Frankenhausen
Frankenhausen is a village in Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hesse. Frankenhausen is situated nearby to the village Neutsch, as well as near Waschenbach.Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Frankenstein Castle and Protestant Church Nieder-Beerbach.
Frankenstein Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Frankenstein Castle is a hilltop castle in the Odenwald overlooking the city of Darmstadt in Germany. This castle may have been an inspiration for Mary Shelley when she wrote her 1818 Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Frankenstein Castle is situated 3 km west of Frankenhausen.
Schloss Ernsthofen
Castle
Photo: Commander-pirx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schloss Ernsthofen is a castle, which is situated 3 km southeast of Frankenhausen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nieder-Ramstadt and Webern.
Nieder-Ramstadt
Suburb
Photo: DietG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nieder-Ramstadt is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km north of Frankenhausen.
Webern
Suburb
Photo: Muck50, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Webern is a suburb, which is situated 5 km southeast of Frankenhausen.
Trautheim
Suburb
Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trautheim is a suburb, which is situated 5 km north of Frankenhausen.
Frankenhausen
- Type: Village
- Description: municipal district of Mühltal in Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg, Germany
- Categories: Ortsteil and locality
- Location: Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.7873° or 49° 47′ 14″ northLongitude
8.70757° or 8° 42′ 27″ eastElevation
322 metres (1,056 feet)Open location code
8FXCQPP5+W2OpenStreetMap ID
node 471786673OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Frankenhausen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Frankenhausen”
- French: “Frankenhausen”
- German: “Frankenhausen”
- Irish: “Frankenhausen”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ev. Kirche and Friedhof Frankenhausen.
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