Schöffengrund

Schöffengrund is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Schöffengrund
Coat of arms
Location of Schöffengrund within Lahn-Dill-Kreis district
Schöffengrund
Schöffengrund
Coordinates: 50°29′N 08°29′E
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionGießen
DistrictLahn-Dill-Kreis
Government
 • MayorHans-Peter Stock
Area
 • Total34.11 km2 (13.17 sq mi)
Elevation
285 m (935 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total6,421
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
35641
Dialling codes06445
Vehicle registrationLDK
Websitewww.schoeffengrund.de

Geography

Location

Schöffengrund lies only a few kilometres south of Wetzlar in the Hochtaunus Nature Park.

Neighbouring communities

Schöffengrund borders in the north on the towns of Solms and Wetzlar, in the east on the community of Hüttenberg (all three in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis), in the southeast on the community of Langgöns (Gießen district), in the south on the community of Waldsolms, and in the west on the town of Braunfels (both in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis).

Constituent communities

The community consists of the centres of Laufdorf, Niederquembach, Niederwetz, Oberquembach, Oberwetz and Schwalbach.

History

As part of Hesse's municipal reforms, the communities of Schwalbach, Laufdorf, Niederquembach, Niederwetz, Oberquembach and Oberwetz merged on 1 January 1972 and chose the historic name Schöffengrund, which does back to the old court region, the so-called "Quembacher Gericht", which was held at the "stone" near Oberquembach. This was where the Schöffen ("jurymen") from distinguished families in the villages that belonged to the court met for the court's sittings. Grund is German for "ground".

Politics

Municipal council

The municipal elections in 2011 yielded the following results:

SPD8 seats
FWG11 seats
CDU5 seats
Greens5 seats
UWG2 seats

Note: FWG and UWG are citizens' coalitions.

Partnerships

The community of Schöffengrund maintains partnerships with the following places:

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand am 31.12.2019". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). July 2020.
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