Twistetal

Twistetal
Coat of arms of Twistetal Coat of arms
Twistetal
Location of Twistetal within Waldeck-Frankenberg district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Government
• Mayor	Günther Hartmann
Area
• Total	74.0 km2 (28.6 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	4,446
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	34477
Dialling codes	05695
Vehicle registration	KB
Website	www.twistetal.de

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

Geography

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.It is located about 6 kilometers southwest from Bad Arolsen.

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).

Constituent communities

Twistetal consists of the following centres:

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

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.

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.

Outing destinations

Well known points of interest nearby are the Twistesee in the community itself, and a bit farther afield, Bad Arolsen.

Panorama of Twistesee

Panorama of Twistesee

External links

• Twistetal
• Twistesee
• Twistetal at DMOZ