Göbelnrod is a village and urban district of Grünberg in the district of Gießen, in

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Geography

Göbelnrod is situated 2 km west of Grünberg and 20 km east of

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Sights

Wirberg Wirberg is a former monastery complex in the Giessen (district), district of Giessen. It is located on the eastern edge of the municipality of Reiskirchen between Saasen (Reiskirchen), Saasen and Göbelnrod, and about eight miles north-west of Gr ...

, a former monastery west of the village File:2002-06 Wirberg.jpg, Air photograph of Wirberg near Göbelnrod, June 2002 File:2008-05 Wirberg.jpg, Wirberg near Göbelnrod, May 2008

History

The village was first mentioned on December 5, 1310. In documents of the 14th to 17th century the name appears in different spellings: Gebelenrade (1310), Gebelinrode, Gebillinroda, Gebillinrode (all 1320), Gebilnrode (1457), Gebelnraide, Gebeinrade (both 1480), Gobelnrade (1484), Gabelnrade (about 1487), Gebelnrode (1495), Gobelnrode (1499), Gobelnroidt (1518), Gibbelnrode (1527), Göbelnroda (1629)

Population

Gallery

File:2011-08 Dorfplatz Göbelnrod.jpg, Village square with memorial stone in Göbelnrod, August 2011 File:2008-06 Bhf Göbelnrod.jpg, Station of Göbelnrod, June 2008 File:197x Schule Göbelnrod.jpg, School of Göbelnrod, 1972

Societies

* Carneval-Verein Göbelnrod 1973 e.V. * Eintracht Fan-Club "Adlerkralle" Göbelnrod 1992 * Evangelische Frauenhilfe Göbelnrod, established 1932 * Freiwillige Feuerwehr Göbelnrod e.V., established 1952 * Gesangverein "Eintracht" Göbelnrod, established 1903 * Obst- und Gartenbauverein Göbelnrod, established 1936 * Sportverein 1927 Göbelnrod e.V. * Tischtennisclub 1982 Göbelnrod