Breidenbach

• State — Hessen • Region — Gießen • District — Marburg-Biedenkopf • Elevation — 320-561 • Area — 44.83 • Postal Code — 35236 • Area Code — 06465 • Licence — MR • Gemeindeschlussel — 06 5 34 005 • Divisions — 7 Ortsteile • Website — www.breidenbach.de • Mayor — Christoph Felkl • Leader Term — 2018–24 • Party — SPD

• Bad Laasphe • Biedenkopf • Dautphetal • Eschenburg • Steffenberg

The municipality is divided into the Ortsteile (constituent municipalities) of Achenbach, Breidenbach, Kleingladenbach, Niederdieten, Oberdieten, Wiesenbach and Wolzhausen.

As of municipal elections on March 6, 2016 and formerly on March 27, 2011, respective on March 26, 2006, municipal council seats are apportioned thus: • Parties and voting blocks — % 2016 — Seats 2016 — % 2011 — Seats 2011 — % 2006 — Seats 2006 • SPD — Social Democratic Party of Germany — 35.8 — 10 — 43.5 — 12 — 41.0 — 11 • CDU — Christian Democratic Union — 33.2 — 9 — 35.2 — 9 — 40.1 — 11 • BL — Bürgerliste (citizens' coalition) — 31.0 — 8 — 21.4 — 6 — 18.9 — 5 • Total — 100 — 27 — 100 — 27 — 100 — 31 • Turnout in % — 42.6 — 46.3 — 43.3

Christoph Felkl (SPD) was elected mayor on October 28, 2012 for a 6-year term beginning April 01, 2013. He was re-elected in 2018. Werner Reitz (SPD) was formerly elected as mayor on October 22, 2000 with 59.7% of the votes.

• Coat of arms — municipality's name • — Achenbach • — Breidenbach • — Kleingladenbach • — Niederdieten • — Oberdieten • — Wiesenbach • — Wolzhausen

Breidenbach has many sports facilities, including two playing fields in the main municipality. These are open free to the public. In Kleingladenbach there is also a skiing hill with a ski lift, for which the municipality is becoming attractive to tourists. The main municipality also offers two gymnasia, a small sports hall and the Perftalhalle.

The main municipality of Breidenbach is a well-developed, industry-rich place. A great number of shopping and leisure opportunities make Breidenbach the municipality's, and the surrounding area's, centre.

Furthermore, Breidenbach has at its disposal a large industrial area (Industriegebiet West) harbouring successful businesses such as Weber Maschinenbau and a Buderus disk brake manufacturing plant. The main municipality of Breidenbach thereby employs more than 2,500 workers.

Breidenbach is well connected to the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund public transport system. The following services come to the municipality: • 491: Dillenburg - Niedereisenhausen - Biedenkopf (and back) • MR-52: Biedenkopf - Friedensdorf - Niedereisenhausen - Biedenkopf (and the other way round) • MR-55: Niedereisenhausen - Breidenbach-Wolzhausen - Friedensdorf

Breidenbach has the following schools: • Breidenbach: — * Grundschule * Orientation year ("Förderstufe") * Hauptschule • Oberdieten: — * Grundschule • Wolzhausen: — * Grundschule

The municipality Breidenbach has the following Kindergarten: • Breidenbach (2) • Oberdieten

• Frauenchor 1975 Breidenbach (women's choir) • TV 09 Breidenbach • Trachtentanzgruppe Breidenbach (costume dance group) • Burschenschaft Breidenbach (fraternity) • Mädchenschaft Breidenbach (sorority)