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{{Infobox German location
|name              = Münchhausen
|image_coa            = Wappen Münchhausen (am Christenberg).svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|50|57|N|8|43|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          =Marburg-Biedenkopf_Münchhausen.png
|state        = Hessen
|region  = Gießen
|district         = Marburg-Biedenkopf
|elevation              = 284
|area            = 41.54
|postal_code               = 35117
|area_code           = 06423 06452 06457
|licence               = MR
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 34 015
|divisions         = 5 [[Ortsteil]]e
|website           = [http://www.gemeinde-muenchhausen.de/ www.gemeinde-muenchhausen.de]
|mayor             = Holger Siemon<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2023-04/BVII_m04-2023_Direktwahlen_Tabelle_1a.xlsx|title=Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen, Stand 13.04.2023|language=de|publisher=[[Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt]]|format=XLS}}</ref>
|leader_term       = 2022&ndash;28
|party             = independent
}}
The municipality of '''Münchhausen''' ({{IPA|de|ˈmʏnçˌhaʊzn̩|-|LL-Q188 (deu)-Mathieu Kappler-Münchhausen.wav}}) is found {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Marburg]] on the northern edge of [[Marburg-Biedenkopf]] district. It has 3,286 inhabitants (2020) and has had its current boundaries since 1974. The municipality's area is roughly 41&nbsp;km².

==Geography==

===Location===
West of the municipality lies the [[Rothaargebirge]], a low mountain range. The municipal area is bounded on the east by the ''Burgwald'', another low mountain range. The constituent municipalities of Münchhausen and Simtshausen lie in the Wetschaft valley. Wollmar lies on the like-named river Wollmar, which empties into the Wetschaft in Münchhausen. Through the constituent municipalities of Oberasphe and Niederasphe flows the river Asphe.

===Neighbouring municipalities===
Münchhausen's neighbours are [[Burgwald]], [[Rosenthal (Hesse)|Rosenthal]], [[Wetter, Hesse|Wetter]], [[Biedenkopf]] and [[Battenberg, Hesse|Battenberg]].

===Constituent municipalities===
*Münchhausen (1,285 inhabitants) (as of January 2004)
*Niederasphe (914 inhabitants)
*Oberasphe (356 inhabitants)
*Simtshausen (495 inhabitants)
*Wollmar (701 inhabitants)

==History==
Münchhausen am Christenberg officially came into being on 1 July 1974 when the formerly independent places of Münchhausen, Simtshausen, Niederasphe, Oberasphe and Wollmar were united.

==Politics==

===Municipal representation===
{{update section|date=July 2021}}
Results of municipal election on 26 March 2006:
*[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] 11
*[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] 10
*Independent Green List (UGL) 2

===Coat of arms===
The civic [[coat of arms]] might be described thus: Party per chevron; above in gules a cross argent fused with the chevron; below in argent, a five-spoked wheel sable.

The coat of arms symbolizes the nearby mountain, the [[Christenberg]], with its mediaeval church. The wheel with its five spokes stands for Münchhausen's five constituent municipalities.

==Personalities==
*[[Euricius Cordus]], German humanist

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Münchhausen (am Christenberg)}}
*[http://www.gemeinde-muenchhausen.de Münchhausen's official website]
*[http://members.aol.com/hinerle/schrift/geologie.htm Geology of the Greater municipality of Münchhausen]

{{Towns and municipalities in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf}}

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