Allendorf (Eder) () is a municipality which situated in the north west of

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. The municipality is within the

Waldeck-Frankenberg Waldeck-Frankenberg is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Höxter, Kassel, Schwalm-Eder, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Hochsauerland. History The district was created in 1972 by mergin ...

district in a rural region called the upper Eder Valley. The Burgwald range is located west of Allendorf while the Breite Struth hills are in Allendorf's east. With regard to towns, Allendorf lies to the east of Frankenberg/Eder (12 km) and to the west of Battenberg (2.6 km) and

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(21 km). In the north of Allendorf are

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(12 km),

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(26 km), and

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(39 km). In its south is the university city

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(32 km). Allendorf is internationally known because of the heating company Viessmann, which has its headquarters in Allendorf/Eder. Moreover, the FC Ederbergland – an amalgamation of the football divisions of the SV Allendorf and the TSV Battenberg – successfully plays in the Hessian regional league. Allendorf is also attractive to tourists because of its half-timbered houses and the surrounding idyllic landscape.

Geography

Neighbouring communities

Allendorf borders in the east on the town of Frankenberg, in the southeast on the community of Burgwald, and in the south and west on the town of Battenberg (all in Waldeck-Frankenberg). To its north is

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

(

Bad Berleburg Bad Berleburg (, earlier also Berleburg) is a town, in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of Germany's largest towns by land area. It is located approximately northeast of Siegen and northwest of ...

and

Constituent communities

The municipality Allendorf/Eder consists of the following ''

Ortsbezirk A (; also called ''Ortsbezirk'' in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate) is an administrative division in Germany, which is part of a larger city. It is translated as "borough". In Germany, usually only exist in a metropolis with more than 150,000 in ...

e'': *Allendorf (first mentioned 1107) *Battenfeld (first mentioned 778) *

Bromskirchen Bromskirchen is a village and a former municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the municipality of Allendorf (Eder).Hersfeld. The community passed with the '' Amt'' of Battenberg first to the High Principality (''Oberfürstentum'') of Marburg in 1567, and then to

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in 1623. In 1866, it became part of the

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n district of Battenberg, in 1932 the Frankenberg district, and in 1974 the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Since Hesse's municipal reforms in 1971, Allendorf (Eder) with the outlying centres of Battenfeld, Rennertehausen, Haine and Osterfeld form a community on the broad Eder plains. On 1 January 2023, the former municipality

Bromskirchen Bromskirchen is a village and a former municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the municipality of Allendorf (Eder).

Politics

Mayors

Municipal council

Allendorf's council is made up of 31 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 27 March 2011: * CDU 11 seats *

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9 seats * FDP 1 seat *BLO 10 seats Note: BLO is citizens' coalition.

Constituent community heads

*''Allendorf'': Strieder, Reinhold (BLA) *''Battenfeld'': Gasse, Dietmar (CDU) *''Rennertehausen'': Clemens, Erich *''Haine'': Eckel, Günther *''Osterfeld'': Lassek, Wolfgang (BLO)

Partnerships

Allendorf maintains partnership links with: * Bonneval near

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, since 1981.

Sightseeing

* The Battenfeld Church is a Romanesque cross-shaped basilica from the 12th and 13th centuries within which are preserved two case bays in the nave and the crossing with groin vaults and a domelike vault in the quire. * The Allendorf Old Church (''Alte Kirche Allendorf'') is from late Gothic times and has a bulky quire tower whose flat spire ( tented on all sides with a short roof ridge) is set on the long sides with two bay windows, giving it an interesting profile. It was built in 1496. * Rennertehausen Church is a

half-timbered Timber framing () and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy Beam (structure), timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and Woodworking joints, joined timbers with joints secure ...

church from 1609 with a loft and interesting pulpit. * Haine Church is a half-timbered, opulently decorated church. It was built in 1676. * The ''Altes Steinbackhaus'' ("Old Stone Bakehouse") is in Rennertehausen, at Im Wiesenhof 9. * There are local history museums in outlying centres. * The Stedefelsen (

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s), 200 m downstream from Rennertehausen's Eder

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, are a

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treasure from

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times. * The Historical Border between Hesse-Darmstadt and Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) runs through the municipal area from north to south. Many border stones – the oldest from 1650 – are preserved and looked after. * There are many fine half-timbered houses in all centres.

