Glauburg

{{Infobox German location

|type = Gemeinde

|name = Glauburg

|image_coa = DEU Glauburg COA.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|50|19|N|9|0|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Glauburg in FB.svg

|state = Hessen

|region = Darmstadt

|district = Wetteraukreis

|elevation = 130

|area = 12.67

|postal_code = 63695

|area_code = 06041

|licence = FB

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 40 010

|divisions = 2 districts

|website = [https://www.glauburg.de/ www.glauburg.de]

|mayor = Henrike Strauch{{cite web|url=https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2022-10/direktwahlen_09_2022_10102022.xlsx|title=Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden|language=de|date=5 September 2022|publisher=Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt|format=XLS}}

|leader_term = 2021–27

|party = SPD

}}

Glauburg is a municipality in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located approximately 33 kilometers northeast of Frankfurt am Main. Glauburg is a municipality of Glauberg and Stockheim. The city hall of Glauburg is in Stockheim.

The municipality was created in the municipal reform in 1971 from the districts of Glauberg and Stockheim. It is not far from the A 45 autobahn (Giessen-Hanau). Glauburg-Stockheim station is at the junction of the Frankfurt–Stockheim and the Gießen–Gelnhausen lines. The valley in the neighborhood Nidder Glauburg has 3300 inhabitants and a good infrastructure,{{fact|date=March 2017}} leading to a high standard of living and quality of life.{{fact|date=March 2017}} Mountain birds are present in several protected areas around Glauberg, which has a number of hiking trails.

History

Documented Stockheim first appears 1198; Glauberg is mentioned in the year 802 the first time. Glauburg Upper Hesse is situated at the foot of Glauberg that the new town was also the name. The fortifications on the Glauberg have long been known. The findings indicate a settlement of the high plateau of the Neolithic Age to the Middle Ages. The historic site is therefore one of the most important settlements in the region.{{fact|date=March 2017}} With the discovery in the years 1994-2000 a royal grave mound with several graves, a processional way and statues under which an almost perfectly preserved sandstone Tele was a symbol of the Celtic world at Glauberg, Glauburg is now well known in archaeological circles.{{fact|date=March 2017}} Glauburg is the seat of the Celtic World Association - Archaeological sites in Germany eV.{{fact|date=March 2017}}

Population

Stockheim 2035
Glauberg 1357
Glauburg 3392

References

Category:Wetteraukreis