Sandberg, Bavaria

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Sandberg, Bavaria
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Sandberg, Bavaria
Location of Sandberg, Bavaria within Rhön-Grabfeld district
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Coordinates: 50°21′N10°0′E / 50.350°N 10.000°E / 50.350; 10.000 Coordinates: 50°21′N10°0′E / 50.350°N 10.000°E / 50.350; 10.000
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Unterfranken
District Rhön-Grabfeld
Government
   Mayor Detlef Beinhauer (CSU)
Area
  Total 28.04 km2 (10.83 sq mi)
Elevation 452-542 m (−1,330 ft)
Population (2016-12-31) [1]
  Total 2,462
  Density 88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 97657
Dialling codes 09701
Vehicle registration NES
Website www.sandberg-rhoen.de

Sandberg is a municipality in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria in Germany.

Rhön-Grabfeld District in Bavaria, Germany

Rhön-Grabfeld is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Hassberge, Schweinfurt and Bad Kissingen, and the states of Hesse and Thuringia.

Bavaria State in Germany

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres, Bavaria is the largest German state by land area. Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With 13 million inhabitants, it is Germany's second-most-populous state after North Rhine-Westphalia. Bavaria's capital and largest city, Munich, is the third-largest city in Germany.

Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

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Geography

Location

Sandberg lies within the Main-Rhön regional planning region.

Subdivisions

Sandberg is divided into nine municipal subdivisions or villages: [2]

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