Bromskirchen

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Bromskirchen
	Image:Karte Bromskirchen in Deutschland.png

Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Kassel
District	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Population	1,962 (31/12/2004)
Area	35.23 km²
Population density	56 /km²
Elevation	414 m
Coordinates	50°58′ N 8°52′ E
Postal code	59969
Area code	02984
Licence plate code	KB
Mayor	Karl-Friedrich Frese (independent)
Website	Gemeinde Bromskirchen

Bromskirchen is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Population development
3 Politics
4 Culture and sightseeing
- 4.1 Buildings
5 Economy and infrastructure
6 Reference
7 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Bromskirchen lies at the edge of the Rothaargebirge in southwest Waldeck-Frankenberg, right on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia's district of Hochsauerlandkreis.

More than 70% of the community's area is wooded.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Bromskirchen borders in the north on the town of Hallenberg (Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia), in the east on the town of Frankenberg, in the south on the community of Allendorf and the town of Battenberg (all three in Waldeck-Frankenberg), and in the west on the town of Bad Berleburg (Siegen-Wittgenstein in North Rhine-Westphalia).

[edit] Constituent communities

Bromskirchen
Dachsloch
Neuludwigsdorf
Seibelsbach
Somplar

[edit] History

Bromskirchen had its first documentary mention in 1238 in an account from the Archbishopric of Mainz. After the Thirty Years' War, the village passed to Hesse-Darmstadt, and in 1866 to Prussia.

For centuries, the village's livelihood was based on agriculture on scant land, and the forest.

[edit] Population development

Year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Inhabitants	1,852	1,868	1,896	1,895	1,858	1,879	1,895	1,920	1,913	1,952	1,961	1,958	1,940	1,916

[edit] Politics

[edit] Municipal council

The council's 15 seats and the executive's 5 are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006:

Eligible voters: 1,528

Voter participation: 52.2%

Party	Votes	%	Council seats	Executive seats
Bürgerliste Bromskirchen	5,210	49.2	7	3
Bürgerliste Somplar	2,926	27.6	4	1
Unabhängige Bürgerliste	2,459	23.2	4	1

The three "parties" represented on council are all "citizens' lists". None of Germany's national parties is represented.

[edit] Coat of arms

Bromskirchen's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per pale, dexter in sable a sword Or with hilt per cross pattée Or, sinister in argent a lattice per lozengy sable, thereover a fess Or.

These arms were conferred on 12 November 1982. The sword stands for the local patron saint, Saint Martin of Tours, who is actually depicted in some Hessian civic coats of arms (see Amöneburg and Neustadt (Hesse)). The cross stands for the church, thereby making it a canting element for the —kirchen name ending (which means "church"). The other half of the arms comes from those borne by the Lords of Winter, the local rulers from the 15th to 18th century. The black and silver (or white, or indeed grey, as it appears in this article) were the old County of Battenberg colours.[1]

[edit] Partnerships

Bromskirchen maintains partnership links with:

Arrou, département of Eure-et-Loir, France, since 1978

[edit] Culture and sightseeing

[edit] Buildings

Bromskirchen's town hall was built between 1619 and 1621. It is a half-timbered house with ornamental carvings.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

Bromskirchen is an economic centre and offers more than 900 jobs in its working trades, the greatest share of which is held by the firm Hoppe AG, a leading manufacturer of door and window fittings.