Ebsdorfergrund is a municipality consisting of eleven

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s in the southeast of

Marburg-Biedenkopf Marburg-Biedenkopf is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Waldeck-Frankenberg, Schwalm-Eder, Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen, Lahn-Dill, Siegen-Wittgenstein. History The district was created in 1974 when t ...

district in

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

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. The community's municipal area extends over the ''Ebsdorfer Grund'' in the valley of the Zwester Ohm and the areas around its edges, connecting the

Amöneburg Amöneburg () is a town in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. It lies on a mountain and is built around the castle of the same name, ''Burg Amöneburg''. Geography Location Amöneburg lies on a basalt cone that can be seen fr ...

Basin with the middle

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valley between

Marburg Marburg (; ) is a college town, university town in the States of Germany, German federal state () of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf Districts of Germany, district (). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has ...

and

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. Through the municipal area runs a highway from Fronhausen (Autobahn interchange in Gießen by ''Bundesstraße'' B 3) to

Kirchhain Kirchhain () is a town in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Kirchhain is located in the heart of the state of Hesse in Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Geographically, it is surrounded by the Amöneburg Basin on the southeast ...

. Another one joins Marburg with Grünberg. The old ring railway, the ''Marburger Kreisbahn'', which opened in 1905 and ran through the municipal area to Dreihausen, was shut down in 1972.

Neighbouring communities

In the northwest, Ebsdorfergrund borders on the town of

, in the north on the town of

, in the northeast on the town of

(all in Marburg-Biedenkopf) and the town of Homberg (

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 ...

), in the south on the community of Rabenau and the town of Allendorf, in the southwest on the town of Staufenberg (all three in

district), and in the west on the communities of Fronhausen and

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(both in Marburg-Biedenkopf).

Centres

The community consists of the following centres (Ortsteile): *Beltershausen *Dreihausen (

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) *Ebsdorf *Hachborn *Heskem-Mölln *Ilschhausen *Leidenhofen *Rauischholzhausen (Schloss Rauischholzhausen stately home with ''Schlosspark'' owned by

University of Giessen University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German-speaking world. It is named afte ...

) *Roßberg *Wermertshausen *Wittelsberg

Politics

Municipal council

As of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006, seats on the municipal council are apportioned thus:

Coat of arms

The community's municipal

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might be described as: Or, on a three-knolled hill vert a crenellated tower gules, therein the Hessian shield. The coat of arms recalls the Wittelsberg Schanze, who served the Hessian

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s by watching over traffic on the road running through the ''Ebsdorfer Grund'' between areas belonging to the Ecclesiastical Principality of

Mainz Mainz (; #Names and etymology, see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in ...

Partnerships

The community of Ebsdorfergrund maintains partnerships with the following municipalities: *

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since 1980 * Liniewo,

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since 1998

Important personalities

* Dr. Friederike Damm, bearer of the Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande (bestowed 2 December 2005)

References

External links

Community's official website

Ebsdorf website
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