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Location of Lohfelden within Kassel district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Kassel |
| Mayor | Michael Reuter (SPD) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 16.57 km2 (6.40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 210 m (689 ft) |
| Population | 13,749 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 830 /km2 (2,149 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | KS |
| Postal code | 34253 |
| Area codes | 0561, 05608 |
| Website | www.lohfelden.de |
Lohfelden is a municipality in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 6 km southeast of Kassel. It has three parts Crumbach, Ochsenhausen and the former independent Vollmarshausen.
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Lohfelden / Vollmarshausen borders in the northwest to the independent city of Kassel, in the northeast and east to the municipality Kaufungen, in the south with the municipality Söhrewald , oin the west with the municipality Fuldabrück (all three in the district of Kassel).
The monastery of St. Alban in Mainz get rights in Crumbach in the 14th and 15 Century.
On 1 June 1941, merged the two communities Crumbach and Ochsenhausen were unified to the new community of Lohfelden. On 1st December 1970 with the local government reform the former independent Vollmarshausen was added. The new Town Hall was built between the previous Lohfelden and Vollmarshausen.
Source: Eco Pfad Kulturgeschichte Lohfelden[2]
Lohfelden has two primary schools, five kindergartens, two nurseries and a nursing home; also four gyms and two football stadiums.
The soccer division of the FSC Lohfelden plays in the Hessenliga.
In 1971, Lohfelden developed the business park Kassel-Waldau together with Kassel. A second business park with the name Lohfeldener Rüssel followed in 2009 also together with Kassel. It is well known for the service area with the same name on the autobahn.
Lohfelden twinned with, or has sister city relationships with:
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