Fronhausen
Fronhausen | |
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Location of Fronhausen within Marburg-Biedenkopf district | |
| Coordinates: 50°42′N 08°43′E / 50.700°N 8.717°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Gießen |
| District | Marburg-Biedenkopf |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–27) | Claudia Schnabel |
| Area | |
• Total | 27.88 km2 (10.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 168 m (551 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31) | |
• Total | 4,139 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 35112 |
| Dialling codes | 06426 |
| Vehicle registration | MR |
| Website | www.fronhausen.de |
Fronhausen is a municipality in the south of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in the administrative region of Gießen in Hessen, Germany.
The municipal area stretches along the district's southern boundary in the Lahn valley and its environs between Marburg and Gießen, and borders in the north on the community of Weimar, in the east on the community of Ebsdorfergrund, in the south on the towns of Staufenberg and Lollar, and in the west on the community of Lohra.
It was formed out of seven former communities in the early 1970s as part of Hessen's municipal reforms at that time. The former communities were:
- Bellnhausen Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Erbenhausen
- Fronhausen
- Hassenhausen
- Holzhausen
- Oberwalgern
- Sichertshausen