Infrastructure

Educational Facilities

Allendorf's school has existed since 1965. Before it was renamed "Schule am Goldberg" it was called "Mittelpunktschule Allendorf." It normally accommodates a primary school and a Hauptschule. Lately, however, it has been reduced to being only a primary school because of demographic and educational changes. Its pupils come from Allendorf, Battenfeld, Bromskirchen, Haine, Osterfeld, and Rennertehausen. Secondary schools can be found in Battenberg and Frankenberg. Battenberg's comprehensive school (Gesamtschule Battenberg) offers all three types of schools (Hauptschule, Realschule, and Gymnasium). It puts a special emphasis on media education. As it is newly refurbished, it is a well-equipped all-day school. Pupils who go to Gymnasium in Battenberg have to change to Frankenberg after their tenth grade in order to pass their A-levels. Frankenberg's Edertalschule is a traditional Gymnasium with a special emphasis put on musical education. There is also a vocational college (Berufsfachschule) called "Hans-Viessmann-Schule" in Frankenberg.

Sports Grounds

Allendorf and its constituent communities offer a broad variety of well-equipped public sports grounds, which are regularly used by local clubs and schools. The largest sports ground is the stadium in Allendorf, which is called "Sportstadion im Ried." It is an arena type B and consists of 6 running tracks with Rekortan-surface, a sandpit for long jump, a high jump or pole vault pit, a lawn, and a shot put area. Unroofed standing terraces for approximately 6000 people can be found on the south-western side of the arena. In addition to the football ground of the stadium, there are four separate football grounds and one artificial grass pitch, which reflects that almost every constituent community has its own football association and that FC Ederbergland regularly exercises on one of the football grounds in Allendorf's sports centre. Apart from football grounds and athletics sports stadiums, there are also a boules pit, an ice rink which is used as a skateboard park in summer, an indoor

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surrounded by several outdoor riding arenas, an indoor tennis centre with three hard courts as well as four outdoor tennis courts. Three additional tennis courts can be found in Rennertehausen. Further sports grounds are a gymnasium belonging to the local school, two bowling facilities in Allendorf and Haine with two bowling alleys each, three indoor shooting ranges and one outdoor shooting stand. Finally, one can also consider the airport as a sports ground since it is regularly used by the aviation sport association.

Community Halls

Municipal authorities and administration are housed in the community centre in Allendorf. Moreover, each village belonging to Allendorf has its own community hall which is used for community meetings, private parties, sports and cultural events. The community halls in Haine and the community centre in Allendorf are equipped with two skittle alleys, which can be rented.

Transport

Streets

Near Allendorf two major roads, B236 and B253, meet. The B236 runs along a north–south axis connecting Allendorf with

and

. The well-developed B253 connects Allendorf with Frankenberg,

, and

. To reach the nearest autobahn, which is the A45 near

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, it takes approximately one hour (50,4 km). The B3, a two-laned major road that is connected with the autobahn network, can be reached in approximately half an hour after 25,9 km near Marburg. In addition to these long distances to clearways, the traffic situation is impaired by frequent radar controls and speed limits on B236 between Münchhausen and Marburg as well as sloping and winding roads on B253 when passing the Sackpfeife.

Railways

Allendorf is associated with the railway network and has its own railway station. Since 14 November 1966 passenger service on the local railway between Winterberg and Frankenberg has been discontinued. The track was largely converted into a walking and bicycle trail. On 30 May 1981, the railway line Frankenberg –

was likewise closed for passenger service. The track is now used only for goods transport. Today, Allendorf is not served by trains any more. The nearest railway stations on the railway line Marburg – Frankenberg are Münchhausen, Birkenbringhausen and Frankenberg.

Airports

Allendorf has a small airport (Allendorf Airport), which is run by the heating company Viessmann and shared with the local aviation sports club. The paved runway is 1240m long and illuminated at night. There are no scheduled or charter flights. Frankfurt Main Airport, Paderborn Airport and Düsseldorf Airport are the nearest airports with regular passenger flights.

Clubs and associations

Volunteer fire brigades in the community

*FFW Allendorf (1927) *FFW Rennertehausen (1931) *FFW Battenfeld (1930) *FFW Haine (1960)

Sport clubs

*Sportverein 1924 Allendorf (Eder) e. V. *SV 1923 Rennertehausen e.V. *SG Battenfeld e.V. *TSV Haine e.V. *Türkgüçü Allendorf *

FC Ederbergland FC Ederbergland is a German association football club from the city of Battenberg, Hesse. The club was formed through the merger of predecessor sides ''TSV Battenberg'' and ''SV Allendorf/Eder''.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGO ...

Shooting clubs

*Schützenverein Allendorf (Eder) *Schützenverein 1930 e.V. Rennertehausen

Youth clubs

*Jugendclub Allendorf (Eder) *Jugendclub Rennertehausen *Jugendclub Battenfeld

German Red Cross

*DRK Ortsgruppe Allendorf

Ars Scribendi

* Branch office of the international body for furthering literary and writing arts, Ars Scribendi

References

External links

Allendorf (Eder)

Middle Centre of Allendorf-Battenberg

Rennertehausen

Osterfeld

Ederbergland touristic information
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