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Coordinates: 51°27′N 09°25′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Grebenstein
Coat of arms of Grebenstein

Country Germany
State Hesse
Area 49.85 km²
Elevation 193 – 249 m
Coordinates 51°27′ N 09°25′ E
Postal code 34393
Area code 05674
Licence plate code KS
Mayor Armin Kölling
Website www.stadt-grebenstein.de
One of the historic towers on the town wall of Grebenstein
One of the historic towers on the town wall of Grebenstein
Parish church, as at 23.9.2005
Parish church, as at 23.9.2005

Grebenstein is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 16 km northwest of Kassel. This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is a state of Germany with an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Kassel is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is a state of Germany with an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... Kassel (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River in northern Hessen, Germany, one of the two sources of the Weser river . ...


Coordinates: 51°27′N 9°25′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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chronicle Dringenberg family in Germany (8418 words)
Grebenstein belonging to Niederhessen, NNW from Kassel, is a small town, with 6.000 inhabitants.
Grebenstein was a garrison city, but nevertheless - after a “profession census” in 1753, there were still 70 linen weavers, 37 spinners, 12 dressmakers, 3 tanners, 14 shoemakers and three cobblers, 2 tailors and 2 coopers.
Grebenstein fell into the dubious situation of holding a central position as a “Canton” in the crown land of Westphalia - with a “Maire” at the top - and had to accommodate the imperial French Escapade Regiment.
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