Meinhard

Meinhard
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Meinhard within Werra-Meißner-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 51°01′N 10°10′E / 51.017°N 10.167°E / 51.017; 10.167
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Subdivisions	11 districts
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Gerhold Brill[1]
Area
• Total	59.52 km2 (22.98 sq mi)
Elevation	363 m (1,191 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,820
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	37276
Dialling codes	05651
Vehicle registration	ESW
Website	www.meinhard.de

Meinhard is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

The community lies in the North Hesse Low Mountain Range landscape on the edge of the Werra valley, 3 km from the district seat of Eschwege.

Near Meinhard-Frieda, the Frieda empties into the Werra. After heavy rainfall, it can swell into a fast-running river that can wash the bank of the Werra away. On the bank facing Meinhard-Jestädt, the Wehre empties into the Werra.

Meinhard borders in the northeast and the east on the communities of Volkerode, Pfaffschwende, Kella and Geismar (all four in Thuringia’s Eichsfeld district), in the southeast on the town of Wanfried, in the south and west on the town of Eschwege and in the northwest on the town of Bad Sooden-Allendorf (all three in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis).

The community’s seven Ortsteile are Frieda, Grebendorf (administrative seat), Hitzelrode, Jestädt, Neuerode, Motzenrode and Schwebda.

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

• 2002–2013: Hans Giller (SPD)
• 2013–incumbent: Gerhold Brill

• Ruins of Schwebda Castle (moated)

Through Bundesstraße 249 (Eschwege-Mühlhausen), which runs right through the community, Meinhard is linked to the highway network.

• Friedrich Rudolf Ernst Freiherr von Feilitzsch (b. 14 July 1858 in Jestädt; d. 23 January 1942 in Bückeburg), politician in the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe and its first Prime Minister.
• Heinz Fromm (b. 10 July 1948 in Meinhard-Frieda) has been since June 2000 President of the Federal Office for Constitutional Protection

• Homepage of the constituent community of Grebendorf (in German)