Grebenau

Grebenau is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.

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

Town council
Chairman:

Herbert Appel (SPD) (as of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)
 * CDU: 6 seats, factional chairman Gerd-Dieter Kaiser
 * SPD: 6 seats, factional chairman Helmut Ihm
 * FWG (citizens' coalition): 3 seats, factional chairman Rudolf Dippel