Jossgrund

Oberndorf with St. Martin

Coat of arms

Jossgrund

Location of Jossgrund within Main-Kinzig-Kreis district

Coordinates: 50°10′45″N 9°27′30″E / 50.17917°N 9.45833°ECoordinates: 50°10′45″N 9°27′30″E / 50.17917°N 9.45833°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Rainer Schreiber

Area

• Total

50.61 km² (19.54 sq mi)

Elevation

317 m (1,040 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

3,448

• Density

68/km² (180/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

63637

06059

MKK

Website

www.jossgrund.de

Jossgrund is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It has around 3,500 inhabitants distributed among several formerly independent villages, now Ortsteile. The administration seat is at Oberndorf.

The municipality known as "Jossgrund" is located in the valley of the rivulet Jossa, a tributary to the Sinn which in turn discharges into the Franconian Saale shortly before the Saale flows into the river Main at Gemünden am Main. Jossgrund lies among the wooded hills of the Spessart at the border between the German federal states of Hesse and Bavaria (Main-Spessart district).

Jossgrund is made up of several villages and has no real municipal centre.

Although similarly named after the stream, Jossa is an Ortsteil of the municipality of Sinntal. There is also the Naturraum Jossgrund which includes Mernes, Marjoss and Jossa in addition to the municipality Jossgrund.

The municipal territory includes wooded hills like the Beilstein. Northwest of the Beilstein lies the open expanse of a golf course. Except for where the valley of the Jossa connects with the Sinn valley, it is completely surrounded by forests. To the south and southeast the territory of Jossgrund extends through the forest and touches the agricultural areas around Lohrhaupten and Flörsbach (Ortsteile of Flörsbachtal).

The community was created only in 1974. It consists of the following Ortsteile: Burgjoss (), Oberndorf (), Pfaffenhausen () and Lettgenbrunn () (including the hamlet of Villbach ()).

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