Mossautal


Mossautal in the Odenwald is a community and a state-recognized health resort in the Odenwaldkreis in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies at elevations of between 300 and 500 m above sea level.
The Nibelungenstraße touches Mossautal in the north and the Siegfriedstraße runs through the community in the south. The surrounding countryside is also used as a holiday destination in the UNESCO Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald on the Marbach Reservoir, the Odenwald's biggest body of standing water.
Mossautal is well known as a textbook example of a Waldhufendorf.

Neighbouring communities

Mossautal borders in the north on the community of Reichelsheim and the town of Michelstadt, in the east on the town of Erbach, in the south on the town of Beerfelden, and in the west on the communities of Wald-Michelbach, Grasellenbach and Fürth.

Constituent communities

Mossautal's Ortsteile are Güttersbach, Hiltersklingen, Hüttenthal, Ober-Mossau and Unter-Mossau.

Politics

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

Mayor

At the mayoral election on 25 April 2004, the independent Willi Keil, who has been in the mayor's office since 1986, was reelected unopposed with 97.2% of the vote.
In September 2013 Dietmar Bareis was elected the new mayor with 95,9 % of the votes.

Coat of arms

The community's arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per saltire, above gules a Hiberno-Scottish cross argent, below gules a Maltese cross argent, dexter and sinister argent a mullet of six gules.

Town partnerships

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Culture and sightseeing

Sightseeing

The community's livelihood comes from, for example, tourism in the form of holiday homes, conference hotels and guesthouses. There are also a brewery and a dairy on hand. Furthermore, fish farming earns some income. The main industry is now, as it has always been, agriculture and forestry.

Sport

Mossautal is home to the SG Mossautal football team. The players come from SV 54 Mossau and SV 67 Hiltersklingen.