Homberg (Ohm)

Homberg
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Homberg (Ohm) within Vogelsbergkreis district
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Coordinates: 50°43′N 9°0′E / 50.717°N 9.000°E / 50.717; 9.000
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Vogelsbergkreis
Subdivisions	14 Stadtbezirke
Government
• Mayor (2022–28)	Simke Ried[1]
Area
• Total	88 km2 (34 sq mi)
Elevation	288 m (945 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	7,521
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	35315
Dialling codes	06633
Vehicle registration	VB
Website	www.homberg-ohm.de

Homberg (Ohm) (German pronunciation: [ˈhɔmbɛʁk] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.

The officially recognized climatic spa of Homberg lies from 203 to 350 m above sea level in the valley of the Ohm, a tributary to the Lahn, some 19 km southeast of Marburg.

Homberg borders in the north on the town of Stadtallendorf (Marburg-Biedenkopf), in the northeast on the town of Kirtorf, in the southeast on the community of Gemünden, in the south on the community of Mücke, in the southwest on the town of Grünberg and the community of Rabenau (both in Gießen district), in the west on the community of Ebsdorfergrund, and in the northwest on the town of Amöneburg (both in Marburg-Biedenkopf).

The town of Homberg consists of not only the namesake main town, but also of the outlying centres of Appenrod, Bleidenrod, Büßfeld, Dannenrod, Deckenbach, Erbenhausen, Gontershausen, Haarhausen, Höingen, Maulbach, Nieder-Ofleiden, Ober-Ofleiden and Schadenbach.

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

• SPD 11 seats
• CDU 10 seats
• FWG (citizens' coalition) 5 seats
• FDP 1 seats

Homberg's oldest known seal dates back to 1234, even before the town was granted town rights. Until the 16th century, the town's arms generally showed a castle or town wall with the red-and-silver-striped Lion of Hessen, and in 1536, a new version suddenly showed the lion "sinister" – facing left (from the arms bearer's point of view). The arms in use today, which were adopted in the late 19th century, are based on this version.[1]

The town of Homberg maintains partnerships with the following places:

• Thouaré-sur-Loire, near Nantes, France, since 1981
• Stadtroda, Thuringia, since 1990

Homberg lies in the area of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Network). The busline 5332 of the Kurhessen Regional Transport system connects Homberg with the nearest railway stations at Burg- and Nieder Gemünden on the Vogelsbergbahn railway line and Kirchhain on the Main-Weser line. The busline VB-71 run by the Verkehrsgesellschaft Oberhessen (Upper Hessen Transport Company) also goes to Gemünden, and line VB-13a offers a direct connection to Alsfeld railway station.

The Ohmtalbahn, which runs through Homberg (Burg- and Nieder Gemünden–Kirchhain) is nowadays only partly in service beginning at Nieder-Ofleiden, and only then for goods trains that serve a basalt quarry.

The Homberg (Ohm) interchange on Autobahn A 5 lies about 10 km south of the town core, while 8 km to the north runs Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) 62.

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