Jossgrund
municipality in Main-Kinzig-Kreis in Hesse, Germany
Jossgrund (German pronunciation: [ˈjɔsˌɡʁʊnt]) is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It has around 3,500 inhabitants distributed among several formerly independent villages, now Ortsteile. The administration seat is at Oberndorf.
Geography
Location
The municipality known as "Jossgrund" is located in the valley of the rivulet Jossa, a tributary to the Sinn which in turn discharges into the Franconian Saale shortly before the Saale flows into the river Main at Gemünden am Main. Jossgrund lies among the wooded hills of the Spessart at the border between the German federal states of Hesse and Bavaria (Main-Spessart district).
Jossgrund is made up of several villages and has no real municipal centre.
Although similarly named after the stream, Jossa is an Ortsteil of the municipality of Sinntal. There is also the Naturraum Jossgrund which includes Mernes, Marjoss and Jossa in addition to the municipality Jossgrund.
The municipal territory includes wooded hills like the Beilstein. Northwest of the Beilstein lies the open expanse of a golf course.
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