Cölbe

Cölbe
Cölbe
Municipality
	The town hall (former railway station)
	Coat of arms
	Location of Cölbe within Marburg-Biedenkopf district
	Cölbe Cölbe
	Coordinates: 50°51′02″N 08°47′03″E / 50.85056°N 8.78417°E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Marburg-Biedenkopf
Government
• Mayor (2018–24)	Jens Ried (Ind.)
Area
• Total	26.66 km2 (10.29 sq mi)
Elevation	213 m (699 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	6,532
• Density	250/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	35091
Dialling codes	06421/ 06427
Vehicle registration	MR
Website	www.coelbe.de

Cölbe (German pronunciation: [ˈkœlbə] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.

Location

Cölbe's municipal area lies on the southern edge of the Burgwald, a low mountain range and part of the Hessisches Bergland (Hessian Highland), and borders directly on the university city of Marburg to the south. The namesake constituent community is found on a bow in the river Lahn where it bends from its mainly easterly flow to a mainly southerly one.

Neighbouring communities

Cölbe borders in the northwest on the town of Wetter, in the northeast on the town of Rauschenberg, in the east on the town of Kirchhain, in the south on the town of Marburg, and in the west on the community of Lahntal (all in Marburg-Biedenkopf).

Divisions

The community consists of six constituent communities named Bernsdorf, Bürgeln, Cölbe, Reddehausen, Schönstadt and Schwarzenborn.

Coat of arms

Cölbe's civic coat of arms might be described thus: Gules a bend argent surmounted by six hearts reversed gules in bend three and three. Reversed hearts are also taken in heraldry as stylized testicles.

Clubs

Fußballverein 1927 Cölbe (football)
Fröhlicher Kreis e.V. Cölbe ("Merry District")
Turnverein 06 Cölbe e.V. (Gymnastics)
Freiwillige Feuerwehr Cölbe – Bürgeln (Volunteer fire brigade)
Schützenverein 1930/63 Cölbe e.V. (Shooting club)
Männergesangsverein Cölbe 1878 e.V. (Men's singing club)
Bläserchor 1901 Schönstadt e.V. (Brass Band)

Politics

As of municipal elections on 14 March 2021, seats on the municipal council are apportioned thus:

SPD	8 seats
CDU	6 seats
BL (citizens' coalition)	5 seats
Greens	8 seats

Partnerships

Kościerzyna, Poland

Sundry

Cölbe would very much like to be the European Union's centre point

The Institute for Theoretical Geodesy in Bonn has ascertained that the European Union's centre point after the 2004 expansion lies at the coordinates 50°51′10″N 8°46′43″E / 50.85278°N 8.77861°E / 50.85278; 8.77861. This spot is to be found within Cölbe's municipal limits, 895 m from the community's own centre point. Newer efforts delving into this question, however, have yielded different results, putting the EU's centre point most recently at Gadheim in Bavaria.^[3]

References

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

External links

[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.

[3] "mittelpunkt-in-gadheim".

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