Zierenberg

Town in Hesse, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Zierenberg within Kassel district

(2020–26) Rüdiger Gemeroth^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total86.53 km² (33.41 sq mi)Elevation

279 m (915 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,604 • Density76/km² (200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

34289

Dialling codes05606Vehicle registrationKSWebsitewww.stadt-zierenberg.de

Zierenberg is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 19 km east of Bad Arolsen, and 15 km northwest of Kassel on the German Timber-Frame Road.

Local council

The elections from 06. March 2016 showed the following results:

CDU = 8 seats
SPD = 14 seats
FDP = 2 seats
UFW = 7 seats

Mayors

Conrad Brede: 1856–1880
Karl Kupferschläger: 1880–1911
Wiegand Pitz: 1912–1933
Wilhelm Schäfer: 1933–1945
Heinrich Ledderhose: 1945–1948
Konrad Bürgel: 1948–1956
Rudi Walther: 1957–1972
Georg Hildebrandt: 1972–1984
Horst Buchhaupt: 1984–1990
Jürgen Pfütze: 1991–2008
Stefan Denn: 2009–2020
since 2020: Rüdiger Gemeroth

Notable people

Johann Jacob Friedrich Krebs, fraktur painter^[3]

References

^ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
^ Gerard C. Wertkin (2 August 2004). Encyclopedia of American Folk Art. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-95614-1.