Hesseneck

Hesseneck
Coat of arms
Hesseneck
Location of Hesseneck within Odenwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 49°34′N 09°04′E / 49.567°N 9.067°E / 49.567; 9.067Coordinates: 49°34′N 09°04′E / 49.567°N 9.067°E / 49.567; 9.067
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Odenwaldkreis
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Ihrig
Area
• Total	29.98 km2 (11.58 sq mi)
Elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	640
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	64754
Dialling codes	06276
Vehicle registration	ERB
Website	www.odenwald.de/hesseneck

Hesseneck is a community in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany. With only just under 700 inhabitants, Hesseneck is Hesse’s smallest self-governing community.

The community lies in the southern Odenwald at the foot of the Krähberg at elevations of 230 to 500 m. It lies at the three-state common point shared by Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. The community's name itself means "Hesse Corner". The outlying centre of Hesselbach has no road link to Hessian territory and can only be reached through Baden-Württemberg.

Hesseneck borders in the north on the towns of Beerfelden and Erbach (both in the Odenwaldkreis) as well as the market town of Kirchzell (Miltenberg district in Bavaria), in the east on the community of Mudau (Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg), in the south on the town of Eberbach (Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg) and in the west on the community of Sensbachtal (Odenwaldkreis).

Hesseneck’s Ortsteile are Hesselbach, Kailbach and Schöllenbach (the community’s administrative seat)

The municipal election held on 6 March 2016 yielded the following results:

Mayor Thomas Ihrig (SPD) was reelected in the first vote held on 12 June 2005 with 71.7% of the vote, he was also reelected in 2011.

Hesseneck is linked to the long-distance road network by Bundesstraße 45 (Hanau–Eberbach), with Erbach lying 9 km along the road. The Odenwaldbahn serves the community with two halts in Kailbach and Schöllenbach.