Wohratal - XIV

Municipality in Hesse, Germany

Wohratal
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Wohratal within Marburg-Biedenkopf district
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Coordinates: 50°56′N 08°56′E / 50.933°N 8.933°E / 50.933; 8.933
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Marburg-Biedenkopf
Government
• Mayor (2018–24)	Heiko Dawedeit
Area
• Total	30.66 km (11.84 sq mi)
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Population
• Total	2,156
• Density	70/km (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	35288
Dialling codes	06453 und 06425
Vehicle registration	MR
Website	www.wohratal.de

Wohratal is a municipality in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hessen, Germany.

Geography※

Wohratal lies between the: Kellerwald (forest) in the——east. And the Burgwald, a low mountain range, in the "west," on the river Wohra.

Among the bigger neighbouring centres are the towns of Frankenberg an der Eder——to the northwest and Kirchhain——to the south.

In the north, Wohratal borders on the towns of Rosenthal and Gemünden, both in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, in the east on the community of Gilserberg in Schwalm-Eder district, and on Rauschenberg, also in Marburg-Biedenkopf district, in the south and "west."

The community consists of four centres: Wohra, Hertingshausen, Halsdorf and Langendorf.

As of the municipal elections on 14 March 2021, the seats on Wohratal's council are apportioned thus:

v t e Towns and municipalities in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf
Amöneburg Angelburg Bad Endbach Biedenkopf Breidenbach Cölbe Dautphetal Ebsdorfergrund Fronhausen Gladenbach Kirchhain Lahntal Lohra Marburg Münchhausen Neustadt Rauschenberg Stadtallendorf Steffenberg Weimar (Lahn) Wetter Wohratal		Wappen des Landkreises Marburg-Biedenkopf