{{other uses}} {{Infobox German location |type = Gemeinde |name = Meinhard |image_coa = DEU Meinhard COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|01|N|10|10|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Meinhard ESW.svg |state = Hessen |region = Kassel |district = Werra-Meißner-Kreis |elevation = 363 |area = 39.62 |postal_code = 37276 |area_code = 05651 |licence = ESW |Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 6 36 005 |divisions = 11 districts |website = [https://www.meinhard.de www.meinhard.de] |mayor = Gerhold Brill<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 }} '''Meinhard''' ({{IPA|de|ˈmaɪnhaʁt}}) is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
==Geography==
===Location=== The community lies in the North Hesse Low Mountain Range landscape on the edge of the Werra valley, 3 km from the district seat of Eschwege.
Near Meinhard-Frieda, the Frieda empties into the Werra. After heavy rainfall, it can swell into a fast-running river that can wash the bank of the Werra away. On the bank facing Meinhard-Jestädt, the Wehre empties into the Werra.
===Neighbouring communities=== Meinhard borders in the northeast and the east on the communities of Volkerode, Pfaffschwende, Kella and Geismar (all four in Thuringia’s Eichsfeld district), in the southeast on the town of Wanfried, in the south and west on the town of Eschwege and in the northwest on the town of Bad Sooden-Allendorf (all three in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis).
===Constituent communities=== The community’s seven ''Ortsteile'' are Frieda, Grebendorf (administrative seat), Hitzelrode, Jestädt, Neuerode, Motzenrode and Schwebda.
==Politics==
===Community council=== {{update section|date=July 2021}} The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results: {| 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" |18.5 |align="right" |6 |align="right" |16.7 |align="right" |5 |---- |SPD |Social Democratic Party of Germany |align="right" |58.2 |align="right" |18 |align="right" |60.6 |align="right" |19 |---- | F.D.P./ÜWG | F.D.P./ÜWG |align="right" |23.3 |align="right" |7 |align="right" |22.7 |align="right" |7 |--- class="hintergrundfarbe5" |colspan="2" |'''Total''' |align="right" |'''100.0''' |align="right" |'''31''' |align="right" |'''100.0''' |align="right" |'''31''' |--- class="hintergrundfarbe5" |colspan="2" |'''Voter turnout in %''' |colspan="2" align="right" |'''62.1''' |colspan="2" align="right" |'''64.3''' |}
===Mayor=== *2002–2013: Hans Giller (SPD) *2013–incumbent: Gerhold Brill
==Culture and sightseeing==
===Buildings=== * Ruins of Schwebda Castle (moated)
==Economy and infrastructure==
===Transport=== Through ''Bundesstraße'' 249 (Eschwege-Mühlhausen), which runs right through the community, Meinhard is linked to the highway network.
==Famous people== * Friedrich Rudolf Ernst ''Freiherr'' von Feilitzsch (b. 14 July 1858 in Jestädt; d. 23 January 1942 in Bückeburg), politician in the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe and its first Prime Minister. * Heinz Fromm (b. 10 July 1948 in Meinhard-Frieda) has been since June 2000 President of the Federal Office for Constitutional Protection
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.grebendorf.de Homepage of the constituent community of Grebendorf] {{in lang|de}}
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Category:Werra-Meißner-Kreis