Weißenborn (; or Weissenborn) is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location Weißenborn lies in the North Hesse Uplands some 8 km (as the crow flies) southeast of Eschwege and abuts a section of the boundary with Thuringia. It is found in the Schlierbachswald, onto which borders the Ringgau (ranges) not far south of the community. Not far southwest of Weißenborn (elevation: 280 m above sea level) stands the Rabenkuppe (514.8 m above sea level), and just under 6 km (as the crow flies) east of the community, on the Thuringian side of the state boundary, is the Heldrastein (503.8 m above sea level).
Neighbouring communities Weißenborn borders in the north on the town of Treffurt, in the east on the community of Ifta (both in Thuringia’s Wartburgkreis), in the south on the community of Ringgau, in the west on the community of Wehretal, and in the northwest, on the town of Eschwege (all three in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis).
Constituent communities
Weißenborn’s Ortsteile are Weißenborn and Rambach.
Politics
Elections The Federal election held on 26 September 2021 yielded the following results: Parties and voter communities % First Votes% Second VotesCDUChristian Democratic Union of Germany26.821.6SPDSocial Democratic Party of Germany43.737.7 AfD Alternative for Germany11.011.5FDPFree Democratic Party5.59.9GRÜNEAlliance 90/The Greens6.29.0DIE LINKEThe Left3.03.5Other Parties3.86.8Voter turnout in %76.2
Economy and infrastructure
Transport Over Bundesstraßen 7 (Kassel-Eisenach) and 250 (Wanfried-Creuzburg), the community is linked to the highway network.
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