Type: | Stadt |
Grünberg | |
Image Coa: | Wappen Grünberg.png |
Coordinates: | 50.6°N 65°W |
Image Plan: | Landkreis Gießen Grünberg.png |
State: | Hessen |
Region: | Gießen |
District: | Gießen |
Elevation: | 275 |
Area: | 89.25 |
Postal Code: | 35305 |
Area Code: | 06401 (06634) |
Licence: | GI |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 06 5 31 006 |
Mayor: | Marcel Schlosser[1] |
Leader Term: | 2021 - 27 |
Party: | CDU |
Grünberg (pronounced as /de/) is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hessen, Germany. In 1980, the town hosted the 20th Hessentag state festival.
Grünberg is situated 20km (10miles) east of Gießen.
To the north Grünberg borders the municipality Rabenau and the town Homberg (Ohm) (Vogelsbergkreis), to the east the municipality Mücke (Vogelsbergkreis), to the south the town Laubach and to the west the municipality Reiskirchen.
The town of Grünberg also consists of the nearby villages of Beltershain, Göbelnrod, Harbach, Klein-Eichen, Lardenbach, Lehnheim, Lumda, Queckborn, Reinhardshain, Stangenrod, Stockhausen, Weickartshain and Weitershain.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany.
Grünberg has a junction of the Bundesautobahn 5. There are stations on the Vogelsberg Railway (Vogelsbergbahn) in the town of Grünberg (Grünberg station) and the villages Göbelnrod (Göbelnrod station) and Lehnheim (Lehnheim station).