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Waldeck-Frankenberg
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State: Hesse
Capital:Korbach
Adm. Region:Kassel
Area:1,848.58 km²
Inhabitants:170,427 (2002)
pop. density:92 inh./km²
Car identification:KB
Homepage:http://www.landkreis-waldeck-frankenberg.de' class='external' title="http://www.landkreis-waldeck-frankenberg.de">landkreis-waldeck-frankenberg.de
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Waldeck-Frankenberg is a Kreis ( district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Höxter, Kassel, Schwalm-Eder, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Hochsauerland.

1 History

The district was created in 1972 by merging the two districts Frankenberg and Waldeck. Most of the area of the district was previously part of the Freistaat Waldeck, the successor of the principality Waldeck.

2 Geography

The district is located in the mountains of the Sauerland, with the highest elevation in the district of 843 m.

Four artificial lakes created by dams are in the district, the biggest is the Edersee, which covers an area of 12.00 km². The Eder is also the main river in the district; the Diemel in the north is a smaller river.

3 Coat of arms

The coat of arms show the lion of Hesse in the top part. The eight-fold star in the bottom part is taken from the coat of arms of the counts and dukes of Waldeck, and was also the old coat of arms of the district Waldeck.

4 Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. Bad Arolsen
  2. Bad Wildungen
  3. BattenbergBattenberg (Eder is a town of 5000 inhabitants in Northern Hesse, Germany. It is situated in the upper Eder valley, 380m above sea level. It was first mentioned in a document of 1232. The early- Gothic church dates from 1249. Battenberg was also the surna (Eder)
  4. Diemelstadt
  5. Frankenau
  6. Frankenberg (Eder)
  7. Gemünden (Wohra)
  8. Hatzfeld (Eder)
  9. Korbach
  10. LichtenfelsLichtenfels is a community in the south of the old principalty of Waldeck. It was founded in 1971 with the villages of Sachsenberg, Goddelsheim, Furstenberg, Munden, Dalwighstahl, Rhadern Neukirchen and Immighausen. The name "Lichtenfels" was taken from t
  11. Rosenthal
  12. Volkmarsen
  13. Waldeck
  1. Allendorf (Eder)
  2. Bromskirchen
  3. Burgwald
  4. Diemelsee
  5. Edertal
  6. Haina (Kloster)
  7. Twistetal
  8. Vöhl
  9. Willingen (Upland)


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Topics: Waldeck-Frankenberg, History, Geography, Coat Of Arms...

Waldeck (principality)Waldeck (or Waldeck-Pyrmont was a sovereign principality in what is now Lower Saxony and Hesse ( Germany). Waldeck was a county within the Holy Roman Empire from about 1200. In 1625 the principality of Pyrmont became part of the county. 1712 the counts weWaldeck-FrankenbergWaldeck-Frankenberg is a Kreis ( district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Hoxter, Kassel, Schwalm-Eder, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Hochsauerland. History The district was created in 1972 by merging the two districtWaldeckWaldeck may mean the following: the principality Waldeck-Pyrmont, see Waldeck (principality) the city Waldeck in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse, see Waldeck, Hesse the small municipality Waldeck in the Saale-Holzland district, Thuringia, see Waldeck,
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