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Lindenfels is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany . Geography. Location. The climatic spa, also known as the “Pearl of the Odenwald”, lies in the Odenwald in southern Hesse and is nestled in a mountain landscape with a great deal of woodland. Neighbouring communities.
Location. The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the Hessisches Ried (the northeastern section of the Rhine rift) to the west, the Main and the Bauland (a mostly unwooded area with good soils) to the east, the Hanau-Seligenstadt Basin – a subbasin of the Upper Rhine Rift Valley in the Rhine-Main Lowlands – to the north and the Kraichgau to the south.
Mar 25, 2020 · Lindenfels has a rich legacy, which can be traced back to the twelfth century. According to Germanic lore, the mythical hero Siegfried vanquished the dragon Fafnir at Lindenfels. During the Holy Roman Empire, the town belonged to the Electorate of the Palatine, after which it was transferred to the Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1802.
Origin/meaning. The arms were granted in 1925 and are based on the oldest known seals. Lindenfels received city rights in 1336, but the oldest known seal dates from the 16 th century. It shows a canting linden tree on a mountain (Fels=rock) and a small shield with the arms of the Palatinate (Pfalz), quartered with the lion of the Pfalz and the ...
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Reichelsheim (Odenwald) / 49.717°N 8.850°E / 49.717; 8.850. Reichelsheim (Odenwald) is a municipality in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany .
