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Frankenberg
Also known as Frankenberg/Eder
town in Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Hesse
- Admin region
- Kassel
- District
- Waldeck-Frankenberg
- Mayor 2023 29
- Barbara Eckes ( SPD )
- Total
- 124.86 km (48.21 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 405 m (1,329 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 280 m (920 ft)
- Density
- 141.24/km (365.81/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Dialling codes
- 06451
- Vehicle registration
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Article
Frankenberg (Eder) ( German pronunciation: [ˈfʁaŋkn̩ˌbɛʁk] ) 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. The town was built in 1233-1234 by the Thuringian Landgrave at the junction of two trade routes. The renovated Old and New Town have many half-timbered houses. In 2018 the town adopted the additional name "Philipp Soldan Stadt".