Sontra
Sign in to saveSontra () is a small town in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in northeastern Hesse, Germany.
Key facts
- German location.licence
- ESW
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Sontra
- German location.image_photo
- Sontra panoram altstadt.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Old town of Sontra
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Sontra COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Sontra ESW.svg
- German location.state
- Hessen
- German location.region
- Kassel
- German location.district
- Werra-Meißner-Kreis
- German location.elevation
- 265
- German location.area
- 111.29
- German location.postal_code
- 36205
- German location.area_code
- 05653
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 06 6 36 011
- German location.website
- www.sontra.de
- German location.mayor
- Thomas Eckhardt
- German location.leader_term
- 2020–26
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- Geography
- Location
- Neighbouring communities
- Constituent communities
- History
- Politics
- Town council
- Executive
- Mayors
- Coat of arms
- Town partnerships
- Culture and sightseeing
- Buildings
- Museums
- Sport
- Economy and infrastructure
- Transport
- State institutions
- Education
- Famous people
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Sontra () is a small town in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in northeastern Hesse, Germany.
The air spa of Sontra is known as Berg- und Hänselstadt, with Bergstadt referring to the time when there was bituminous shale mining (“mining” is Bergbau in German) in town, and Hänselstadt to the town's former membership in the Hanse. In the town, whose area covers 111.29 km², live 8,568 inhabitants.