Fronhausen

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Fronhausen


Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Gießen
District	Marburg-Biedenkopf
Population	4.211 (11/03/2005)
Area	27.88 km²
Population density	148 /km²
Elevation	168 m
Coordinates	50°42′ N 8°43′ E
Postal code	35112
Area code	06426
Licence plate code	MR
Mayor	Reinhold Weber
Website	Gemeinde Fronhausen

Fronhausen is a community in the south of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in the administrative region of Gießen in Hesse, Germany.

The municipal area stretches along the district's southern boundary in the Lahn valley and its environs between Marburg and Gießen, and borders in the north on the community of Weimar, in the east on the community of Ebsdorfergrund, in the south on the towns of Staufenberg and Lollar, and in the west on the community of Lohra.

It was formed out of seven former communities in the early 1970s as part of Hesse's municipal reforms at that time. The former communities were:

Bellnhausen[1]
Erbenhausen
Fronhausen
Hassenhausen
Holzhausen
Oberwalgern
Sichertshausen

1 Politics
- 1.1 Municipal council
- 1.2 Coat of arms
2 Transport links
3 Partnerships
4 Sons and daughters of the community
5 Reference
6 External links

[edit] Politics

[edit] Municipal council

Since the last municipal elections held in March 2006, the seats on the municipal council have been distributed thus:

Apportionment of seats on Fronhausen Municipal Council after municipal elections in 2006

Parties and voter coalitions		Share in %	Seats
CDU	Christian Democratic Union (Germany)	35.3	8
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	30.3	7
BfF	Bürger für Fronhausen	34.4	8
total		100	23

[edit] Coat of arms

The civic coat of arms might be described thus: In gules a bend sinister wavy argent; above, a wing argent; below, seven lozenges argent.

The arms were chosen from many proposals put forth after the greater community was formed. The bend sinister (the band) stands for the river Lahn, which flows through the community. The wing comes from the historic Fronhausen reeves' arms, and the lozenges from the Stewards (Schenken) of Schweinsberg, who were formerly the local nobility; the number of lozenges – seven – also represents the number of constituent communities.

[edit] Transport links

In the community are a connection with the four-lane Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 3, and a stop on the Main-Weser railway, with regional and regional express service.