Fröndenberg

Fröndenberg
Fröndenberg
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Fröndenberg
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Unna
Government
• Mayor	Egon Krause (SPD)
Area
• Total	56.21 km2 (21.70 sq mi)
Elevation	181 m (594 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	20,450
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	58730
Dialling codes	02373, 02303, 02377, 02378
Vehicle registration	UN
Website	www.froendenberg.de

Fröndenberg (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁœndənbɛʁk]) is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Fröndenberg is situated in the Ruhr valley, approx. 10 km south-east of the district capital Unna, near the Hönne.

Neighbouring places

International relations

Fröndenberg is twinned with:=

Bruay-la-Buissière (Pas-de-Calais, France)
Winschoten (Netherlands)
Hartha (Germany)

History

The city as such is relatively new, it grew out of the reorganization in 1902 whereby the former independent villages Stift, Westick and village Froendenberg melted into the bigger village community of Fröndenberg. It obtained city status in 1952. The oldest record of the name `Frundeberg` is the papal document by Coelestin III from 1197.

The present day administrative infrastructure goes back to 1968 when the villages Altendorf, Ardey, Bausenhagen, Dellwig, Frohnhausen, Frömern, Langschede, Neimen, Ostbüren, Stentrop, Strickherdicke, the town of Warmen and the town of Fröndenberg were merged into one administrative unit. In 1969 the village Bentrop also became part of the Fröndenberg district.