Weißenborn, Hesse

Weißenborn
Weißenborn
Location of Weißenborn within Werra-Meißner-Kreis district
Coordinates: 51°07′N 10°07′E / 51.117°N 10.117°E / 51.117; 10.117Coordinates: 51°07′N 10°07′E / 51.117°N 10.117°E / 51.117; 10.117
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Mäurer (Ind.)
Area
• Total	15.6 km2 (6.0 sq mi)
Elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,037
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	37299
Dialling codes	05659
Vehicle registration	ESW
Website	www.gemeinde-weissenborn.de

Weißenborn (or Weissenborn) is a community in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Weißenborn lies in the North Hesse Uplands some 8 km (as the crow flies) southeast of Eschwege and abuts a section of the boundary with Thuringia. It is found in the Schlierbachswald, onto which borders the Ringgau (ranges) not far south of the community. Not far southwest of Weißenborn (elevation: 280 m above sea level) stands the Rabenkuppe (514.8 m above sea level), and just under 6 km (as the crow flies) east of the community, on the Thuringian side of the state boundary, is the Heldrastein (503.8 m above sea level).

Weißenborn borders in the north on the town of Treffurt, in the east on the community of Ifta (both in Thuringia’s Wartburgkreis), in the south on the community of Ringgau, in the west on the community of Wehretal and in the northwest on the town of Eschwege (all three in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis).

Weißenborn’s Ortsteile are Weißenborn and Rambach.

Archaeological finds bear witness to people having lived in the area that is now Weißenborn as early as about 2000 BC. The community itself had its first documentary mention in 1365.

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

Over Bundesstraßen 7 (Kassel-Eisenach) and 250 (Wanfried-Creuzburg), the community is linked to the highway network.