Location The centre of Battenberg lies in the
Ederbergland, or Eder Highland, to which the Burgwald abutting the town to the east also belongs, on the southern edge of the
Sauerland and the
Rothaargebirge. Lying between 320 and 650 m above
sea level, the town is also crossed by the river
Eder.
Neighbouring municipalities Battenberg borders in the north on the municipality of
Bromskirchen, in the northeast on the municipality of
Allendorf, in the southeast on the municipality of
Burgwald (all three in Waldeck-Frankenberg), in the south on the municipality of
Münchhausen am Christenberg (
Marburg-Biedenkopf), and in the west on the towns of
Hatzfeld (Waldeck-Frankenberg) and
Bad Berleburg (
Siegen-Wittgenstein in
North Rhine-Westphalia).
Incorporated villages Battenberg consists of: • Battenberg proper including the tiny hamlet of Neu-Jägersdorf (
:de:Neu-Jägersdorf), also known as "Kröge", on the other side of the
Eder. and the incorporated villages of: • Berghofen (
:de:Berghofen (Battenberg)) • Dodenau (
:de:Dodenau) • Frohnhausen (
:de:Frohnhausen (Battenberg)): the farthest away from Battenberg proper. • Laisa (
:de:Laisa) Right next to Battenberg proper on the western side of the Eder is Battenfeld (
:de:Battenfeld), a district of the neighbouring town of
Allendorf (Eder). File:Rothaargebirge - Deutsche Mittelgebirge, Serie A-de.png|Map of the
Rothaar Mountains with Battenberg visible at the eastern edges of the mountains, the
Eder Uplands. File:Verlaufskarte Eder.png|The course of the
Eder. Battenberg (not on the map) is located approximately in the middle between
Frankenberg (Eder) and the
Sackpfeife mountain. The Eder flows into the
Fulda near
Edermünde-Grifte (
:de:Grifte).
Kassel is visible in the northeast, on the Fulda, and
Marburg in the south, on the
Lahn. File:Battenberg (Eder) in KB.svg|Location of Battenberg within the district of
Waldeck-Frankenberg == History ==