title: Grebenau
text: # Grebenau
  
  Grebenau (German pronunciation: (listen)) is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Location
  
  Lying from 220 to 350 m above sea level, Grebenau is northeast of the Vogelsberg some 26 km northwest of Fulda, at the place where the Schwarza empties into the Jossa, itself a tributary to the Fulda.
  
  ### Neighbouring communities
  
  Grebenau borders in the north on the town of Alsfeld and the community of Breitenbach am Herzberg (Hersfeld-Rotenburg), in the east on the town of Schlitz, in the south on the town of Lauterbach, and in the west on the community of Schwalmtal, Hesse.
  
  ### 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
  
  ## Politics
  
  ### Town council
  
  Chairman:
  
  Herbert Appel (SPD)
  
  * CDU: 6 seats, factional chairman Gerd-Dieter Kaiser
  * SPD: 6 seats, factional chairman Helmut Ihm
  * FWG (citizens' coalition): 3 seats, factional chairman Rudolf Dippel
  
  (as of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)
  
  