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[[Image:Eichenberg-Bahnhof.jpg|thumb|Eichenberg railway station]] |
[[Image:Eichenberg-Bahnhof.jpg|thumb|Eichenberg railway station]] |
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Eichenberg’s [[railway station]] is a junction of the old [[ |
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 Verkehrsgesellschaft|cantus]] and Erfurter Bahn. |
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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 Germany|East]] and [[West Germany]]. |
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 Germany|East]] and [[West Germany]]. |
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Neu-Eichenberg | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Neu-Eichenberg within Werra-Meißner-Kreis district  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Werra-Meißner-Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wolfgang Fischer |
| 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)[1] | |
• 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 community 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’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 Erfurter Bahn.
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 Template:De icon
- Private Portal, Neu-Eichenberg Template:De icon
- Hermannrode Template:De icon
Towns and municipalities in Werra-Meißner-Kreis district | ||
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- ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.