Cölbe () is a municipality in
Marburg-Biedenkopf district in
Hesse
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,
Germany
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.
Location
Cölbe's municipal area lies on the southern edge of the ''Burgwald'', a low mountain range and part of the ''Hessisches Bergland'' (Hessian Highland), and borders directly on the university city of
Marburg
Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximat ...
to the south. The namesake constituent community is found on a bow in the river
Lahn
The Lahn is a , right (or eastern) tributary of the Rhine in Germany. Its course passes through the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia (23.0 km), Hesse (165.6 km), and Rhineland-Palatinate (57.0 km).
It has its source i ...
where it bends from its mainly easterly flow to a mainly southerly one.
Neighbouring communities
Cölbe borders in the northwest on the town of
Wetter, in the northeast on the town of
Rauschenberg, in the east on the town of
Kirchhain, in the south on the town of
Marburg
Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximat ...
, and in the west on the community of
Lahntal
The municipality of Lahntal is found in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in northwest Middle Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Lahntal lies on the upper Lahn about 83 km north of Frankfurt am Main and about 7 km northwest of Marburg. In the no ...
(all in Marburg-Biedenkopf).
Divisions
The community consists of six constituent communities named Bernsdorf, Bürgeln, Cölbe, Reddehausen, Schönstadt and Schwarzenborn.
Coat of arms
Cölbe's civic coat of arms might be described thus: ''Gules a bend argent surmounted by six hearts reversed gules in bend three and three''.
Reversed
hearts are also taken in heraldry as stylized testicles.
Clubs
* Fußballverein 1927 Cölbe (
football
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)
* Fröhlicher Kreis e.V. Cölbe ("Merry District")
* Turnverein 06 Cölbe e.V. (
Gymnastics
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)
* Freiwillige Feuerwehr Cölbe – Bürgeln (Volunteer
fire brigade
A fire department (American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression se ...
)
* Schützenverein 1930/63 Cölbe e.V. (
Shooting
Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles ...
club)
* Männergesangsverein Cölbe 1878 e.V. (Men's singing club)
* Bläserchor 1901 Schönstadt e.V. (Brass Band)
Politics
As of municipal elections on 26 March 2006, seats on municipal council are apportioned thus:
Partnerships
*
Kościerzyna,
Poland
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Sundry
The Institute for Theoretical
Geodesy
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in
Bonn
The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...
has ascertained that the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are located primarily in Europe, Europe. The union has a total area of ...
's centre point after the 2004 expansion lies at the coordinates . This spot is to be found within Cölbe's municipal limits, 895 m from the community's own centre point. Newer efforts delving into this question, however, have yielded different results, putting the EU's centre point at
Kleinmaischeid in the
Westerwald.
References
External links
*
Deutschlandradio Berlin: Reise zum Mittelpunkt Europas*
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