Hesseneck
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Hesseneck | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Hesseneck  | |
  Hesseneck  Hesseneck | |
| Coordinates: 49°34′N 09°04′E / 49.567°N 9.067°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Odenwaldkreis |
| Town | Oberzent |
| Subdivisions | 3 Ortsteile |
| Area | |
• Total | 29.98 km2 (11.58 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population (2016-12-31) | |
• Total | 620 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 64754 |
| Dialling codes | 06276 |
| Vehicle registration | ERB |
Hesseneck (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛsn̩ˌʔɛk]) is a village and a former municipality in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany. With only just over 600 inhabitants, Hesseneck was Hesse’s smallest self-governing community. Since January 2018, it is part of the new town Oberzent.
Location
The community lies in the southern Odenwald at the foot of the Krähberg at elevations of 230 to 500 m. It lies at the three-state common point shared by Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. The community's name itself means "Hesse Corner". The outlying centre of Hesselbach has no road link to Hessian territory and can only be reached through Baden-Württemberg.
Neighbouring communities
Hesseneck borders in the north on the towns of Beerfelden and Erbach (both in the Odenwaldkreis) as well as the market town of Kirchzell (Miltenberg district in Bavaria), in the east on the community of Mudau (Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg), in the south on the town of Eberbach (Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg) and in the west on the community of Sensbachtal (Odenwaldkreis).
Constituent communities
Hesseneck’s Ortsteile are Hesselbach, Kailbach and Schöllenbach (the community’s administrative seat)
