Baunatal
Baunatal
Location of the town of Baunatal within Kassel district
Coordinates	51°15′32″N 9°25′6″E / 51.25889°N 9.41833°E / 51.25889; 9.41833
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Kassel
Mayor	Manfred Schaub (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	38.27 km2 (14.78 sq mi)
Elevation	210 m  (689 ft)
Population	27,642 (31 December 2010)
- Density	722 /km2 (1,871 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KS
Postal code	34225
Area codes	0561, 05601, 05665
Website	www.baunatal.de

Baunatal is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany.

Industry

Baunatal is known for the Volkswagen factory, which is the second largest of the brand with 14,500 employees. The factory suffered from damage by a magnesium fire on May 14, 2006.

Twinnings

Baunatal is twinned with the following cities:

• Vire, France (since 1983)
• Sangerhausen, Germany (since 1990)
• San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain (since 1990)
• Vrchlabí, Czech Republic (since 1991)

Towns and municipalities in Kassel district Ahnatal | Bad Emstal | Bad Karlshafen | Baunatal | Breuna | Calden | Espenau | Fuldabrück | Fuldatal | Grebenstein | Habichtswald | Helsa | Hofgeismar | Immenhausen | Kaufungen | Liebenau | Lohfelden | Naumburg | Nieste | Niestetal | Oberweser | Reinhardshagen | Schauenburg | Söhrewald | Trendelburg | Vellmar | Wahlsburg | Wolfhagen | Zierenberg