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Pohlheim
Pohlheim () is a town in the district of Giessen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 6 km south of Giessen. After Giessen, Pohlheim is the largest municipality in the Giessen district by population.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Schule (Watzenborn-Steinberg) 03.JPG
- German location.image_caption
- Schule cultural monument in the Watzenborn-Steinberg district
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Pohlheim COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Landkreis Gießen Pohlheim.png
- German location.state
- Hessen
- German location.region
- Gießen
- German location.district
- Gießen
- German location.elevation
- 215
- German location.area
- 38
- German location.postal_code
- 35415
- German location.area_code
- 06403 / 0641 / 06404 / 06004
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- City council elections
- Mayors
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- Demographics
- Transport
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
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Pohlheim () is a town in the district of Giessen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 6 km south of Giessen. After Giessen, Pohlheim is the largest municipality in the Giessen district by population.
== Geography == Pohlheim is located in the southern part of the Giessen district, and lies on the Lückenbach stream which flows into the Lahn via the Kleebach. The town covers an area of 38 km2 and borders Giessen and Fernwald from its north, Lich from its east, Münzenberg from its south, and Langgöns/Linden from its west. The town has six total districts: Dorf-Güll, Garbenteich, Grüningen, Hausen, Holzheim, and Watzenborn-Steinberg. The Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes run through the Pohlheim area.
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