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{{Infobox German place
|image_coa            = Wappen Twistetal.svg
| coordinates = {{coord|51|19|N|08|57|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Twistetal in KB.svg
| state = Hessen
| region = Kassel
| district = Waldeck-Frankenberg
| elevation = 272
| area = 74.0
| postal_code = 34477
| area_code = 05695
| licence = KB
| Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 6 35 018
| website = [http://www.twistetal.de/ www.twistetal.de]
| mayor = Stefan Dittmann<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2022-10/direktwahlen_09_2022_10102022.xlsx|title=Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden|language=de|date=5 September 2022|publisher=[[Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt]]|format=XLS}}</ref>
|leader_term       = 2018&ndash;24
|party             = FDP
}}
'''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 [[reservoir (water)|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, Hesse|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 ([[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]), elected in 2018.<ref name=mayor/> Twistetal's council is made up of 23 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held in March 2021:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.hessen.de/k_2021/html/Gemeindewahl/EG635018 |title=Ergebnis der Gemeindewahl am 14. März 2021 |publisher=Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] 7 seats
*[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] 5 seats
*[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] 4 seats
*Wählergemeinschaft Twistetal 4 seats
*[[Alliance '90/The Greens|Greens]] 3 seat
<small>Note: ''Wählergemeinschaft Twistetal'' is a citizens' coalition.</small>
==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]].
{{wide image|Panorama_Twistesee_Bad_Arolsen.jpg|1000px|Panorama of Twistesee}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.twistetal.de/ Twistetal]
*[http://www.twistesee.de/ Twistesee]
{{Towns and municipalities in Waldeck-Frankenberg district}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Waldeck-Frankenberg]]
[[Category:Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]