Ehrenberg is a municipality in the
district of Fulda, in
Hesse
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,
Germany
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.
Geography
The municipality is located in the centre of the wildlife park "Hessische Rhön" in a level of 450 up to 900 meters and approx. 30 km from
Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
Histor ...
. Most of its districts are situated in the valley of the river
Ulster
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and are crossed by the interstate road B278. Only Reulbach is in another valley.
Neighbouring municipalities
Ehrenberg touches the municipalities
Hilders
Hilders is a municipality in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. To the north rises the mountain of Auersberg
Auersberg is a mountain in the Ore Mountains in Saxony, southeastern Germany. Auersberg is above sea level. It is located in ...
(rural district Fulda) in the north,
Birx (
Thuringia
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Er ...
), the town
Fladungen
Fladungen is a town in the Rhön-Grabfeld district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Rhön Mountains, 11 km northwest of Ostheim, 20 km west of Meiningen, and 33 km east of Fulda. It is the northernmost town in Bavaria, b ...
(
Bavaria
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), the municipality
Hausen (also Bavaria) and the town
Oberelsbach (also Bavaria) the east, the town
Gersfeld (district Fulda) in the south and the municipality
Poppenhausen (district Fulda) in the west.
Districts
Melperts
* 180 inhabitants (2004)
* principal: Gertrud Faulstich
* average level: 540 m
The smallest village of the municipality is characterized by prevailing agriculture. In the centre of the village there is a bakehouse where the annual Melpertser Bakehousefestival is taking place. In Melperts there is a pottery.
Reulbach
* 450 inhabitants (2004)
* principal: Roland Hohmann
* average level: 570 m
Seiferts
* 650 inhabitants (2004)
* principal: Peter Wehner
* average level: 530 m
Thaiden
* 340 inhabitants (2004)
* principal: Martin Barthelmes
* average level: 500 m
Wüstensachsen
* 1380 inhabitants (2004)
* principal: Thomas Keidel
* average level: 580 m
References
Municipalities in Hesse
Fulda (district)
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