630
License plate :	VB
Community key :	06 5 35 017
Address of the municipal administration:	Alsfelder Strasse 72 36318 Schwalmtal
Website :	www.schwalmtal-hessen.de
Mayor :	Timo Georg ( FWG )
Location of the community of Schwalmtal in the Vogelsbergkreis

Schwalmtal is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis in central Hesse .

geography

Schwalmtal is located on the upper reaches of the Schwalm on the northern edge of the Vogelsberg .

Neighboring communities

The municipality borders the cities of Alsfeld and Grebenau in the north, the city of Lauterbach in the east, the municipality Lautertal in the south and the municipality of Feldatal and the city of Romrod in the west .

Community structure

The community of Schwalmtal consists of nine districts:

• Brauerschwend
• Hergersdorf
• Hopfgarten
• Ober-Sorg
• Rainrod
• Renzendorf (seat of the municipal administration)
• Storndorf
• Under-care
• Vadenrod

Storndorf and Brauerschwend are the two largest districts.

history

Territorial reform

In the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse , the Schwalmtal community was reorganized on December 31, 1971 through the merger of the previously independent communities of Brauerschwend, Hergersdorf, Hopfgarten, Ober-Sorg, Rainrod, Renzendorf, Storndorf, Unter-Sorg and Vadenrod.

Population development

Schwalmtal: Population from 1970 to 2015
year				Residents
1970			3,456
1972			3,432
1976			3,365
1984			3,160
1992			3,355
2000			3,300
2005			3,207
2010			2,646
2015			2,817
Swell: ; 1972 :; 1976 :; 1984 :; 1992 :; 2000:

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 BLS : 10	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	33.8	5	34.7	5	44.7	10	47.3	11
	Schwalmtal citizens' list	Schwalmtal citizens' list	66.2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	-	-	46.4	7th	39.0	9	38.0	9
	FWG	Free community of voters Schwalmtal	-	-	18.9	3	16.3	4th	14.7	3
	total		100.0	15th	100.0	15th	100.0	23	100.0	23
	Voter turnout in%		63.7		59.6		69.8		67.7

mayor

Timo Georg has been the mayor of the Schwalmtal community since July 1, 2012 . He prevailed in the mayoral election on March 11, 2012 with 56.3% of the votes cast against two opposing candidates. The previous mayor Jürgen Adam ( SPD ) had refused to run again after 18 years in office.

Local government association

The municipality of Schwalmtal is a member of the municipal administration association Feldatal-Grebenau-Romrod-Schwalmtal .

economy

The districts of Brauerschwend and Storndorf both have a primary school, a kindergarten and a grocery store. There is also a branch of the VR-Bank in both places. The main industrial area of ​​the municipality is located in Storndorf. In addition, the district garbage dump, which is managed by the ZAV, is located in the municipality. In the district of Rainrod there are two carpenter's shops (Adolf Dickel and Erwin Welker) and the Graulich restaurant, which is well-known beyond the region. In Hergersdorf there is an insurance office with its headquarters in Alsfeld (Anita Müller-Dippel, LVM-Versicherungen).

In Brauerschwend and Storndorf there is a practice for general medicine and a dental practice each.

One of the few lens-growing areas in Germany is also located in the municipality.

traffic

The federal road 254 runs through the municipality and leads from Alsfeld via Lauterbach to Fulda . A few years ago the route to bypass was changed.

The Renzendorf station was the stop of the Vogelsbergbahn until December 2011 .

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. 347 .
3. ↑ Schwalmtal, Vogelsbergkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of June 8, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
4. ↑ "Numbers, data, facts". In: Internet presence. Schwalmtal municipality, accessed June 2018 .  (Data from web archive)
5. ^ Local elections 1972; Relevant population of the municipalities on August 4, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No.  33 , p. 1424 , point 1025 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.9 MB ]).
6. ↑ Local elections 1977; Relevant population figures for the municipalities as of December 15, 1976 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No.  52 , p. 2283 , point 1668 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 10.3 MB ]).
7. ^ Local elections 1985; Relevant population of the municipalities as of October 30, 1984 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1984 No.  46 , p. 2175 , point 1104 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
8. ↑ local elections 1993; Relevant population of the municipalities as of October 21, 1992 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1992 No.  44 , p. 2766 , point 935 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.1 MB ]).
9. ↑ Municipal data sheet : Schwalmtal. (PDF; 222 kB) In: Hessisches Gemeindelexikon. HA Hessen Agency GmbH  
10. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
11. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
12. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
13. ↑ CDU / FWG parliamentary group informed on November 20, 2015 about the formation of a citizens' list Schwalmtal
14. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Direct elections in Schwalmtal

Web links

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

• Website of the community of Schwalmtal
• Schwalmtal, Vogelsbergkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Literature about Schwalmtal in the Hessian Bibliography
• Link catalog on Schwalmtal at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )