Twistetal

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Twistetal


Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Kassel
District	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Population	4,749 (31/12/2004)
Area	74.0 km²
Population density	64 /km²
Elevation	272 m
Coordinates	51°19′ N 8°57′ E
Postal code	34477
Area code	05695
Licence plate code	KB
Mayor	Günter Hartmann
Website	Gemeinde Twistetal

Twistetal is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany, southwest of Bad Arolsen.

1 Geography
2 Politics
3 Infrastructure
4 Outing destinations
5 Reference
6 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

The community lies on the river Twiste, a tributary to the Diemel, itself a tributary to the Weser. Twistetal is only a short way downstream from, and southwest of, the Twistesee, a man-made lake.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Twistetal borders in the north and east on the town of Bad Arolsen, in the southeast on the town of Waldeck, in the southwest on the town of Korbach and in the west on the community of Diemelsee (all in Waldeck-Frankenberg).

[edit] Constituent communities

Twistetal consists of the following centres:

Berndorf
Elleringhausen
Gembeck
Mühlhausen
Nieder-Waroldern
Ober-Waroldern
Twiste (main town and administrative seat)

[edit] Politics

The community's mayor is Günter Hartmann (SPD). Twistetal's council is made up of 23 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006:

CDU 9 seats
SPD 9 seats
FDP 2 seats
Wählergemeinschaft Twistetal 2 seats
Greens 1 seat

Note: Wählergemeinschaft Twistetal is a citizens' coalition.

[edit] Infrastructure

Through Twistetal runs Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) 252 from Korbach to Bad Arolsen. Furthermore, Twiste is a stop on the RegionalExpress railway service from Kassel to Korbach.