Cölbe (German pronunciation: [ˈkœlbə] (listen)) is a municipality in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.

Cölbe
Municipality
The town hall (former railway station)
Coat of arms
Location of Cölbe within Marburg-Biedenkopf district
Cölbe Show map of Germany Cölbe Show map of Hesse
Coordinates: 50°51′02″N 08°47′03″E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Marburg-Biedenkopf
Government
• Mayor (2018–24)	Jens Ried[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	26.66 km2 (10.29 sq mi)
Elevation	213 m (699 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,563
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	35091
Dialling codes	06421/ 06427
Vehicle registration	MR
Website	www.coelbe.de

Location

Cölbe's municipal area lies on the southern edge of the Burgwald, a low mountain range and part of the Hessisches Bergland (Hessian Highland), and borders directly on the university city of Marburg to the south. The namesake constituent community is found on a bow in the river Lahn where it bends from its mainly easterly flow to a mainly southerly one.

Neighbouring communities

Cölbe borders in the northwest on the town of Wetter, in the northeast on the town of Rauschenberg, in the east on the town of Kirchhain, in the south on the town of Marburg, and in the west on the community of Lahntal (all in Marburg-Biedenkopf).

Divisions

The community consists of six constituent communities named Bernsdorf, Bürgeln, Cölbe, Reddehausen, Schönstadt and Schwarzenborn.

Coat of arms

Cölbe's civic coat of arms might be described thus: Gules a bend argent surmounted by six hearts reversed gules in bend three and three. Reversed hearts are also taken in heraldry as stylized testicles.

Clubs

• Fußballverein 1927 Cölbe (football)
• Fröhlicher Kreis e.V. Cölbe ("Merry District")
• Turnverein 06 Cölbe e.V. (Gymnastics)
• Freiwillige Feuerwehr Cölbe – Bürgeln (Volunteer fire brigade)
• Schützenverein 1930/63 Cölbe e.V. (Shooting club)
• Männergesangsverein Cölbe 1878 e.V. (Men's singing club)
• Bläserchor 1901 Schönstadt e.V. (Brass Band)

Politics

This section needs to be updated. (July 2021)

As of municipal elections on 26 March 2006, seats on municipal council are apportioned thus:

Partnerships

• Kościerzyna, Poland

Sundry

The Institute for Theoretical Geodesy in Bonn has ascertained that the European Union's centre point after the 2004 expansion lies at the coordinates 50°51′10″N 8°46′43″E. This spot is to be found within Cölbe's municipal limits, 895 m from the community's own centre point. Newer efforts delving into this question, however, have yielded different results, putting the EU's centre point at Kleinmaischeid in the Westerwald.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Official website
• Deutschlandradio Berlin: Reise zum Mittelpunkt Europas
• Cölbe at Curlie

На других языках

[de] Cölbe

[ru] Кёльбе