| Type: | Gemeinde |
| Meinhard | |
| Image Coa: | Wappen Meinhard.png |
| Coordinates: | 51.0167°N 20°W |
| Image Plan: | Meinhard ESW.svg |
| State: | Hessen |
| Region: | Kassel |
| District: | Werra-Meißner-Kreis |
| Elevation: | 363 |
| Area: | 59.52 |
| Postal Code: | 37276 |
| Area Code: | 05651 |
| Licence: | ESW |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 06 6 36 005 |
| Divisions: | 11 districts |
| Website: | www.meinhard.de |
| Mayor: | Gerhold Brill[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2020 - 26 |
Meinhard is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
The community lies in the North Hesse Low Mountain Range landscape on the edge of the Werra valley, 3 km from the district seat of Eschwege.
Near Meinhard-Frieda, the Frieda empties into the Werra. After heavy rainfall, it can swell into a fast-running river that can wash the bank of the Werra away. On the bank facing Meinhard-Jestädt, the Wehre empties into the Werra.
Meinhard borders in the northeast and the east on the communities of Volkerode, Pfaffschwende, Kella and Geismar (all four in Thuringia’s Eichsfeld district), in the southeast on the town of Wanfried, in the south and west on the town of Eschwege and in the northwest on the town of Bad Sooden-Allendorf (all three in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis).
The community’s seven Ortsteile are Frieda, Grebendorf (administrative seat), Hitzelrode, Jestädt, Neuerode, Motzenrode and Schwebda.
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
| Parties and voter communities | % 2006 | Seats 2006 | % 2001 | Seats 2001 | ||
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 18.5 | 6 | 16.7 | 5 | |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 58.2 | 18 | 60.6 | 19 | |
| F.D.P./ÜWG | F.D.P./ÜWG | 23.3 | 7 | 22.7 | 7 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | ||
| Voter turnout in % | 62.1 | 64.3 | ||||
Through Bundesstraße 249 (Eschwege-Mühlhausen), which runs right through the community, Meinhard is linked to the highway network.