Location

Steffenberg lies at the southern foothills of the Rothaargebirge

Rothaargebirge

The Rothaargebirge is a low mountain range reaching heights of up to 843.1 m in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, Germany....

 between the towns of Dillenburg

Dillenburg

Dillenburg is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis....

 (20 km) and Marburg

Marburg

Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...

 (35 km).

Neighbouring communities

Steffenberg borders in the north on the community of Breidenbach

Breidenbach

Breidenbach is a community in the west of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.-Neighbouring communities:*Bad Laasphe*Biedenkopf*Dautphetal*Eschenburg*Steffenberg-Community divisions:...

, in the east on the community of Dautphetal

Dautphetal

Dautphetal is a community in Hesse, Germany, and is among the six larger communities of the 22 in Marburg-Biedenkopf district.-Geography:The community lies in the western part of the district about 37 km east of Siegen and about 15 km west of Marburg in the upper Lahn valley. It is...

, in the south on the communities of Bad Endbach

Bad Endbach

Bad Endbach is the westernmost municipality in Marburg-Biedenkopf district of the state of Hesse in Germany, and borders on the Lahn-Dill district.-Location:...

 and Angelburg

Angelburg

Angelburg is a community in western Marburg-Biedenkopf in northwest Middle Hesse in Germany.- Geographical location :The community is found about 12 km south of Biedenkopf in the Gansbach valley north of the Schelder Wald , whose north end consists of the Angelburg Mountain with its...

 (all in Marburg-Biedenkopf), and in the west on the community of Eschenburg

Eschenburg

Eschenburg is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. The community inherited its name from nearby Eschenburg mountain.-Geography:...

 (Lahn-Dill-Kreis

Lahn-Dill-Kreis

Lahn-Dill is a Kreis in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Siegen-Wittgenstein, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen, Wetteraukreis, Hochtaunuskreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Westerwaldkreis.-History:...

).

Divisions

The community consists of the following six centres:

• Niedereisenhausen
• Oberhörlen
• Quotshausen
• Steinperf
• Obereisenhausen
• Niederhörlen

History

Am 1 April 1972, the formerly independent communities of Niedereisenhausen, Obereisenhausen, Niederhörlen and Oberhörlen joined together of their own free will into the community of Steffenberg. On 1 July 1974, the communities of Steinperf and Quotshausen were amalgamated by state law with Steffenberg to form the current greater community.

Gemeinderat

These are the results of the municipal election held on 26 March 2006:

Parties and voter coalitions		Share in %	Seats
CDU	Christian Democratic Union 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...	22.2	5
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...	38.9	9
BLS	Bürgerliste Steffenberg (citizens' coalition)	38.9	9
total		100	23

Coat of arms

The civic coat of arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...

might be described thus: In Or a low fess wavy azure; above, a bear statant sable.

The arms are a visual representation of the river Perf, which flows through the community, and whose name means as much as "bear water".