Schöffengrund

Schöffengrund
Coat of arms
Schöffengrund
Location of Schöffengrund within Lahn-Dill-Kreis district
Coordinates: 50°29′N 08°29′E / 50.483°N 8.483°E / 50.483; 8.483Coordinates: 50°29′N 08°29′E / 50.483°N 8.483°E / 50.483; 8.483
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Hans-Peter Stock
Area
• Total	34.11 km2 (13.17 sq mi)
Elevation	285 m (935 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	6,415
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	35641
Dialling codes	06445
Vehicle registration	LDK
Website	www.schoeffengrund.de

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

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

Schöffengrund borders in the north on the towns of Solms and Wetzlar, in the east on the community of Hüttenberg (all three in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis), in the southeast on the community of Langgöns (Gießen district), in the south on the community of Waldsolms, and in the west on the town of Braunfels (both in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis).

The community consists of the centres of Laufdorf, Niederquembach, Niederwetz, Oberquembach, Oberwetz and Schwalbach.

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".

The municipal elections in 2011 yielded the following results:

Note: FWG and UWG are citizens' coalitions.

The community of Schöffengrund maintains partnerships with the following places: