Edertal

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Field	Value
image_coa	DE-HE 06-6-35-009 Edertal COA.svg
coordinates
image_plan	Edertal in KB.svg
state	Hessen
region	Kassel
district	Waldeck-Frankenberg
elevation	226
area	115.65
postal_code	34549
area_code	05623, 05621
licence	KB
Gemeindeschlüssel	06 6 35 009
website	www.edertal.de
mayor	Klaus Gier
leader_term	2018–24
party	Independent
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Geography

Location

Edertal lies roughly 30 km in a straight line southwest of Kassel. It is on the north and northwest edges of the Kellerwald range and stretches to the south shore of the Edersee and south and southwest of its dam. It lies at the eastern edge of the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park, a small part of which is inside municipal limits.

The municipality of Edertal is crossed by the river Eder, the biggest body of flowing water in the municipality, from northwest to southeast. Into this empties the Wesebach at the constituent municipality of Giflitz. The Affolderner See, which is found within municipal limits, is another reservoir used as lower reservoir for the Waldeck Pumped Storage Station (one of Germany's largest hydro power stations) and for recreation.

On the whole, hydroelectric use at the Edersee is also well developed.

Neighbouring municipalities

Edertal borders in the north on the town of Waldeck, in the east on the towns of Naumburg (Kassel district) and Fritzlar (Schwalm-Eder-Kreis), in the south on the town of Bad Wildungen, and in the west on the town of Frankenau and the municipality of Vöhl (all three in Waldeck-Frankenberg).

Constituent municipalities

In Giflitz is the municipality's administrative seat. With the neighbouring centre of Bergheim to the northeast, it forms the heart of the municipality and, accordingly, a lower centre in the Regional Plan (in terms of Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory).

The municipality of Edertal consists of the following centres: ::data[format=table]


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Bringhausen was one of three villages that originally stood where the Edersee is now. It was relocated to higher ground early in the 20th century.

Geology

The area belongs to the foothills of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. Outcrops here are mainly shale and greywacke.

Politics

Municipal council

Edertal's council is made up of 31 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006: ::data[format=table]

FDP	3 seats
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Note: FWG is a citizens' coalition.

Elections in March 2016:
CDU: 6
SPD: 10
Greens: 3
FDP: 3
FW: 6
WIR: 3

Mayor

In November 2012 Klaus Gier (independent) was elected the new mayor.

References

(5 September 2022). "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden". [[Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt]].
(April 2016). "Ergebnis der Gemeindewahl am 6. März 2016". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt.
(26 August 2015). "Klaus Gier mit 54,5 Prozent gewählt – Video".

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