Ehrenberg is a municipality in the
district of Fulda, in
Hesse,
Germany.
Geography
The municipality is located in the centre of the wildlife park "Hessische Rhön" in a level of 450 up to 900 meters and approx. 30 km from
Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
History ...
. Most of its districts are situated in the valley of the river
Ulster and are crossed by the interstate road B278. Only Reulbach is in another valley.
Neighbouring municipalities
Ehrenberg touches the municipalities
Hilders (rural district Fulda) in the north,
Birx (
Thuringia), the town
Fladungen
Fladungen is a town in the Rhön-Grabfeld district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Rhön Mountains, 11 km northwest of Ostheim, 20 km west of Meiningen, and 33 km east of Fulda. It is the northernmost town in Bavaria ...
(
Bavaria), the municipality
Hausen (also Bavaria) and the town
Oberelsbach (also Bavaria) the east, the town
Gersfeld
Gersfeld is a town in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the Fulda River, in the Rhön Mountains, southeast of Fulda. It belonged to the abbey-principality of Fulda before secularisation in 1803. It then belonged to the ...
(district Fulda) in the south and the municipality
Poppenhausen
Poppenhausen is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Schweinfurt (district), Schweinfurt in Bavaria, Germany.
It consists of the following six localities: Hain, Kronungen, Kützberg, Maibach, Pfersdorf, Poppenhausen.
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(district Fulda) in the west.
Districts
Melperts
* 180 inhabitants (2004)
* principal: Gertrud Faulstich
* average level: 540 m
The smallest village of the municipality is characterized by prevailing agriculture. In the centre of the village there is a bakehouse where the annual Melpertser Bakehousefestival is taking place. In Melperts there is a pottery.
Reulbach
* 450 inhabitants (2004)
* principal: Roland Hohmann
* average level: 570 m
Seiferts
* 650 inhabitants (2004)
* principal: Peter Wehner
* average level: 530 m
Thaiden
* 340 inhabitants (2004)
* principal: Martin Barthelmes
* average level: 500 m
Wüstensachsen
* 1380 inhabitants (2004)
* principal: Thomas Keidel
* average level: 580 m
References
Municipalities in Hesse
Fulda (district)
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