Hohenroda

Hohenroda
Coat of arms
Hohenroda
Location of Hohenroda within Hersfeld-Rotenburg district
Coordinates: 50°48′28″N 9°55′22″E / 50.80778°N 9.92278°E / 50.80778; 9.92278Coordinates: 50°48′28″N 9°55′22″E / 50.80778°N 9.92278°E / 50.80778; 9.92278
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Government
• Mayor	Andre Stenda (Ind.)
Area
• Total	35.74 km2 (13.80 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	3,114
• Density	87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	36284
Dialling codes	06676
Vehicle registration	HEF
Website	www.hohenroda.de

Hohenroda is a municipality in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany lying right on the boundary with Thuringia.

The municipality lies between the Rhön and the Thuringian Forest (ranges) in the so-called Kuppen Rhön. The highest elevation in the Hessian Skittles (a range of volcanic mountains), the Soisberg, stands at the western municipal limits.

The nearest major centres are Bad Hersfeld (some 20 km to the northwest) and Fulda (some 32 km to the southwest).

Hohenroda borders in the north on the municipality of Philippsthal (in Hersfeld-Rotenburg), in the east on the municipality of Unterbreizbach, in the southeast on the municipality of Buttlar (both in Thuringia’s Wartburgkreis), in the south on the municipality of Eiterfeld (in Fulda district), in the west on the municipality of Schenklengsfeld and in the northwest on the municipality of Friedewald (both in Hersfeld-Rotenburg).

Hohenroda’s districts are Ausbach, Glaam, Mansbach, Oberbreitzbach, Ransbach and Soislieden.

In 1232, Mansbach had its first documentary mention and is believed to have been bound to the Buchonian knightly order of Mansbach since its founding. Ransbach followed with its first documentary mention in 1254 as a village of the Amt of Landeck.