Friedrichsdorf

Friedrichsdorf is a municipality in Hochtaunuskreis, South Hesse, Hesse. Friedrichsdorf is situated nearby to the locality Am Eichenspitz, as well as near the suburb Dillingen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Frankfurt Germany Temple and Friedrichsdorf station.

Frankfurt Germany Temple

Church

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The Frankfurt Germany Temple is the 43rd constructed and 41st operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in the city of Friedrichsdorf, Germany, it was built with the same general architecture as the six-spire design used in the Boise, Chicago, and Dallas temples, but it was only given a single-spire.

Friedrichsdorf station

Railway station

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Friedrichsdorf station is in the centre of Friedrichsdorf on Bahnstraße. Although the city has mostly dispensed with the appendage of "Taunus" in its name the station still officially retains it, although signs on the newest platform and Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund maps do not include it.

Gickelsburg

Peak

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Gickelsburg is a hill near Friedrichsdorf in the state of Hesse, Germany. Its highest point is 471 metres above sea level. Around the summit, there is a Celtic ring wall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bad Homburg and Dillingen.

Bad Homburg

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Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, commonly referred to as Bad Homburg, is a spa town just outside Frankfurt in Hesse, Germany. With a sizeable castle and old town, the thermal springs and a casino frequented by kings, as well as its present highest per capita wealth in all of Germany, the city adopted an apt motto Champagnerluft und Tradition.