Homberg (Ohm)

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Homberg (Ohm) (German pronunciation: [ˈhɔmbɛʁk] ) is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.

The officially recognized climatic spa of Homberg lies from 203 to 350 m above sea level in the valley of the Ohm, a tributary to the Lahn, some 19 km southeast of Marburg.

Homberg borders in the north on the town of Stadtallendorf ( Marburg-Biedenkopf ), in the northeast on the town of Kirtorf, in the southeast on the municipality of Gemünden, in the south on the municipality of Mücke, in the southwest on the town of Grünberg and the municipality of Rabenau (both in Gießen district), in the west on the municipality of Ebsdorfergrund, and in the northwest on the town of Amöneburg (both in Marburg-Biedenkopf).

The town of Homberg consists of not only the namesake main town, but also of the outlying centres of Appenrod, Bleidenrod, Büßfeld, Dannenrod, Deckenbach, Erbenhausen, Gontershausen, Haarhausen, Höingen, Maulbach, Nieder-Ofleiden, Ober-Ofleiden and Schadenbach.

The officially recognized climatic spa of Homberg lies from 203 to 350 m above sea level in the valley of the Ohm, a tributary to the Lahn, some 19 km southeast of Marburg.