Twistetal

Municipality in Hesse, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Twistetal within Waldeck-Frankenberg district

(2018–24) Stefan Dittmann^[1] (FDP)Area

• Total74.0 km² (28.6 sq mi)Elevation

272 m (892 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,226 • Density57/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

34477

Dialling codes05695Vehicle registrationKBWebsitewww.twistetal.de

Twistetal is a municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany, southwest of Bad Arolsen.

Geography

Location

The community 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 communities

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 community of Diemelsee (all in Waldeck-Frankenberg).

Constituent communities

Twistetal consists of the following centres:

Berndorf
Elleringhausen
Gembeck
Mühlhausen
Nieder-Waroldern
Ober-Waroldern
Twiste (main town and administrative seat)

Politics

The community's mayor is Stefan Dittmann (FDP), elected in 2018.^[1] Twistetal's council is made up of 23 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held in March 2021:^[3]

CDU 7 seats
FDP 5 seats
SPD 4 seats
Wählergemeinschaft Twistetal 4 seats
Greens 3 seat

Note: Wählergemeinschaft Twistetal is a citizens' coalition.

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 community itself, and a bit farther afield, Bad Arolsen.

Panorama of Twistesee

References

^ ^a ^b "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
^ "Ergebnis der Gemeindewahl am 14. März 2021". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. Retrieved 7 July 2021.