Grebenau () 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 municipalities Grebenau borders in the north on the town of Alsfeld and the municipality 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 municipality of Schwalmtal, Hesse.

Constituent municipalities 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)

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