What is Stadtallendorf?
{{Infobox German location | type = Town | image_coa = DEU Stadtallendorf COA.svg | coordinates = {{coord|50|50|N|09|01|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | image_plan = Marburg-Biedenkopf_Stadtallendorf.png | state = Hesse | region = Gießen | district = Marburg-Biedenkopf | elevation = 256 | area = 78.29 | postal_code = 35260 | area_code = 06428 and 06429 (Schweinsberg only) | licence = MR | Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 34 018 | website = {{url|http://www.stadtallendorf.de/}} | mayor = Christian Somogyi (SPD) }} '''Stadtallendorf''' is a town in the county of [[Marburg-Biedenkopf]], [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]. It lies about {{convert|18|km|abbr=in}} east of [[Marburg]]. In 2010, the town hosted the 50th [[Hessentag]] state festival. <gallery> File:Stadtallendorf Mosque1.jpg|[[Mosque]] File:Stadtallendorf Mosque2.jpg|Mosque side view File:Stadtallendorf Ferrero Factory.jpg|[[Ferrero]] factory </gallery> == Geography == === Location === Under the German system of ''Naturräume'', Stadtallendorf lies in the [[West Hesse Depression]] zone (''westhessische Senkenzone'') which is divided into basins and ridges. With respect to these, the town lies on the [[Upper Hesse Ridge]] which separates the [[Amöneburg]] Basin in the west from the ''Schwalmbecken'' (another basin) in the east. On this ridge may also be found the [[Neustadt Saddle]], abutted by the town's northeast edge. This upland is part of the [[Water divide|divide]] between the [[Rhine]] and [[Weser]] [[Drainage basin|watersheds]]. === Neighbouring communities === Stadtallendorf borders in the north on the town of [[Rauschenberg, Hesse|Rauschenberg]] (Marburg-Biedenkopf) and the community of [[Gilserberg]] ([[Schwalm-Eder-Kreis]]), in the east on the town of [[Neustadt, Hesse|Neustadt]], in the southeast on the town of [[Kirtorf]], in the south on the town of [[Homberg (Ohm)]] (both in the [[Vogelsbergkreis]]), and in