Grünberg, Hesse

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

Geography
Grünberg is situated 20 km east of Gießen.

Neighbouring communities
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.

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, Stangenrod
 * Gallus-School, Grünberg

Transport
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).