Frielendorf

Frielendorf
Frielendorf
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Frielendorf within Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district
	Frielendorf Frielendorf
	Coordinates: 50°59′N 09°20′E / 50.983°N 9.333°E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2021–27)	Jens Nöll (SPD)
Area
• Total	85.83 km2 (33.14 sq mi)
Highest elevation	260 m (850 ft)
Lowest elevation	230 m (750 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	7,318
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	34621
Dialling codes	05684
Vehicle registration	HR,MEG,FZ
Website	www.frielendorf.de

Frielendorf is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district, Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

The state-recognized climatic spa (Luftkurort) of Frielendorf lies 9 km southwest of Homberg on the edge of the Knüllgebirge (a low mountain range).

Constituent communities

Along with the main centre, which bears the same name as the whole municipality, the following centres are also part of Frielendorf:

Allendorf
Gebersdorf
Großropperhausen
Lanertshausen
Leimsfeld

Lenderscheid
Leuderode
Linsingen
Obergrenzebach
Schönborn

Siebertshausen
Spieskappel
Todenhausen
Verna
Welcherod

Politics

Municipal council

Municipal council is made up of 31 members.

CDU 8 seats
SPD 16 seats
FWGF (citizens' coalition) 7 seats

(as of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)

Mayor

Thorsten Vaupel is Frielendorf's mayor.

Coat of arms

Frielendorf's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: In gules a crenellated tower argent with two small arrow slits, on a three-knolled hill vert, flanked by two rye stalks Or, before the tower a bill hook sable.

Culture and sightseeing

Museums

In the museum shop with its exhibit about the Frielendorf coalmine, one can learn about the community's history and about brown coal mining in and around the village.
The Verna Village Museum has exhibits relating to home décor, chattels and hand tools.

Buildings

In Spieskappel stands the Kirche St. Johannes (St. John's Church), consecrated in 1255 and originally belonging to the Premonstratensian church estate of Cappel. The church is usually called the Klosterkirche ("monastery church"). The church's organ was built in Hersfeld organ builder Johannes Schlottmann's workshop.
The Spießturm is a mediaeval watchtower that can be found on the road between Spieskappel and Obergrenzebach. The tower stands at a spot where, in the Middle Ages, there was a crossroads of important trade roads; it was also at the border of Upper and Lower Hesse. Hessian Landtage (diets) were held here.

Parks

The Silbersee holiday camp lies east of Frielendorf on the lake of the same name.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Frielendorf lies on Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 254 (Homberg – Fulda). The Neuental interchange on Autobahn A 49 (Kassel – Fritzlar – Marburg) is about 11 km away.

The community belongs to the North Hesse Transport Network.

The nearest railway stations are Wabern, Schwalmstadt-Treysa and Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe.