so townsfolk at that time, this was a tremendous burden. Kirchhain likewise had to put up with such troubles in the Seven Years' War as its good traffic connections once again led troops to the town. From 1821 on, Kirchhain was the district seat (Kreisstadt) of the newly created Kirchhain administrative district, until this was combined with the Marburg district in 1932. Politics Town council As of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006, seats on town council are apportioned thus: Elections in March 2016: CDU: 13 seats SPD: 17 seats Greens: 3 seats The LEFT: 2 seats FDP: 2 seats Total: 37 seats Transportation Kirchhain has a train station and lies on the Main-Weser Railway. Town partnerships Plomelin, Brittany, France (since 1966) Doberlug-Kirchhain, Brandenburg (since 1989) Buildings Town Hall (Rathaus), the town's landmark, built about 1450 with timber framing. The Haus „Zum blauen Löwen“, built 1612, birth house of the poet Eberhard Werner Happel Evangelische Stadtkirche St. Michael, a 15th-century church Transformatorenhäuschen in the borough Anzefahr Notable people Leo Strauss, Political Philosopher Personalities Personalities born in Kirchhain Heinrich von Langenstein (1325-1397), theologian, church politician and astronomer Heinrich Kornmann (1570-1627), jurist, Kurmainzischer Rat and chronicler Eberhard Werner Happel (1657-1690), poet Hennoch Wolf, also known as Elchanan Henle Kirchhain (1666-1757), rabbi and author of the Yiddish moral book Simchat ha-Nefesch Heinrich Joseph Wetzer (1801-1853), Orientalist Benedict Stilling (1810-1879), physician and anatomist Albert Henze (1894-1979), general lieutenant in the Second World War Leo Strauss (1899-1973), philosopher Fritz Cron (born 1925), motorcycle racing driver, list of world champions in the motorcycle road race#world champions 1954 and 1956 (1926-2017), motorcycle-sidecar world champion Personalities who have lived or worked in Kirchhain Ludwig Vogel (1920-2014), Roman Catholic priest, chaplain in Kirchhain-Anzefahr Friedrich Bohl (born 1945), politician (CDU), from 1991 to 1998 Federal Minister for special tasks Head of the Federal Chancellery, living in Kirchhain Gabriela Lesch (born 1964), medium-haul, living in Kirchhain References External links Official website Marburg-Biedenkopf