Sensbachtal

Stadtteil of Oberzent in Hesse, Germany

49°33′N 09°01′E / 49.550°N 9.017°E / 49.550; 9.017CountryGermanyStateHesseAdmin. regionDarmstadt DistrictOdenwaldkreis TownOberzentArea • Total33.94 km² (13.10 sq mi)Elevation468 m (1,535 ft)Population • Total951 • Density28/km² (73/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes06068Vehicle registrationERBWebsitewww.sensbachtal.de

Sensbachtal is a village and a former municipality in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany. Since January 2018, it is part of the new town Oberzent.

Geography

Location

Sensbachtal lies in the southern Odenwald and the Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald at elevations of between 300 and 550 m, 10 km away from Eberbach on the Neckar.

Neighbouring communities

Sensbachtal borders in the east on the community of Hesseneck (Odenwaldkreis), in the south on the town of Eberbach (Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg) and in the west and north on the town of Beerfelden (Odenwaldkreis).

Constituent communities

Sensbachtal’s Ortsteile are Hebstahl, Ober-Sensbach and Unter-Sensbach.

Politics

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

Parties and voter communities		% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
GFW/ÜWS	Gemeinschaft Freier Wähler/Überparteiliche Wählervereinigung Sensbachtal	100.0	15	65.6	10
DS	Dorfgemeinschaft Sensbachtal	–	–	22.8	3
BVS	Bürger-Vereinigung-Sensbachtal	–	–	11.6	2
Total		100.0	15	100.0	15
Voter turnout in %		52.0		72.5

The municipal council is thereby made up exclusively of non-party voter communities. In Hesse, this is otherwise only the case in the community of Antrifttal (Vogelsbergkreis).

Mayor

Egon Scheuermann has been the mayor since 1 January 2008.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The Jagdschloss Krähberg (“hunting palace”) was built about 1780, and is nowadays privately used.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Bundesstraße 45 lies roughly 8 km from the community.

References