Location

Lying from 220 to 350 m above sea level

Sea level

Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...

, Grebenau is northeast of the Vogelsberg

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....

 some 26 km northwest of Fulda

Fulda

Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district .- Early Middle Ages :...

, at the place where the Schwarza empties into the Jossa, itself a tributary to the Fulda

Fulda River

The Fulda is a river in Hesse, Germany. It is one of two headstreams of the Weser . The Fulda is 218 km in length....

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Neighbouring communities

Grebenau borders in the north on the town of Alsfeld

Alsfeld

Alsfeld is a town in the center of Hesse, somewhere in Germany. Large towns nearby are Bad Hersfeld about 33 km to the east, Fulda 36 km to the southeast, Gießen 47 km to the west and Marburg an der Lahn about 36 km to the northwest...

 and the community of Breitenbach am Herzberg

Breitenbach am Herzberg

Breitenbach am Herzberg is a community in southwesternmost Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany.-Location:...

 (Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Hersfeld-Rotenburg is a Kreis in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Werra-Meißner, Wartburgkreis, Fulda, Vogelsbergkreis, Schwalm-Eder.-History:...

), in the east on the town of Schlitz

Schlitz (Hesse)

-Location:The town of Schlitz lies at the outlet of the small river Schlitz on the Fulda.-Neighbouring communities:Schlitz borders in the north on the communities of Breitenbach and Niederaula , in the east on the communities of Haunetal and Burghaun and the town of Hünfeld , in the southeast on...

, in the south on the town of Lauterbach

Lauterbach, Hesse

Lauterbach is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis district of the federal state of Hesse in central Germany.-History:Lauterbach was founded between 400 and 800 AD. In 812 the town was mentioned for the first time in a document of the church in Schlitz. In the Middle Ages, Lauterbach belonged to the...

, and in the west on the community of Schwalmtal, Hesse

Schwalmtal, Hesse

-Neighbouring communities:Schwalmtal borders in the north on the towns of Alsfeld and Grebenau, in the east on the town of Lauterbach, in the south on the community of Lautertal, and in the west on the community of Feldatal and the town of Nidda and the town of Romrod.-Constituent communities:The...

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Constituent communities

• Bieben, representative Klaus Gaudl
  • Merlos – belongs to Bieben
• Eulersdorf, representative Ernst Hölscher
• Grebenau , representative Lotti Frick
• Reimenrod , representative Gerhard Agel
• Schwarz , representative Klaus Weitzel
• Udenhausen , representative Herbert Schäfer
• Wallersdorf , representative Gerd-Dieter Kaiser

Town council

Chairman:

Herbert Appel (SPD)

• CDU
  Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
  The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
  
  : 6 seats, factional chairman Gerd-Dieter Kaiser
• SPD
  Social Democratic Party of Germany
  The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
  
  : 6 seats, factional chairman Helmut Ihm
• FWG (citizens' coalition): 3 seats, factional chairman Rudolf Dippel

(as of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)