Brensbach

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen Brensbach.pnglat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 46
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 53
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt
Landkreis = Odenwaldkreis
Höhe = 180-280
Fläche = 23.18
Einwohner = 5365
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 64391–64395
PLZ-alt = 6101
Vorwahl = 06161
Kfz = ERB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 37 003
Adresse = Ezyer Straße 5
64395 Brensbach
Website = [http://www.brensbach.de www.brensbach.de]
Bürgermeister = Hans-Georg Stosiek

Brensbach is a community in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

Brensbach lies in the northern Odenwald in the Gersprenz valley

Neighbouring communities

Brensbach borders in the north on the towns of Groß-Bieberau and Reinheim (although this boundary is quite short) and the community of Otzberg (all in Darmstadt-Dieburg), in the east on the community of Höchst and the town of Bad König, in the south on the communities of Brombachtal and Reichelsheim and in the west on the communities of Fränkisch-Crumbach (all in the Odenwaldkreis) and Fischbachtal (Darmstadt-Dieburg).

Constituent communities

Brensbach’s "Ortsteile" are Affhöllerbach, Bierbach, Brensbach, Hippelsbach, Höllerbach, Kilsbach, Mummenroth, Nieder-Kainsbach, Stierbach, Wallbach and Wersau.

Politics

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

Coat of arms

The community’s arms bear three charges on a white (silver) background: in the foot of the escutcheon are some blue waves, above which is a red fire, over which is an arc of five six-pointed stars. The arms are canting, suggesting the community’s name: the verb "brennen" means “burn” in German, and "Bach" means “brook”. According to legend, the namesake brook, when seen under starlight, looked as though it might be burning. Likelier, though, it looked so at sunset rather than at night, since stars would not be bright enough to produce such an effect.

Town partnerships

flagicon|France The community of Brensbach has maintained a partnership arrangement since 1978 with the French community of Ézy-sur-Eure in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie.