Burgwald

Protestant Church

Coat of arms

Burgwald

Location of Burgwald within Waldeck-Frankenberg district

Coordinates: 51°00′N 08°45′E / 51.000°N 8.750°ECoordinates: 51°00′N 08°45′E / 51.000°N 8.750°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Lothar Koch (Ind.)

Area

• Total

41.29 km² (15.94 sq mi)

Elevation

250-400 m (−1,060 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

4,863

• Density

120/km² (310/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

35099

06451 / 06457

Website

Burgwald is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany.

Burgwald lies east of Battenberg and roughly 30 km north of the university town of Marburg. The community lies on the northwestern edge of the Burgwald range, Hesse's biggest contiguous woodland.

Burgwald borders in the north on the town of Frankenberg, in the east on the community of Haina, in the south on the town of Rosenthal (all in Waldeck-Frankenberg), in the southwest on the community of Münchhausen (Marburg-Biedenkopf), and in the west on the town of Battenberg and the community of Allendorf (both in Waldeck-Frankenberg).

The community is divided into Birkenbringhausen in the northwest, Bottendorf somewhat more towards the northeast, Burgwald and Wiesenfeld towards the centre, and Ernsthausen to the south.

Burgwald is quite a new name for the main community. Until 1996, it was known as Industriehof.

As part of Hesse's municipal reforms on 1 July 1971, the communities of Birkenbringhausen, Ernsthausen and Wiesenfeld merged to form the greater community. On 1 January 1974, Bottendorf was amalgamated with Burgwald as well.

The council's 27 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006 (each party's share of the vote is also shown, and figures in parentheses are for the 2001 election):

Note: The last three are citizens' coalitions.

Burgwald's civic coat of arms has some unusual divisions. The crenellated wall and the line of fir trees are, as the German blazon describes them, not charges, but rather divisions of the shield, although most observers would see a castle wall and a line of trees (things, rather than dividing lines). According to the blazon, the only charge is the cross of the Order of St. John in the shield's lowest division.

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