Freudenberg (Baden)

Freudenberg

Coat of arms

Freudenberg

Location of Freudenberg within Main-Tauber-Kreis district

Coordinates: 49°45′N 9°20′E / 49.750°N 9.333°ECoordinates: 49°45′N 9°20′E / 49.750°N 9.333°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Roger Henning

Area

• Total

34.78 km² (13.43 sq mi)

Elevation

133 m (436 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

3,800

• Density

110/km² (280/sq mi)

Time zone

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Postal codes

97896

Dialling codes

09375 / 09377 / 09378

Vehicle registration

TBB, MGH

Website

www.freudenberg-main.de

Freudenberg (also: Freudenberg am Main) is a town and a municipality in the district Main-Tauber-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Main and has a population around 3,700.

Freudenberg is located in the extreme northeast of the state of Baden-Württemberg, on the left bank of the river Main which here is the border to Bavaria. Across the river is the municipality of Collenberg. The old town of Freudenberg faces Kirschfurt, an Ortsteil of Collenberg. Freudenberg lies approximately 15 km west of Wertheim am Main, and 30 km south-east of Aschaffenburg.

Freudenberg is the terminus of the hiking path Nibelungensteig which starts at Zwingenberg (Bergstrasse). It is also located on the Nibelungenstraße (), a tourist route from Worms to Wertheim. The hills on the left bank of the Main are part of the Mittelgebirge Odenwald while those on the opposite side of the river belong to the Spessart. The municipal territory totals 3,478 hectares and stretches far into the wooded hills.

Freudenberg has the Stadtteile Boxtal, Ebenheid, Rauenberg and Wessental in addition to Freudenberg town proper.

Freudenberg was first mentioned around 1100.

In 1803, the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss awarded Freudenberg to the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg. Mondfeld, Rauenberg and Wessental (previously ruled by Mainz) became part of Amt Freudenberg. In 1806, Freudenberg became a part of the Grand Duchy of Baden.

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