Grünberg, Hesse

Grünberg is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hessen, Germany. In 1980, the town hosted the 20th Hessentag state festival.

WWW gruenberg.de

Geography

Grünberg is situated east of Gießen.

Neighbouring communities

To the north Grünberg borders the municipality Rabenau and the town Homberg (Ohm), to the east the municipality Mücke, to the south the town Laubach and to the west the municipality Reiskirchen.

Constituent communities

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.

International relations

Condom, southwestern France – since 1973
Mrągowo, northeastern Poland – since 1993

Education

Theo-Koch-School, Grünberg – integrated comprehensive school with sixth form

primary school Am Diebsturm, Grünberg
primary school Sonnenberg, StangenrodGallus-School, Grünberg

Transport

Grünberg has a junction of the Bundesautobahn 5. There are stations on the Vogelsberg Railway in the town of Grünberg and the villages Göbelnrod and Lehnheim.