Fronhausen
Municipality in Hesse, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fronhausen is a municipality in the south of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in the administrative region of Gießen in Hessen, Germany.
Municipality in Hesse, Germany
Fronhausen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Fronhausen within Marburg-Biedenkopf district  | |
  Fronhausen  Fronhausen | |
| Coordinates: 50°42′N 08°43′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Gießen |
| District | Marburg-Biedenkopf |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–27) | Claudia Schnabel[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.88 km2 (10.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 168 m (551 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,118 |
| • 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 |
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