Wanfried

Wanfried
Coat of arms of Wanfried
Location of Wanfried within Werra-Meißner-Kreis district
SontraWaldkappelHessisch LichtenauGutsbezirk Kaufunger WaldGroßalmerodeBerkatalMeißnerNeu-EichenbergWitzenhausenHerleshausenRinggauWehretalWeißenbornEschwegeWanfriedMeinhardBad Sooden-AllendorfLower SaxonyThuringiaHersfeld-RotenburgSchwalm-Eder-KreisKassel (district)
Wanfried is located in Germany
Wanfried
Wanfried
Wanfried is located in Hesse
Wanfried
Wanfried
Coordinates: 51°11′N 10°10′E / 51.183°N 10.167°E / 51.183; 10.167
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionKassel
DistrictWerra-Meißner-Kreis
Subdivisions5 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2019–25) Wilhelm Gebhard[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total46.9 km2 (18.1 sq mi)
Elevation
190 m (620 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total4,227
 • Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
37281
Dialling codes05655
Vehicle registrationESW
Websitewww.wanfried.de

Wanfried is a town in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in northeasternmost Hesse, Germany. It is classified as a Landstadt, a designation given in Germany to a municipality that is officially a town (Stadt), but whose population is below 5,000. It literally means “country town”.

  1. ^ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.