Pfungstadt

Pfungstadt () is a town of 25,029 inhabitants (2020), in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg in the state of Hesse, Germany.

Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_coa: Wappen Pfungstadt.svg
German location.image_photo: Pfungstadt Altes Rathaus 01.jpg
German location.image_caption: Old town hall
German location.image_plan: Pfungstadt in DA.svg
German location.state: Hessen
German location.region: Darmstadt
German location.district: Darmstadt-Dieburg
German location.elevation: 103
German location.area: 42.54
German location.postal_code: 64310–64319
German location.area_code: 06157
German location.licence: DA
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 06 4 32 018
German location.website: www.pfungstadt.de
German location.mayor: Patrick Koch
German location.leader_term: 2019–25
German location.party: SPD

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Wikidata facts

Country: Germany
Located in: Darmstadt-Dieburg
Population: 25299
Area: 42.54
Elevation: 103
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Griesheim
Official website: www.pfungstadt.de
Image: Pfungstadt Altes Rathaus 01.jpg
Dialing code: 06157
Licence plate code: DA

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twinned administrative body: Gradignan
Commons category: Pfungstadt
postal code: 64319
Commons gallery: Pfungstadt
described at URL: www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/gsrec/current/2/sn/ol?q=Pfungstadt
hashtag: Pfungstadt

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Pfungstadt () is a town of 25,029 inhabitants (2020), in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg in the state of Hesse, Germany.

==History== The town was first mentioned in 785 as property of the Monastery of Lorsch and got its town rights in 1886 due to its railway station. It is situated just west of the Odenwald hills, one of the closest being Frankenstein with its castle ruin of monstrous fame (Mary Shelley) on its summit. It is said Shelley used the name after asking a sailor on a Rhine trip to tell her the name of "this yonder castle".

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