Grünberg () is a town in the district of Gießen, in

Hessen Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major historic cities are Da ...

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. In 1980, the town hosted the 20th '' Hessentag'' state festival.

Geography

Grünberg is situated east of

Gießen Giessen, spelled in German (), is a town in the German state () of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 university students. Th ...

Neighbouring communities

To the north Grünberg borders the municipality Rabenau and the town Homberg (Ohm) (

Vogelsbergkreis The Vogelsbergkreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gießen and Marburg-Biedenkopf. History The district was created in ...

), to the east the municipality Mücke (Vogelsbergkreis), to the south the town Laubach and to the west the municipality Reiskirchen.

Constituent communities

The town of Grünberg also consists of the nearby villages of Beltershain, Göbelnrod, Harbach, Klein-Eichen, Lardenbach, Lehnheim, Lumda, Queckborn, Reinhardshain, Stangenrod, Stockhausen, Weickartshain and Weitershain.

International relations

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, southwestern

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– since 1973 *

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, northeastern

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– since 1993

Education

* ''Theo-Koch-School'', Grünberg – integrated comprehensive school with sixth form * primary school ''Am Diebsturm'', Grünberg * primary school ''Sonnenberg'', Stangenrod * ''Gallus-School'', Grünberg

Transport

Grünberg has a junction of the

Bundesautobahn 5 is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection (with the Bundesautobahn 7, A 7). The southern end is at the Switzerland, Swiss border near Basel. It runs through the Germa ...

. There are stations on the

Vogelsberg Railway The Vogelsberg () is a large volcanic mountain range in the German Central Uplands in the state of Hesse, separated from the Rhön Mountains by the Fulda river valley. Emerging approximately 19 million years ago, the Vogelsberg is Central Eu ...

(''Vogelsbergbahn'') in the town of Grünberg ( Grünberg station) and the villages Göbelnrod ( Göbelnrod station) and Lehnheim ( Lehnheim station).

Gallery

File:Gruenberg Wartturm.jpg, Tower in Grünberg in Hessen, Germany File:Gruenberg De Merian Hassiae.jpg, This is a scan of the historical document: Title: Grünberg - Topographia Hassiae language: German File:Gruenberg einkaifen 1.jpg, Street in Grünberg, Germany File:Gruenberg Diebsturm.jpg, Tower in Grünberg in Hessen, Germany File:Gruenberg town hall.jpg, Town hall in Grünberg in Hessen, Germany File:Gruenberg town hall detail.jpg, Detail of town hall in Grünberg in Hessen, Germany File:2010-07 Grünberg.jpg, Sporthotel/Sportschule Grünberg, July 2010

References

External links

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Foto Gallery - Fotos von Grunberg
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