"Romirshusin" and in 1365 "Rumershusen", but it has gone by its current name since 1419. On 3 April 1916 at 15:30, a cosmic lump of iron fell to earth in a woodlot near Rommershausen. This was later named, after the place where it was found, the Meteorite of Rommershausen, and it has gone down in German astronomic history as Germany's greatest verifiable observed meteorite impact. Rommershausen has been part of Schwalmstadt since the municipal reforms in the 1970s. Trutzhain During the Second World War, Ziegenhain was home to a prisoner of war camp, Stalag IX-A (one of the French prisoners there, François Mitterrand, later became President of France), and after the war, also to a displaced persons camp at the same facility. The camp is now the constituent community of Trutzhain. Some of the barracks still stand and have been converted into houses. Politics Schwalmstadt Town Council has 37 members. As of the municipal elections held in 2011, the council seats are apportioned thus: Council Mayor Wilhelm Kröll (SPD) was re-elected on 7 May 2006 with a share of the vote of 61.4%. On 3 June 2012, Dr. Gerald Näser (CDU) was elected new mayor with 53% of the vote. His opponent was Dr. Fabio Longo of the SPD. The turnout was 54.1%. Näser took office on 1 October 2012. He died in 2016 and was temporarily replaced by Detlef Schwierzeck (SPD). In 2016, Stefan Pinhard was elected as the new mayor and took office on 1 December 2016. Coat of arms Schwalmstadt's civic coat of arms might be heraldically described thus: Or a goat-headed spreadeagle sable armed, langued and attired gules, surmounted by a roundel argent in which a mullet of six of the third. The heraldic elements are historical symbols from both former towns and the old County of Ziegenhain. Schwalmstadt's coat of arms bears a keen likeness to both Neukirchen's and Schwarzenborn's. Town partnerships Canton of Loriol-sur-Drôme, Département Drôme, France Zwalm, East Flanders, Belgium Public institutions State institutions Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk Schwalmstadt's local THW association was founded in 1961. The local association has, among other things, a technical team (Technischer Zug) with a positioning section (Fachgruppe Ortung). Educational institutions Eckhardt-Vonholt-Schule (primary school) Ziegenhainer Grundschule am Alleeplatz Brüder-Grimm-Schule Allendorf (primary school) Grundschule Niedergrenzebach Mittelpunkt Grundschule Herrmann-Schuchard-Schule Ludwig-Braun-Schule Schule im Ostergrund (Haupt- and Realschule) Friedrich-Trost-Schule Carl-Bantzer-Schule (comprehensive school) Sankt-Martin-Schule (school for learning aid) Schwalmgymnasium (Gymnasium) Berufliche Schulen Schwalmstadt (occupational