Fröndenberg

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Location of Fröndenberg within Unna district
Fröndenberg
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Unna
Mayor	Egon Krause (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	56.21 km² (21.7 sq mi)
Elevation	181 m (594 ft)
Population	23,207 (30/11/2005)
- Density	413 /km² (1,069 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	UN
Postal code	58730
Area codes	02373, 02303, 02377, 02378
Website	www.froendenberg.de
Coordinates: 51°28′19″N 7°45′57″E / 51.47194, 7.76583

Fröndenberg (IPA: [ˈfʁœndənbɛʁk]) is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Neighbouring places
- 1.2 Twin towns
2 History
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Geography

Fröndenberg is situated in the Ruhr valley, approx. 20 km south-east of the district capital Unna.

[edit] Neighbouring places

[edit] Twin towns

Bruay-la-Buissière (Pas-de-Calais, France)
Winschoten (Netherlands)
Hartha (Germany)

[edit] History

The city as such is relatively new, it grew out of the reorganization in 1902 whereby the former independent villages Stift, Westick and village Froendenberg melted into the bigger village community of Fröndenberg. It obtained city status in 1952. The oldest record of the name `Frundeberg` is the papal document by Coelestin III from 1197.

The present day administrative infrastructure goes back to 1968 when the villages Altendorf, Ardey, Bausenhagen, Dellwig, Frohnhausen, Frömern, Langschede, Neimen, Ostbüren, Stentrop, Strickherdicke, the town of Warmen and the town of Fröndenberg were merged into one administrative unit. In 1969 the village Bentrop also became part of the Fröndenberg district.