Brensbach

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Brensbach
Municipality
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Coat of arms
Location of Brensbach within Odenwaldkreis district
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Brensbach
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Brensbach
Coordinates: 49°46′N08°53′E / 49.767°N 8.883°E / 49.767; 8.883
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Odenwaldkreis
Government
 •  Mayor (2020–26) Rainer Müller [1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total23.18 km2 (8.95 sq mi)
Highest elevation
280 m (920 ft)
Lowest elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
 • Total5,013
 • Density220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
64391–64395
Dialling codes 06161
Vehicle registration ERB
Website www.brensbach.de

Brensbach is a municipality in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.

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Geography

Location

Brensbach lies in the northern Odenwald in the Gersprenz valley.

Neighbouring communities

Brensbach borders in the north on the towns of Groß-Bieberau and Reinheim (although this boundary is quite short) and the community of Otzberg (all in Darmstadt-Dieburg), in the east on the community of Höchst and the town of Bad König, in the south on the communities of Brombachtal and Reichelsheim and in the west on the communities of Fränkisch-Crumbach (all in the Odenwaldkreis) and Fischbachtal (Darmstadt-Dieburg).

Constituent communities

Brensbach’s Ortsteile are Affhöllerbach, Bierbach, Brensbach, Hippelsbach, Höllerbach, Kilsbach, Mummenroth, Nieder-Kainsbach, Stierbach, Wallbach and Wersau.

Politics

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 42.91137.011
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 57.11463.020
Total100.025100.031
Voter turnout in %51.657.1

Coat of arms

The community’s arms bear three charges on a white (silver) background: in the foot of the escutcheon are some blue waves, above which is a red fire, over which is an arc of five six-pointed stars. The arms are canting, suggesting the community’s name: the verb brennen means “burn” in German, and Bach means “brook”. According to legend, the namesake brook, when seen under starlight, looked as though it might be burning. Likelier, though, it looked so at sunset rather than at night, since stars would not be bright enough to produce such an effect.

Town partnerships

Flag of France.svg The community of Brensbach has maintained a partnership arrangement since 1978 with the French community of Ézy-sur-Eure in the Eure department in Normandy.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
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