Melsungen
Sign in to saveMelsungen () is a small climatic spa town in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany. In 1987, the town hosted the 27th Hessentag state festival.
Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_coa
- Wappen Melsungen.png
- German place.image_plan
- Melsungen in HR.svg
- German place.state
- Hessen
- German place.region
- Kassel
- German place.district
- Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
- German place.elevation
- 160-460
- German place.area
- 63.09
- German place.postal_code
- 34212
- German place.area_code
- 05661
- German place.licence
- HR
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 06 6 34 014
- German place.divisions
- 7 Stadtteile
- German place.website
- www.melsungen.de
- German place.mayor
- Markus Boucsein
- German place.leader_term
- 2018–24
- German place.party
- independent
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- History
- Middle Ages
- Modern Age
- Coat of arms
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- Sport
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- Regular events
- Culinary specialities
- Transportation
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Melsungen () is a small climatic spa town in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany. In 1987, the town hosted the 27th Hessentag state festival.
==Geography== Melsungen lies on the river Fulda in the North Hesse Highlands. The streams Pfieffe and Kehrenbach, flow into the Fulda in the town. A few kilometres downstream, the river Eder flows into the Fulda.