Rauschenberg | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Rauschenberg within Marburg-Biedenkopf district  | |
  Rauschenberg  Rauschenberg | |
| Coordinates:50°52′N8°55′E / 50.867°N 8.917°E /50.867; 8.917 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Gießen |
| District | Marburg-Biedenkopf |
| Subdivisions | 7Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2018–24) | Michael Emmerich[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 67.33 km2 (26.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 227 m (745 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,488 |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 35282 |
| Dialling codes | 06425 |
| Vehicle registration | MR |
| Website | www.rauschenberg.de |
Rauschenberg is a town in the north ofMarburg-Biedenkopf district inHesse,Germany.
Rauschenberg lies at the southern edge of theBurgwald, a low mountain range, nearMarburg andKirchhain.
Rauschenberg borders in the north on the town ofRosenthal (Waldeck-Frankenberg) as well as on the communities ofWohratal (Marburg-Biedenkopf) andGilserberg (Schwalm-Eder-Kreis), in the east on the town ofStadtallendorf, in the south on the town ofKirchhain, in the southwest on the community ofCölbe, and in the west on the town ofWetter (all in Marburg-Biedenkopf).
Rauschenberg consists out of following villages:
Even as far back as 1000, a castle was built in what is now Rauschenberg. After a fire about 1250, almost the whole settlement was destroyed. Shortly after Rauschenberg was founded by the Counts of Ziegenhain, it was granted town rights. When the "von Ziegenhain" family died out in 1450, the castle and the town fell to the House of Hesse. In this time, the castle was expanded and made into a hunting lodge.
During theThirty Years' War, Rauschenberg was mostly destroyed and thoroughly plundered bySwedish troops. Ever since the castle was blown up at a Kassel colonel's behest two years before the war ended, there has been nothing left of it but a ruin.
Results of municipal election on 6 March 2016:
| Parties and voter coalitions | Share in % | Seats | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union | 26.1 | 6 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 23.1 | 5 |
| Greens | Alliance '90/The Greens | 21.1 | 5 |
| FBL | Freie Bürgerliste (citizens' coalition) | 29.7 | 7 |
| total | 100 | 23 | |
Rauschenberg's civiccoat of arms might be described thus: Party per fess; above, in sable a six-pointed star argent; below in Or. It matches the arms used by the town's old overlords, the Counts of Ziegenhain.[3] An eight-pointed star in a modification of the Counts coat of arms.[4]
There has not been much left of the castle, later stately home, of Rauschenberg since it was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. The ruins on the hill over the constituent community – also known as Rauschenberg – are open and free to all.
Rauschenberg is connected to the road network by Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 3 betweenFrankfurt andKassel, and byBundesstraße B 62. As for public transportation, there is abus connection to Kirchhain which runs many times daily.
A Finnish industrial music group, named Rauschenmaschine (German for noisemaschine) has a song on their website called Rauschenberg.[5]
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