Sinntal (, ) is a municipality in the

Main-Kinzig Main-Kinzig-Kreis is a Kreis (Districts of Germany, district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis, Vogelsbergkreis, Fulda (district), Fulda, Bad Kissingen (district), Bad Kissingen, Main-Spessart, Aschaffenburg (d ...

district, in

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. It has a population of around 8,800.

Geography

Location

Sinntal is located around 30 km south of

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. Histor ...

in the

district of Hesse. The municipal territory lies at elevations between 220 and 585 m above NHN. It includes area in the ''

Mittelgebirge A ''Mittelgebirge'' (; German: ''Mittel'', "middle or mid"; ''Gebirge'', "mountains or mountainous area") is a type of relatively low mountain range or highland area typical of the geography of central Europe, especially central and southern Germ ...

Spessart Spessart () is a ''Mittelgebirge'', a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany. It is bordered by the Vogelsberg, Rhön and Odenwald. The highest elevation is the Geiersberg (Spessart), Geiersberg at 586 metre ...

and Rhön. Sinntal is located right at the border between Hesse and

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. It stretches across the valley of the Sinn river from which it takes its name.

Subdivisions

Sinntal consists of the following ''

Ortsteil A village is a human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located ...

e'': * Altengronau * Breunings * Jossa * Mottgers * Neuengronau * Oberzell with Ziegelhütte * Sannerz *

Schwarzenfels Schwarzenfels is a village in the German municipality of Sinntal in Main-Kinzig-Kreis in the state of Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and t ...

* Sterbfritz (seat of the municipal administration) * Weichersbach * Weiperz * Züntersbach

Neighbouring communities

Sinntal borders on (from the north, clockwise): Kalbach (Hesse), Motten, the

unincorporated area An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Bad Brückenau Bad Brückenau () is a Hot spring, spa town in Bad Kissingen (district), Bad Kissingen district in northwestern Bavaria in the Rhön Mountains. Geography Bad Brückenau is in the tree-lined River Sinn, Sinn valley, in the western Rhön Mountains ...

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, the unincorporated area ', Obersinn (all Bavaria), the unincorporated area ''

Gutsbezirk Spessart Gutsbezirk Spessart is a rugged unincorporated area in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis in southeast Hesse, Germany. It represents a separate district (name: Spessart, Gmk. No. 61032). References

Main-Kinzig-Kreis Unincorporated areas of Germany { ...

'' (Hesse) and

Schlüchtern Schlüchtern () is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hessen, Germany. It is located on the river Kinzig (Main), Kinzig, approximately 30 km southwest of Fulda. Schlüchtern has a population close to 16,000. Location Schlüchtern is locat ...

(Hesse).

Governance

The mayor of Sinntal is Thomas Henfling (since 2022).

Infrastructure

Transport

Sinntal lies on the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line. Germany's longest tunnel, the Landrücken Tunnel is located in the northern part of the municipal territory. The closest motorway is the

Bundesautobahn 7 is the longest German Autobahn and the longest national motorway in Europe at 963 km (598 mi). It bisects the country almost evenly between east and west. In the north, it starts at the border with Denmark as an extension of the Danish part of ...

. The nearest interchange is in "

Sights

Castle Schwarzenfels https://ritter-schwarzenfels.de/#/

References

External links

* Municipalities in Hesse Main-Kinzig-Kreis East Hesse {{Hesse-geo-stub