Alsfeld

Alsfeld
Town
Town Hall, Weinhaus, oldest timber-framed building and Walpurgiskirche
Coat of arms
Location of Alsfeld within Vogelsbergkreis district
Alsfeld Show map of Germany Alsfeld Show map of Hesse
Coordinates: 50°45′04″N 09°16′16″E / 50.75111°N 9.27111°E / 50.75111; 9.27111
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Vogelsbergkreis
Subdivisions	16 Stadtteile
Government
• Mayor (2019–25)	Stephan Paule[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	129.69 km2 (50.07 sq mi)
Highest elevation	290 m (950 ft)
Lowest elevation	260 m (850 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	16,177
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	36304
Dialling codes	06631
Vehicle registration	VB
Website	www.alsfeld.de

Alsfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈalsfɛlt] ^ⓘ) is a town in the center of Hesse, in Germany.

Located about 100 km (62 mi) north of Frankfurt, Alsfeld is part of the densely populated Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, with nearby Lauterbach (about 15 km (9.3 mi) east), one of the two centre cities of the Vogelsbergkreis district.

Alsfeld is best described as a blend of a historic bourgeois European town and its rural-agricultural environs and shaped by typical Lutheran-Pietist characteristics, such as austerity and a Protestant work ethic. It is well known for its well-preserved old town with hundreds of picturesque timber-frame houses, and part of the German Timber-Frame Road.