Schwalmtal is a municipality in the
Vogelsbergkreis
The Vogelsbergkreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gießen and Marburg-Biedenkopf.
History
The district was created in 1 ...
in
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
,
Germany
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.
Geography
Neighbouring communities
Schwalmtal borders in the north on the towns of
Alsfeld
Alsfeld () is a town in the center of Hesse, in Germany.
Located about north of Frankfurt, Alsfeld is in the center of Hesse and part of the densely populated Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. It is well known for its well-preserved old ...
and
Grebenau
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 26 km northwest of Fulda, at the place where the Schwarza empties into ...
, in the east on the town of
Lauterbach, in the south on the community of
Lautertal, and in the west on the community of
Feldatal
Feldatal is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
The community lies 285 to 598 m above sea level on the north slope of the Vogelsberg mountains. Through the community flows the river Felda, which empties int ...
and the town of
Nidda (
Wetteraukreis
The Wetteraukreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Landkreis Gießen, Vogelsbergkreis, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, district-free Stadt Frankfurt, Hochtaunuskreis and Lahn-Dill-Kreis.
History
The distric ...
) and the town of
Romrod
Romrod is a small town in the Vogelsbergkreis in central Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
Through the town flows the river Antrift.
Neighbouring communities
Romrod borders in the north on the town of Alsfeld, in the east on the community of S ...
.
Constituent communities
The community of Schwalmtal consists of 9 centres:
*Brauerschwend (administrative seat)
*Renzendorf
*Rainrod
*Hopfgarten
*Hergersdorf
*Ober- and Unter-Sorg
*Vadenrod
*Storndorf
Brauerschwend and Storndorf are the two biggest of these centres, the latter being slightly bigger than the former.
Politics
Currently represented on municipal council are three parties, the
SPD
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany.
Saskia Esken has been the ...
, the
CDU and the FWG (a citizens' coalition). The current mayor is an SPD member whose support on council derives from an SPD-FWG coalition.
Economy and Transport
The constituent communities of Brauerschwend and Storndorf each have a
primary school
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, a
kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...
and a
grocer
A grocery store (American English, AE), grocery shop (British English, BE) or simply grocery is a store that primarily retails a general range of food Product (business), products, which may be Fresh food, fresh or Food preservation, packaged ...
's shop. Furthermore there is a
butcher
A butcher is a person who may Animal slaughter, slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat, or participate within any combination of these three tasks. They may prepare standard cuts of meat and poultry for sale in retail or wholesal ...
's shop in each as well as branches of the Kreissparkasse/VR-
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets.
Because ...
. The community's main industrial area is to be found in Storndorf. Moreover, the district
rubbish tip
A landfill site, also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump, or dumping ground, is a site for the disposal of waste materials. Landfill is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of the waste ...
, administered by the ZAV (''Zentralstelle für Arbeitsvermittlung'', or "Central Post for Work Placement"), lies in the community's outlying countryside. In the constituent community of Hopfgarten is one of Hesse's few
knacker
A knacker (), knackerman or knacker man is a person who removes and clears animal carcasses (dead, dying, injured) from private farms or public highways and renders the collected carcasses into by-products such as fats, tallow (yellow grease ...
's yards (where old horses are slaughtered and the by-products are sent for rendering).
Renzendorf is home to the community's only
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
, and a location of the ''Bäckerei Karl'' (bakery) whose head office is in Storndorf.
Brauerschwend and Storndorf each have a
medical general practice and a
dental practice
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.
Transport
Through the community runs Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') 254 from
Alsfeld
Alsfeld () is a town in the center of Hesse, in Germany.
Located about north of Frankfurt, Alsfeld is in the center of Hesse and part of the densely populated Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. It is well known for its well-preserved old ...
by way of
Lauterbach to
Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
History ...
. Whereas until a few years ago it went through some of the communities, there is now a
bypass.
References
External links
Schwalmtal (Hessen)
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Vogelsbergkreis
Grand Duchy of Hesse