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Meinhard is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.




Geography






= Location

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The community lies in the North Hesse Low Mountain Range landscape on the edge of the Werra valley, 3 km from the district seat of Eschwege.
Near Meinhard-Frieda, the Frieda empties into the Werra. After heavy rainfall, it can swell into a fast-running river that can wash the bank of the Werra away. On the bank facing Meinhard-Jestädt, the Wehre empties into the Werra.




= Neighbouring communities

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Meinhard borders in the northeast and the east on the communities of Volkerode, Pfaffschwende, Kella and Geismar (all four in Thuringia’s Eichsfeld district), in the southeast on the town of Wanfried, in the south and west on the town of Eschwege and in the northwest on the town of Bad Sooden-Allendorf (all three in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis).




= Constituent communities

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The community’s seven Ortsteile are Frieda, Grebendorf (administrative seat), Hitzelrode, Jestädt, Neuerode, Motzenrode and Schwebda.




Politics






= Community council

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The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:




= Mayor

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2002–2013: Hans Giller (SPD)
2013–incumbent: Gerhold Brill




Culture and sightseeing






= Buildings

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Ruins of Schwebda Castle (moated)




Economy and infrastructure






= Transport

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Through Bundesstraße 249 (Eschwege-Mühlhausen), which runs right through the community, Meinhard is linked to the highway network.




Famous people


Friedrich Rudolf Ernst Freiherr von Feilitzsch (b. 14 July 1858 in Jestädt; d. 23 January 1942 in Bückeburg), politician in the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe and its first Prime Minister.
Heinz Fromm (b. 10 July 1948 in Meinhard-Frieda) has been since June 2000 President of the Federal Office for Constitutional Protection




References






External links


Homepage of the constituent community of Grebendorf (in German)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Meinhard II
• Albert I dari Gorizia
• Meinhard VI dari Görz
• Otto III dari Kärnten
• Stams
• Albert IV dari Tirol
• Polip
• Friedrich dari Bayern (1339-1393)
• Matematika
• Otto II dari Bayern
• Meinhard
• Meinhard I, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol
• Meinhard Olsen
• Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia
• Saint Meinhard
• Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol
• Meinhard (disambiguation)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Meinhard Nehmer
• Menyhért Lónyay