Jesberg

Jesberg
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Jesberg within Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district
Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2017–23)	Heiko Manz[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	49.77 km2 (19.22 sq mi)
Elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,161
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	34632
Dialling codes	06695
Vehicle registration	HR
Website	[1]

Jesberg is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

Jesberg lies from 210 to 675 m high in the Gilsa river valley east-southeast of the Wüstegarten, which at 675 m above sea level is both the Kellerwald range's and the Schwalm-Eder district's highest peak. The community can be reached by Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 3.

Constituent communities

Jesberg consists of the following centres:

• Jesberg
• Densberg
• Hundshausen
• Elnrode-Strang
• Reptich

History

The Burg Jesberg, a

The small Baroque stately home was built by Maximilian von Hessen, Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel's son — whose four daughters also inspired the Princess's Garden — on the lands near the Treisbach (brook) in the early 18th century.

On 9 June 1922, the historian Hugo Brunner died in Jesberg.

Politics

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2021)

As of the municipal elections on 26 March 2006, seats on municipal council are apportioned thus:

• SPD 8 seats
• CDU
  5 seats
• UWG 1 seat
• Greens
  1 seat

Note: UWG is a citizens'/voters' coalition.

Public institutions

There are a primary school and a library.

Sport and leisure facilities

The community has a forest lore path, a

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