{{Infobox German place |image_coa = Wappen Twistetal.svg | coordinates = {{coord|51|19|N|08|57|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Twistetal in KB.svg | state = Hessen | region = Kassel | district = Waldeck-Frankenberg | elevation = 272 | area = 74.08 | postal_code = 34477 | area_code = 05695 | licence = KB | Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 6 35 018 | website = [http://www.twistetal.de/ www.twistetal.de] | mayor = Stefan Dittmann<ref name=mayor>{{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 = 2018–24 |party = FDP }} '''Twistetal''' ({{IPA|de|ˈtvɪstətaːl}}, {{lit|Twiste Valley}}) is a municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany, southwest of Bad Arolsen.
==Geography==
===Location=== The municipality lies on the river Twiste, a tributary to the Diemel, itself a tributary to the Weser. Twistetal is only a short way downstream from, and southwest of, the Twistesee, a man-made lake. It is located about 6 kilometers southwest from Bad Arolsen.
===Neighbouring municipalities=== Twistetal borders in the north and east on the town of Bad Arolsen, in the southeast on the town of Waldeck, in the southwest on the town of Korbach and in the west on the municipality of Diemelsee (all in Waldeck-Frankenberg).
===Constituent municipalities=== Twistetal consists of the following centres: *Berndorf *Elleringhausen *Gembeck *Mühlhausen *Nieder-Waroldern *Ober-Waroldern *Twiste (main town and administrative seat)
==Politics== The municipality's mayor is Stefan Dittmann (FDP), elected in 2018.<ref name=mayor/> Twistetal's council is made up of 23 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held in March 2021:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.hessen.de/k_2021/html/Gemeindewahl/EG635018 |title=Ergebnis der Gemeindewahl am 14. März 2021 |publisher=Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref> *CDU 7 seats *FDP 5 seats *SPD 4 seats *Wählergemeinschaft Twistetal 4 seats *Greens 3 seat <small>Note: ''Wählergemeinschaft Twistetal'' is a citizens' coalition.</small>
==Infrastructure== Through Twistetal runs Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') 252 from Korbach to Bad Arolsen. Furthermore, Twiste is a stop on the RegionalExpress railway service from Kassel to Korbach.
==Outing destinations== Well known points of interest nearby are the Twistesee in the municipality itself, and a bit farther afield, Bad Arolsen.
{{wide image|Panorama_Twistesee_Bad_Arolsen.jpg|1000px|Panorama of Twistesee}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.twistetal.de/ Twistetal] *[http://www.twistesee.de/ Twistesee] {{Towns and municipalities in Waldeck-Frankenberg district}}
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Category:Waldeck-Frankenberg Category:Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont