Cölbe


Cölbe is a municipality in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.
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, and borders directly on the university city of Marburg to the south. The namesake constituent municipality is found on a bow in the river Lahn where it bends from its mainly easterly flow to a mainly southerly one.

Neighbouring municipalities

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 municipality of Lahntal.

Divisions

The municipality consists of six constituent municipalities 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
  • Fröhlicher Kreis e.V. Cölbe
  • Turnverein 06 Cölbe e.V.
  • Freiwillige Feuerwehr Cölbe – Bürgeln
  • Schützenverein 1930/63 Cölbe e.V.
  • Männergesangsverein Cölbe 1878 e.V.
  • Bläserchor 1901 Schönstadt e.V.

Politics

As of municipal elections on 14 March 2021, seats on the municipal council are apportioned thus:

Partnerships

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. This spot is to be found within Cölbe's municipal limits, 895 m from the municipality's own centre point. Newer efforts delving into this question, however, have yielded different results, putting the EU's centre point most recently at Gadheim in Bavaria.