Frauensee

Frauensee
Frauensee
	Stadtteil of Bad Salzungen
	Coat of arms
	Location of Frauensee
	Frauensee Frauensee
	Coordinates: 50°52′59″N 10°7′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Wartburgkreis
Town	Bad Salzungen
Area
• Total	19.26 km2 (7.44 sq mi)
Elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)
• Total	823
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	36460
Dialling codes	036963
Vehicle registration	WAK

Frauensee is a village and a former municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. Since July 2018, it is part of the town Bad Salzungen.

Geography

View of the Frauensee Forest

The countryside around Frauensee is dominated by the Frauensee Forest (Frauenseer Forst) with its kuppen, hills and high points, including the: Lehnberg (447.7 m above NN), Gertenberg (338 m above NN), Buchenberg (366.4 m above NN), Schälrück (388.1 m above NN) and Langer Rück (373.9 m above NN). The Schafberg (308.2 m above NN) is located right on the edge of Frauensee.

The region is part of the Frauensee Hills (Frauenseer Hügelland) and forms the northern part of the Salzungen Werra Upland. It is located right (north and east) of the Werra roughly in the triangle formed by Bad Salzungen, Philippsthal and Berka. It is part of the East Hesse Highlands[1]

References

Thüringer Landesvermessungsamt, ed. (1999), "Amtliche topographische Karten Thüringen 1:10.000. Wartburgkreis, LK Gotha, Kreisfreie Stadt Eisenach", CD-ROM Reihe Top10 (in German), Erfurt, CD 2

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[TK10-2-1] Thüringer Landesvermessungsamt, ed. (1999), "Amtliche topographische Karten Thüringen 1:10.000. Wartburgkreis, LK Gotha, Kreisfreie Stadt Eisenach", CD-ROM Reihe Top10 (in German), Erfurt, CD 2