Schöffengrund

Schöffengrund
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Schöffengrund within Lahn-Dill-Kreis district
Gießen
District	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2022–28)	Michael Peller[1]
Area
• Total	34.11 km2 (13.17 sq mi)
Elevation	285 m (935 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,524
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	35641
Dialling codes	06445
Vehicle registration	LDK
Website	www.schoeffengrund.de

Schöffengrund is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

Schöffengrund lies only a few kilometres south of Wetzlar in the Hochtaunus Nature Park.

Neighbouring communities

Schöffengrund borders in the north on the towns of

As part of Hesse's municipal reforms, the communities of Schwalbach, Laufdorf, Niederquembach, Niederwetz, Oberquembach and Oberwetz merged on 1 January 1972 and chose the historic name Schöffengrund, which does back to the old court region, the so-called "Quembacher Gericht", which was held at the "stone" near Oberquembach. This was where the Schöffen ("jurymen") from distinguished families in the villages that belonged to the court met for the court's sittings. Grund is German for "ground".

Politics

Municipal council

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

The municipal elections in 2011 yielded the following results:

Note: FWG and UWG are citizens' coalitions.

Partnerships

The community of Schöffengrund maintains partnerships with the following places:

• Chauray in the département of Deux-Sèvres, France since 1990
• Langewiesen, Thuringia since 1992.

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