{{For|the river of Hesse, Germany|Brensbach (Gersprenz)}} {{Infobox German location |image_coa = DEU Brensbach COA.svg |image_flag = Flagge Brensbach.svg |image_photo = Brensbach Luftaufnahme.jpg |image_caption = Aerial view of Brensbach |coordinates = {{coord|49|46|N|08|53|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Brensbach in ERB.svg |state = Hessen |region = Darmstadt |district = Odenwaldkreis |elevation = 180-280 |area = 23.18 |postal_code = 64391–64395 |area_code = 06161 |licence = ERB |Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 37 003 |website = [http://www.brensbach.de www.brensbach.de] |mayor = Rainer Müller<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2022-10/direktwahlen_09_2022_10102022.xlsx|title=Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden|language=de|date=5 September 2022|publisher=Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt|format=XLS}}</ref> |leader_term = 2020–26 |party = SPD }} '''Brensbach''' is a municipality in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.
==Geography==
===Location=== Brensbach lies in the northern Odenwald in the Gersprenz valley.
===Neighbouring communities=== Brensbach borders in the north on the towns of Groß-Bieberau and Reinheim (although this boundary is quite short) and the community of Otzberg (all in Darmstadt-Dieburg), in the east on the community of Höchst and the town of Bad König, in the south on the communities of Brombachtal and Reichelsheim and in the west on the communities of Fränkisch-Crumbach (all in the Odenwaldkreis) and Fischbachtal (Darmstadt-Dieburg).
===Constituent communities=== Brensbach’s ''Ortsteile'' are Affhöllerbach, Bierbach, Brensbach, Hippelsbach, Höllerbach, Kilsbach, Mummenroth, Nieder-Kainsbach, Stierbach, Wallbach and Wersau.
==Politics== The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results: {{update section|date=July 2021}} {| class="wikitable" |--- class="hintergrundfarbe5" |colspan="2" | '''Parties and voter communities''' |align="center" | '''%<br />2006''' |align="center" | '''Seats<br />2006''' |align="center" | '''%<br />2001''' |align="center" | '''Seats<br />2001''' |---- |CDU |Christian Democratic Union of Germany |align="right" |42.9 |align="right" |11 |align="right" |37.0 |align="right" |11 |---- |SPD |Social Democratic Party of Germany |align="right" |57.1 |align="right" |14 |align="right" |63.0 |align="right" |20 |---- class="hintergrundfarbe5" |colspan="2" |'''Total''' |align="right" |'''100.0''' |align="right" |'''25''' |align="right" |'''100.0''' |align="right" |'''31''' |---- class="hintergrundfarbe5" |colspan="2" |'''Voter turnout in %''' |colspan="2" align="right" |'''51.6''' |colspan="2" align="right" |'''57.1''' |}
===Coat of arms=== The community’s arms bear three charges on a white (silver) background: in the foot of the escutcheon are some blue waves, above which is a red fire, over which is an arc of five six-pointed stars. The arms are canting, suggesting the community’s name: the verb ''brennen'' means “burn” in German, and ''Bach'' means “brook”. According to legend, the namesake brook, when seen under starlight, looked as though it might be burning. Likelier, though, it looked so at sunset rather than at night, since stars would not be bright enough to produce such an effect.
===Town partnerships=== {{Flagicon|France}} The community of Brensbach has maintained a partnership arrangement since 1978 with the French community of Ézy-sur-Eure in the Eure department in Normandy.
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Towns and municipalities in Odenwaldkreis district}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Odenwaldkreis