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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Darmstadt

Elevation
  
190-500 m (−1,450 ft)

Area
  
16.1 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 4:32 AM

Dialling code
  
06164

State
  
Hesse

District
  
Odenwaldkreis

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
3,318 (30 Jun 2009)

Postal code
  
64407

Administrative region
  
Darmstadt

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 32 km/h, 79% Humidity

Fränkisch-Crumbach is a community in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.

Contents

Map of Fr%C3%A4nkisch-Crumbach, Germany

Location

Fränkisch-Crumbach lies in the middle Odenwald on the Gersprenz, which empties into the Main near Stockstadt am Main.

Neighbouring communities

Fränkisch-Crumbach borders in the northeast on the community of Brensbach, in the southeast on the community of Reichelsheim (both in the Odenwaldkreis), in the west on the town of Lindenfels (Kreis Bergstraße), in the northwest on the community of Fischbachtal and in the north on the town of Groß-Bieberau (both in Darmstadt-Dieburg).

Politics

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

Mayor

Mayor Gerhard Maser (SPD) was re-elected in the runoff election on 6 March 2005 with 60.8% of the vote.

Buildings

  • The Evangelical Church of Saint Lawrence (Kirche St. Laurentius) is built in the Romanesque style. It was given a steeple and a quire with rib vaulting in 1485. Worthy of note are the epitaphs, some of which come from the Renaissance.
  • The Rodenstein Castle ruins, built about 1250
  • The tomb of the Barons of Gemmingen on the main street
  • The Schnellerts Castle ruins a few kilometres away.

    • Transport

    The community is linked to the long-distance road network by Bundesstraße 38 (Weinheim–Roßdorf).

    References

    Fränkisch-Crumbach Wikipedia
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