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 Museum im Kloster Frankenberg.
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″ north
Longitude
8.7984° or 8° 47′ 54″ east
Population
17,600
Elevation
273 metres (896 feet)
Open location code
9F3C3Q4X+59
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
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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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