Frankenberg
Frankenberg is a town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse, Germany. The mountain at a ford over the Eder north of the Burgwald range was for a long time a fortified place, playing an especially important role under the Franks in the Saxon Wars.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rathaus Frankenberg and Bahnhof Frankenberg.
Bahnhof Frankenberg
Railway station
Photo: Stefan Flöper, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bahnhof Frankenberg is a railway station.
Naturschutzgebiet Auf dem Tiergarten bei Frankenberg
Nature reserve
Photo: Kersti Nebelsiek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Naturschutzgebiet Auf dem Tiergarten bei Frankenberg is a nature reserve.
Frankenberg
- Type: Town with 17,600 residents
- Also known as: “06635011”, “Frankenberg, Hesse”, and “Stadt Frankenberg (Eder)”
- Category: locality
- Location: Waldeck-Frankenberg, Kassel, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.0555° or 51° 3′ 20″ northLongitude
8.7984° or 8° 47′ 54″ eastPopulation
17,600Elevation
273 metres (896 feet)Open location code
9F3C3Q4X+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 240094772OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
6557834
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Frankenberg” goes by many names.
- French: “Frankenberg”
- German: “Frankenberg (Eder)”
- German: “Frankenberg”
- Japanese: “フランケンベルク・アン・デア・エーダー”
- Portuguese: “Frankenberg”
- Russian: “Франкенберг”
- Serbian: “Франкенберг”
- Spanish: “Frankenberg”
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