Fronhausen is a municipality in the south of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in the administrative region of Gießen in Hessen,

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. The municipal area stretches along the district's southern boundary in the

Lahn The Lahn is a , right (or eastern) tributary of the Rhine in Germany. Its course passes through the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia (23.0 km), Hesse (165.6 km), and Rhineland-Palatinate (57.0 km). It has its source in t ...

valley and its environs between

Marburg Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximate ...

and Gießen, and borders in the north on the community of

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ...

, in the east on the community of

Ebsdorfergrund Ebsdorfergrund is a municipality consisting of eleven villages in the southeast of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. The community's municipal area extends over the ''Ebsdorfer Grund'' in the valley of the Zwester Ohm and the areas ar ...

, in the south on the towns of Staufenberg and

Lollar Lollar is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Lahn, 7 km north of Gießen Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of both the d ...

, and in the west on the community of

Lohra Lohra may refer to: *Lohra, Bihar, India *Lohra, Germany **Lohra (megalithic tomb), near Lohra, Germany *Lohra (tribe) Lohra is a community found in Jharkhand. They are traditionally associated with works of iron smelting. History Histrorians ...

. It was formed out of seven former communities in the early 1970s as part of Hessen's municipal reforms at that time. The former communities were: *Bellnhause

*Erbenhausen *Fronhausen *Hassenhausen *Holzhausen *Oberwalgern *Sichertshausen

Politics

Municipal council

Since the last municipal elections held in March 2006, the seats on the municipal council have been distributed thus:

Coat of arms

The civic

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...

might be described thus: In gules a bend sinister wavy argent; above, a wing argent; below, seven lozenges argent. The arms were chosen from many proposals put forth after the greater community was formed. The bend sinister (the band) stands for the river Lahn, which flows through the community. The wing comes from the historic Fronhausen reeves' arms, and the lozenges from the Stewards (''Schenken'') of Schweinsberg, who were formerly the local nobility; the number of lozenges – seven – also represents the number of constituent communities.

Transport links

In the community are a connection with the four-lane Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 3, and a stop on the Main-Weser

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

, with regional and regional express service.

Partnerships

* Sonchamp,

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Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is the base of the Clairefontaine French National football academy. See also *Communes of the Yvelines department * ...

, France *

La Celle-les-Bordes La Celle-les-Bordes () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yvelines department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is des ...

, France All these partner communities are near

Rambouillet Rambouillet (, , ) is a subprefecture of the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of France. It is located beyond the outskirts of Paris, southwest of its centre. In 2018, the commune had a population of 26,933. Rambouillet lies ...

Politics

Municipal council

Coat of arms

Transport links

Partnerships

Sons and daughters of the community

References

External links