Alsfeld
Alsfeld | |
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Town Hall, Weinhaus, oldest timber-framed building and Walpurgiskirche | |
Location of Alsfeld within Vogelsbergkreis district | |
| Coordinates: 50°45′04″N 09°16′16″E / 50.75111°N 9.27111°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Gießen |
| District | Vogelsbergkreis |
| Subdivisions | 16 Stadtteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–25) | Stephan Paule (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 129.71 km2 (50.08 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
• Total | 15,500 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 36304 |
| Dialling codes | 06631 |
| Vehicle registration | VB |
| Website | www |
Alsfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈalsfɛlt] ⓘ) is a town in the center of Hesse, in Germany.
Located about 100 km (62 mi) north of Frankfurt, Alsfeld is part of the densely populated Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, with nearby Lauterbach (about 15 km (9.3 mi) east), one of the two centre cities of the Vogelsbergkreis district.
Alsfeld is best described as a blend of a historic bourgeois European town and its rural-agricultural environs and shaped by typical Lutheran-Pietist characteristics, such as austerity and a Protestant work ethic. It is well known for its well-preserved old town with hundreds of picturesque timber-frame houses, and part of the German Timber-Frame Road.