Pfaffenhausen

Pfaffenhausen is a hamlet in Borken, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse. Pfaffenhausen is situated nearby to the village Freudenthal, as well as near the hamlet Border Village Marienrode.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Borkener See and Castle Dillich.

Borkener See

Lake

Photo: Oliver Deisenroth, Public domain.

Borkener See is an artificial lake in West Hesse Depression, Hesse, Germany. At an elevation of 177 metres, its surface area is 139 hectares. Created by the mining of lignite coal, the lake is nutrient-poor and slightly basic in pH. Borkener See is situated 3½ km west of Pfaffenhausen.

Castle Dillich

Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Castle Dillich is situated 3½ km southwest of Pfaffenhausen.

Borkener See

Nature reserve

Photo: Baummapper, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

Borkener See is a nature reserve, which is situated 3 km northwest of Pfaffenhausen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borken and Kalbsburg.

Borken

Town

Photo: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Borken is a small town with about 13,000 inhabitants in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany. The town is a former centre for brown coal mining and coal-fired electrical generation in Hesse. Borken is situated 3½ km northwest of Pfaffenhausen.

Kalbsburg

Neighborhood

Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.

Kalbsburg is a neighborhood, which is situated 8 km northwest of Pfaffenhausen.

Pfaffenhausen

Type: Hamlet
Description: human settlement in Germany
Categories: Ortsteil and locality
Location: Borken, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

51.02514° or 51° 1′ 31″ north

Longitude

9.31554° or 9° 18′ 56″ east

Elevation

247 metres (810 feet)

Open location code

9F3F28G8+36

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1200445832

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2854407

Wikidata ID

Q2082110

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Irish—“Pfaffenhausen” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Pfaffenhausen”
French: “Pfaffenhausen”
German: “Pfaffenhausen”
Irish: “Pfaffenhausen”

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Localities in the Area

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