Meinhard is a municipality in the
Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Werra-Meißner is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Göttingen, Eichsfeld, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Wartburgkreis, district-free Eisenach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel.
History
The di ...
in
Hesse,
Germany.
Geography
Location
The community lies in the North Hesse Low Mountain Range landscape on the edge of the
Werra valley, 3 km from the district seat of
Eschwege.
Near Meinhard-Frieda, the Frieda empties into the Werra. After heavy rainfall, it can swell into a fast-running river that can wash the bank of the Werra away. On the bank facing Meinhard-Jestädt, the Wehre empties into the Werra.
Neighbouring communities
Meinhard borders in the northeast and the east on the communities of
Volkerode,
Pfaffschwende,
Kella and
Geismar (all four in
Thuringia’s
Eichsfeld district
Eichsfeld is a district in Thuringia, Germany, and part of the historical region of Eichsfeld. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Nordhausen, Kyffhäuserkreis and Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, and by the states of Hesse (dis ...
), in the southeast on the town of
Wanfried, in the south and west on the town of
Eschwege and in the northwest on the town of
Bad Sooden-Allendorf (all three in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis).
Constituent communities
The community’s seven ''
Ortsteile'' are Frieda, Grebendorf (administrative seat), Hitzelrode,
Jestädt
Jestädt is a borough of the Municipality (german: Gemeinde) of Meinhard in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in the State of Hesse of Germany.
Geography
Jestädt lies at the far southwestern foothills of the Gobert mountain range in the ''Werratal ...
, Neuerode, Motzenrode and Schwebda.
Politics
Community council
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
Mayor
*2002–2013: Hans Giller (SPD)
*2013–incumbent: Gerhold Brill
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
* Ruins of Schwebda Castle (
moat
A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive ...
ed)
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Through ''
Bundesstraße'' 249 (
Eschwege-
Mühlhausen
Mühlhausen () is a city in the north-west of Thuringia, Germany, north of Niederdorla, the country's geographical centre, north-west of Erfurt, east of Kassel and south-east of Göttingen.
Mühlhausen was first mentioned in 967 and bec ...
), which runs right through the community, Meinhard is linked to the highway network.
Famous people
*
Friedrich Rudolf Ernst ''Freiherr'' von Feilitzsch (b. 14 July 1858 in
Jestädt
Jestädt is a borough of the Municipality (german: Gemeinde) of Meinhard in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in the State of Hesse of Germany.
Geography
Jestädt lies at the far southwestern foothills of the Gobert mountain range in the ''Werratal ...
; d. 23 January 1942 in Bückeburg), politician in the Principality of
Schaumburg-Lippe and its first Prime Minister.
* Heinz Fromm (b. 10 July 1948 in Meinhard-Frieda) has been since June 2000 President of the
Federal Office for Constitutional Protection
References
External links
Homepage of the constituent community of Grebendorf
{{Authority control
Werra-Meißner-Kreis