|
|
 |
| |
|
Home > Travel Germany > Germany Destinations > Frankenberg (Eder) (Hesse)
Frankenberg (Eder) (Hesse)
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital. The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity.
Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Frankenberg an der Eder is a town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. The mountain at a ford over the Eder north of the Burgwald range was for a long time an equipped place, playing a particularly important role under the Franks in the Saxon Wars. The present town was built in 1233 1234 by the Thuringian Landgrave and rapidly earned economic importance for its position at the junction of two trade routes.
In a fire on 9th May 1476, the town was almost completely destroyed. The downtown core comprises of the renovated Old Town and the likewise renovated New Town with many half-timbered houses. At the foot of the mountain on which the town of Frankenberg was built crossed two old military and commercial roads.
The economy is divided evenly over various fields, therefore contributing to a very good regional labour situation. There are also the well-known furniture factory of the Brothers Thonet, a plant belonging to the injection moulding firm Hettich and the Bundeswehr's Electronic Warfare Battalion 932. The largest employer in the area is the heating technology manufacturer Viessmann in Allendorf.
Frankenberg is definitely one of the popular tourist attractions in Germany. It is worth paying a visit while touring the country. This place leaves a pleasing and unforgettable memory and justifies the proud cultural tradition of Germany.
Back to Germany Destinations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|