Grebenau
# Grebenau

Grebenau (German pronunciation: (listen)) is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.

## Geography

### Location

Lying from 220 to 350 m above sea level, Grebenau is northeast of the Vogelsberg some 26 km northwest of Fulda, at the place where the Schwarza empties into the Jossa, itself a tributary to the Fulda.

### Neighbouring communities

Grebenau borders in the north on the town of Alsfeld and the community of Breitenbach am Herzberg (Hersfeld-Rotenburg), in the east on the town of Schlitz, in the south on the town of Lauterbach, and in the west on the community of Schwalmtal, Hesse.

### Constituent communities

* Bieben, representative Klaus Gaudl
   * Merlos – belongs to Bieben
* Eulersdorf, representative Ernst Hölscher
* Grebenau, representative Lotti Frick
* Reimenrod, representative Gerhard Agel
* Schwarz, representative Klaus Weitzel
* Udenhausen, representative Herbert Schäfer
* Wallersdorf, representative Gerd-Dieter Kaiser

## Politics

### Town council

Chairman:

Herbert Appel (SPD)

* CDU: 6 seats, factional chairman Gerd-Dieter Kaiser
* SPD: 6 seats, factional chairman Helmut Ihm
* FWG (citizens' coalition): 3 seats, factional chairman Rudolf Dippel

(as of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)

