Location

Gemuenden lies on the rivers Felda and Ohm

Ohm River

The Ohm, the right tributary of the Lahn, is a river in Hesse, Germany, Its total length is 59 km. The Ohm originates in the Vogelsberg Mountains, east of the town Ulrichstein. It flows generally northwest through Ulrichstein, Mücke, Homberg , Amöneburg, and Kirchhain. The Ohm joins the Lahn...

, flowing from the Vogelsberg Mountains

Vogelsberg Mountains

The Vogelsberg Mountains are a group duct of ancient volcanic activity and are separated from the Rhön Mountains by the Fulda River and its valley....

 in the region of Upper Hessen (Oberhessen) amongst 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:...

 Grünberg

Grünberg

Grünberg is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany.- Neighbouring communities :To the north Grünberg borders the municipality Rabenau and the town Homberg , to the east the municipality Mücke , to the south the town Laubach and to the west the municipality Reiskirchen.- Constituent...

, Kirtorf, Romrod and Feldatal, or more broadly, between 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...

 and Bad Hersfeld

Bad Hersfeld

The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld is the district seat of Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel....

. Through the rural areas within the community runs the Autobahn A 5

Bundesautobahn 5

is a 445 km long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the...

Neighbouring communities

Gemuenden borders in the northwest on 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:...

, in the northeast on the town of Kirtorf

Kirtorf

Kirtorf is a town in the northern Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany. Through the town runs the Deutsche Märchenstraße, or German Fairytale Road, a touristic route joining many of the places commonly associated with the Brothers Grimm's tales.-Geography:...

, in the east on the town of Romrod

Romrod

-Neighbouring communities:Romrod borders in the north on the town of Alsfeld, in the east on the community of Schwalmtal, in the south on the community of Feldatal, and in the west on the community of Gemünden and the town of Kirtorf.-Constituent communities:...

, in the southeast on the community of Feldatal

Feldatal

-Location:The community lies 285 to 598 m above sea level on the north slope of the Vogelsberg Mountains. Through the community flows the river Felda, which empties into the Ohm at Gemünden.-Neighbouring communities:...

, and in the southwest on the community of Mücke

Mücke

Mücke is a community in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.-Location:Mücke lies from 200 to 350 m above sea level in the northwest foothills of the Vogelsberg Mountains on the upper reaches of the river Ohm, a tributary to the Lahn...

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Constituent communities

The community of Gemünden consists of 7 centres that were amalgamated as part of municipal reforms in 1971 into one greater community. These are:

• Burg-Gemünden
• Ehringshausen
• Elpenrod
• Hainbach
• Nieder-Gemünden (administrative seat)
• Otterbach
• Rülfenrod

Municipal council

The municipal elections on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

• SPD
  Social Democratic Party of Germany
  The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
  
  8 seats
• BGG (citizens' coalition) 7 seats
• UBL (citizens' coalition) 8 seats