Neu-Eichenberg

Neu-Eichenberg
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Neu-Eichenberg within Werra-Meißner-Kreis district
Neu-Eichenberg Neu-Eichenberg
Coordinates: 51°23′N 09°53′E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2022–28)	Marcus Stolle (SPD)
Area
• Total	27.53 km2 (10.63 sq mi)
Highest elevation	290 m (950 ft)
Lowest elevation	205 m (673 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,808
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	37249
Dialling codes	05542 (Eichenberg), 05504 (other districts)
Vehicle registration	ESW
Website	www.neu-eichenberg.de

Neu-Eichenberg is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

Neu-Eichenberg lies near the three-state common point shared by Hesse, Thuringia and Lower Saxony between Kassel (45 km) and Göttingen (12 km).

Neighbouring communities

Neu-Eichenberg borders in the north on the community of Friedland (in Lower Saxony's Göttingen district), in the east on the communities of Hohengandern and Bornhagen (both in Thuringia’s Eichsfeld district) and in the south and west on the town of Witzenhausen (Werra-Meißner-Kreis).

Constituent communities

Neu-Eichenberg is made up of seven places named Berge, Neuenrode, Eichenberg Bahnhof, Eichenberg Dorf, Hebenshausen (administrative seat), Hermannrode and Marzhausen, but its five Ortsteile are Berge (Berge and Neuenrode), Eichenberg (Bahnhof and Dorf), Hebenshausen, Hermannrode and Marzhausen.

History

The community of Neu-Eichenberg came into being in the course of municipal reform in Hesse on 1 February 1971 through the willing merger of the formerly self-administering communities of Berge, Eichenberg, Hebenshausen, Hermannrode and Marzhausen.

Politics

Community council

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

Parties and voter communities		% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	30.7	5	31.7	5
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	53.9	8	58.9	9
GREENS	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	15.4	2	9.4	1
Total		100.0	15	100.0	15
Voter turnout in %		66.7		71.5

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Eichenberg railway station

Eichenberg's railway station is a junction of the old North–south line and the Halle-Kassel line. There are connections to Kassel, Göttingen, Erfurt and Fulda. These are served by regional trains of Deutsche Bahn, cantus and Abellio.

The community earned special importance through the Verkehrsprojekt Deutsche Einheit (German Unity Transport Project) number 6 (rail), which saw the reconnection of the Eichenberg-Halle line formerly severed by the Inner German Border between East and West Germany.

External links

• Community’s official webpage (in German)
• Private Portal, Neu-Eichenberg (in German)