Grünberg, Hesse

Grünberg is also the German name for Zielona Góra. For other uses see Grünberg (disambiguation).
Grünberg
Grünberg
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Gießen
District Gießen
Mayor Frank Ide (Freie Wählergruppe)
Basic statistics
Area 89.25 km2 (34.46 sq mi)
Elevation 275 m  (902 ft)
Population 13,885 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 156 /km2 (403 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate GI
Postal code 35305
Area codes 06401 (06634)

Grünberg is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany.

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Geography

Grünberg is situated 20 km east of Gießen.

Neighbouring communities

To the north Grünberg borders the municipality Rabenau and the town Homberg (Ohm) (Vogelsbergkreis), 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 consists of not only the namesake main town, but also of the outlying centres of Beltershain, Göbelnrod, Harbach, Klein-Eichen, Lardenbach, Lehnheim, Lumda, Queckborn, Reinhardshain, Stangenrod, Stockhausen, Weickartshain and Weitershain.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Twin towns — sister cities

Education

Transport

Grünberg has a junction of the Bundesautobahn 5. There are stations of the train line Vogelsbergbahn in the town of Grünberg and the villages Göbelnrod and Lehnheim.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "Die Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden" (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2011. http://www.statistik-hessen.de/static/publikationen/A/AI2_AII_AIII_AV_10-1hj_pdf.zip. 

External links

Towns and municipalities in Giessen district