Grebenau () is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

Lying from 220 to 350 m above sea level, Grebenau is northeast of the Vogelsberg some 26km northwest of Fulda, at the place where the Schwarza empties into the Jossa, itself a tributary to the Fulda.

Neighbouring municipalities

Grebenau borders in the north on the town of Alsfeld and the municipality of Breitenbach am Herzberg (Hersfeld-Rotenburg), in the east on the town of Schlitz, in the south on the town of Lauterbach, and in the west on the municipality of Schwalmtal, Hesse.

Constituent municipalities

Bieben, representative Klaus Gaudl

• Merlos – belongs to Bieben

• Eulersdorf, representative Ernst Hölscher

• Grebenau, representative Lotti Frick

• Reimenrod, representative Gerhard Agel

• Schwarz, representative Klaus Weitzel

• Udenhausen, representative Herbert Schäfer

• Wallersdorf, representative Gerd-Dieter Kaiser

Politics

Town council

Chairman:

Herbert Appel (SPD)

• CDU: 6 seats, factional chairman Gerd-Dieter Kaiser

• SPD: 6 seats, factional chairman Helmut Ihm

• FWG (citizens' coalition): 3 seats, factional chairman Rudolf Dippel

(as of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)

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