Fränkisch-Crumbach is a municipality in the

Odenwaldkreis The Odenwaldkreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the south of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Darmstadt-Dieburg, Miltenberg, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis and Kreis Bergstraße. ''Odenwaldkreis'' belongs to the Rhine Neckar Are ...

(district) in

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Geography

Location

Fränkisch-Crumbach lies in the middle Odenwald on the Gersprenz, which empties into the

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near Stockstadt am Main.

Neighbouring communities

Fränkisch-Crumbach borders in the northeast on the community of Brensbach, in the southeast on the community of Reichelsheim (both in the Odenwaldkreis), in the west on the town of

Lindenfels Lindenfels is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location The climatic spa, also known as the “Pearl of the Odenwald”, lies in the Odenwald in southern Hesse and is nestled in a mountain landscape with a gre ...

(

Kreis Bergstraße Kreis is the German word for circle. Kreis may also refer to: Places * , or circles, various subdivisions roughly equivalent to counties, districts or municipalities ** Districts of Germany (including and ) ** Former districts of Prussia, al ...

), in the northwest on the community of Fischbachtal and in the north on the town of

Groß-Bieberau Groß-Bieberau is a town in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 15 km southeast of Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (F ...

(both in

Darmstadt-Dieburg Darmstadt-Dieburg is a Kreis (district) in the south of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Offenbach, Aschaffenburg, Miltenberg, Odenwaldkreis, Bergstraße, Groß-Gerau, and the district-free city of Darmstadt, which it surrounds. Histor ...

Politics

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

Mayor

Mayor Eric Engels (CDU) was re-elected on 12 March 2017.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

*The

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Church of Saint Lawrence (''Kirche St. Laurentius'') is built in the Romanesque style. It was given a steeple and a quire with rib vaulting in 1485. Worthy of note are the epitaphs, some of which come from the

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. *The Rodenstein Castle ruins, built about 1250 *The tomb of the Barons of Gemmingen on the main street *The Schnellerts Castle ruins a few kilometres away.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The community is linked to the long-distance road network by ''

Bundesstraße ''Bundesstraße'' (German for "federal highway"), abbreviated ''B'', is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways. Germany Germany's ''Bundesstraßen'' network has a total length of about 40,000 km. German ''Bundesstraßen'' ...

'' 38 ( Weinheim–

Roßdorf Roßdorf is a municipality in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg, in Hesse, Germany. It has a population of 12,619 (as of 2020). It is situated 8 km east of Darmstadt. Geographic Situation Neighbouring Towns and Municipalities Roßdorf ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frankisch-Crumbach Odenwaldkreis