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Allendorf may refer to the following places:
- in Germany:
- Allendorf, Gießen, a town in the Gießen district, Hesse
- Allendorf, Waldeck-Frankenberg, a municipality in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse
- Allendorf, Rhein-Lahn, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Allendorf, Thuringia, a municipality in Thuringia
- Bad Sooden-Allendorf, a town in the Werra-Meißner district, Hesse
- Sundern-Allendorf, part of Sundern in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Stadtallendorf, in Hesse (historically: Allendorf)
- the German name for Aloja, a city in Latvia
- in the United States:
- Allendorf, Iowa
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With regard to towns, Allendorf lies to the east of Frankeberg/Eder (12,2 km) and to the west of Battenberg (2,6 km) and Biedenkopf (21 km). In the north of Allendorf are Hallenberg (11.9 km), Winterberg (26,4 km), and Korbach (38,8 km). In its south is the university city Marburg (31,8 km).
Allendorf is internationally known because of the heating company Viessmann, which has its headquarters in Allendorf/Eder. Moreover, the FC Ederbergland - an amalgamation of the football divisions of the SV Allendorf and the TSV Battenberg - successfully plays in the Hessian regional league. Allendorf is also attractive to tourists because of its half-timbered houses and the surrounding idyllic landscape.