Ebsdorfergrund is a community consisting of 11 village

Village

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s in the southeast of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany

Germany

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The community's municipal area extends over the Ebsdorfer Grund in the valley of the Zwester Ohm and the areas around its edges, connecting the Amöneburg

Amöneburg

Amöneburg is a town in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. It lies on a mountain and is built around the castle of the same name, Burg Amöneburg.- Location :...

 Basin with the middle Lahn

Lahn

The Lahn River is a -long, right tributary of the Rhine River in Germany. Its course passes through the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia , Hesse , and Rhineland-Palatinate ....

 valley between Marburg

Marburg

Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...

 and Gießen

Gießen

Gießen, also spelt Giessen is a town in the German federal state of Hesse, capital of both the district of Gießen and the administrative region of Gießen...

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Through the municipal area runs a highway from Fronhausen

Fronhausen

Fronhausen is a community in the south of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in the administrative region of Gießen in Hessen, Germany.The municipal area stretches along the district's southern boundary in the Lahn valley and its environs between Marburg and Gießen, and borders in the north on the...

 (Autobahn interchange in Gießen by Bundesstraße B 3) to Kirchhain

Kirchhain

Kirchhain is a town in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.-Geography:Kirchhain is located in the heart of the state of Hesse in Marburg-Biedenkopf County...

. Another one joins Marburg with Grünberg.

The old ring railway, the Marburger Kreisbahn, which opened in 1905 and ran through the municipal area to Dreihausen, was shut down in 1972.

Neighbouring communities

In the northwest, Ebsdorfergrund borders on the town of Marburg

Marburg

Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...

, in the north on the town of Kirchhain

Kirchhain

Kirchhain is a town in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.-Geography:Kirchhain is located in the heart of the state of Hesse in Marburg-Biedenkopf County...

, in the northeast on the town of Amöneburg

Amöneburg

Amöneburg is a town in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. It lies on a mountain and is built around the castle of the same name, Burg Amöneburg.- Location :...

 (all in Marburg-Biedenkopf) and the town of Homberg

Homberg (Ohm)

-Location:The officially recognized climatic spa of Homberg lies from 203 to 350 m above sea level in the valley of the Ohm, a tributary to the Lahn, some 19 km southeast of Marburg.-Neighbouring communities:...

 (Vogelsbergkreis

Vogelsbergkreis

The Vogelsbergkreis is a Kreis in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gießen and Marburg-Biedenkopf.-Geography:...

), in the south on the community of Rabenau

Rabenau, Hesse

Rabenau is a municipality in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany....

 and the town of Allendorf

Allendorf (Lumda)

Allendorf is a small town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the small river Lumda, 16 km south of Marburg, and 14 km northeast of Gießen.-Steinlager Allendorf:...

, in the southwest on the town of Staufenberg

Staufenberg, Hesse

Staufenberg is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Lahn, 10 km north of Gießen....

 (all three in Gießen

Gießen (district)

Gießen is a Kreis in the middle of Hessen, Germany. Neighboring districts are Marburg-Biedenkopf, Vogelsbergkreis, Wetteraukreis, Lahn-Dill.-History:...

 district), and in the west on the communities of Fronhausen

Fronhausen

Fronhausen is a community in the south of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in the administrative region of Gießen in Hessen, Germany.The municipal area stretches along the district's southern boundary in the Lahn valley and its environs between Marburg and Gießen, and borders in the north on the...

 and Weimar

Weimar (Lahn)

Weimar is a community in the south of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Gießen administrative region, Hesse, Germany. The community's administrative seat is the centre of Niederweimar.- Geography:...

 (both in Marburg-Biedenkopf).

Centres

The community consists of the following centres (Ortsteile):

• Beltershausen
• Dreihausen (Basalt
  Basalt
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   quarry
  Quarry
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  )
• Ebsdorf
• Hachborn
• Heskem-Mölln
• Ilschhausen
• Leidenhofen
• Rauischholzhausen (Schloss Rauischholzhausen stately home with Schlosspark owned by University of Giessen
  University of Giessen
  The University of Giessen is officially called the Justus Liebig University Giessen after its most famous faculty member, Justus von Liebig, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of artificial fertiliser.-History:The University of Gießen is among the oldest institutions of...
  
  )
• Roßberg
• Wermertshausen
• Wittelsberg

Municipal council

As of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006, seats on the municipal council are apportioned thus:

SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...	9 seats	CDU Christian Democratic Union (Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...	17 seats
Free Voters (citizens' coalition)	4 seats
Greens Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...	1 seat

Coat of arms

The community's municipal coat of arms

Coat of arms

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 might be described as: Or, on a three-knolled hill vert a crenellated tower gules, therein the Hessian shield.

The coat of arms recalls the Wittelsberg Schanze, who served the Hessian Landgrave

Landgrave

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s by watching over traffic on the road running through the Ebsdorfer Grund between areas belonging to the Ecclesiastical Principality of Mainz

Mainz

Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...

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Partnerships

The community of Ebsdorfergrund maintains partnerships with the following municipalities: Bidford-on-Avon

Bidford-on-Avon

Bidford-on-Avon is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. In the 2001 census it had a population of 4,830.-Location:...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 since 1980 Liniewo

Liniewo

Liniewo is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Liniewo. It lies approximately east of Kościerzyna and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Poland

Poland

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 since 1998

Important personalities

• Dr. Friederike Damm, bearer of the Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande
  Bundesverdienstkreuz
  The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany is the only general state decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has existed since 7 September 1951, and between 3,000 and 5,200 awards are given every year across all classes...
  
  (bestowed 2 December 2005)

External links

• Community's official website
• Ebsdorf website – Further links