Schwarzenborn is the smallest town in
Hesse,
Germany.
Geography
Location
Schwarzenborn lies in the Schwalm-Eder district some 13.5 km from
Homberg in the
Knüll
The Knüllgebirge or simply Knüll is a small mountain range in the northern part of Hesse, Germany, approximately south of Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It i ...
. Through the constituent community of Grebenhagen flows the river
Efze
Efze is a river of Hesse, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Schwalm, into which it flows near Wabern.
See also
*List of rivers of Hesse
A list of rivers of Hesse, Germany:
A
* Aar, tributary of the Dill
* Aar, tributary of the Lahn
* ...
.
Constituent communities
The town consists of the two centres of Grebenhagen and Schwarzenborn.
Politics
Coat of arms
Schwarzenborn's civic
coat of arms might be heraldically described thus: Argent a goat-headed spreadeagle sable langued gules, surmounted by an inescutcheon sable a mullet of six Or.
Schwarzenborn's arms bear a likeness to both
Neukirchen's and
Schwalmstadt's. All three have the goat-headed spreadeagle and a star on the inescutcheon (small shield within the bigger one), but colouring varies among the three.
Town partnerships
*
Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion
Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Gervais de Robion'') is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Drôme department
The following is a list of the 363 communes of the D ...
,
France since 7 May 2005
Economy and infrastructure
The town is well known for being a
Bundeswehr base with a large training area, furnishing some 300 jobs to local civilians, making the Bundeswehr the town's biggest employer. The garrison is home of the Jägerregiment 1 (1st Ranger Regiment), which is the infantry element of the
German Army
The German Army (, "army") is the land component of the armed forces of Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German ''Bundeswehr'' together with the ''Marine'' (German Navy) and the ''Luftwaf ...
's Luftbewegliche Brigade 1 (1st Air Mobile Brigade) at
Fritzlar
Fritzlar () is a small town (pop. 15,000) in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany, north of Frankfurt, with a storied history.
The town has a medieval center ringed by a wall with numerous watch towers. Thirty-eight meters (125& ...
Army Base.
Transport
The Hersfeld-West
Autobahn interchange on the
A 7 (
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
–
Würzburg) is about 15 km away.
Schwarzenborn is joined to the
railway network through the
stations
Station may refer to:
Agriculture
* Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production
* Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle
** Cattle statio ...
at Schwalmstadt-Treysa and
Bad Hersfeld.
References
External links
Schwarzenborn
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Towns in Hesse
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis