Battenberg, Hesse
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Location of Battenberg within Waldeck-Frankenberg district
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| Coordinates: 51°01′N 08°39′E / 51.017°N 8.650°ECoordinates: 51°01′N 08°39′E / 51.017°N 8.650°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| Admin. region | Kassel | |
| District | Waldeck-Frankenberg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Heinfried Horsel (Ind.) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 64.73 km2 (24.99 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 340 m (1,120 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 5,414 | |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 35088 | |
| Dialling codes | 06452 | |
| Vehicle registration | KB | |
| Website | www.battenberg-eder.de | |
Battenberg (Eder) is a small town in the Waldeck-Frankenberg state of Hesse, Germany. The town is noted for giving its name to the Battenberg family, a morganatic branch of the ruling House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and through it, the name Mountbatten used by members of the British royal family, a literal translation of Battenberg.
The centre of Battenberg lies in the Ederbergland, or Eder Highland, to which the Burgwald abutting the town to the east also belongs, on the southern edge of the Sauerland and the Rothaargebirge. Lying between 320 and 650 m above sea level, the town is also crossed by the river Eder.
Battenberg borders in the north on the community of Bromskirchen, in the northeast on the community of Allendorf, in the southeast on the community of Burgwald (all three in Waldeck-Frankenberg), in the south on the community of Münchhausen am Christenberg (Marburg-Biedenkopf), and in the west on the towns of Hatzfeld (Waldeck-Frankenberg) and Bad Berleburg (Siegen-Wittgenstein in North Rhine-Westphalia).
Battenberg includes the following centres:
In 778 fighting took place near Laisa and Battenfeld as part of Charlemagne's Saxon Wars. A branch of the Wittgenstein noble family began calling themselves the "Counts of Battenberg" in 1214 - compare Sayn-Wittgenstein. In 1232, Battenberg had its first documentary mention, and two years later it was granted town rights. The early-Gothic church dates from 1249. In 1297, the town's ownership was transferred to the Archbishops of Mainz. In 1464, the Amt of Battenberg passed to Hesse. In 1932, Battenberg became part of the Frankenberg/Eder district. As part of municipal reform in 1974, the districts of Frankenberg (including Battenberg) and Waldeck united to form the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg.
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