facing the street with pointed-arch driveway, supposedly built in 1538. The building has since been torn down behind its façade and has been incorporated into the hotel complex next door. Former Girls' School – Two-storey half-timbered building from 1769 with half-hipped roof. Hexenturm ("Witches Tower") from the 13th century with its 3 m-thick walls. Remains of the Franks' defensive works from about 520. Museums Dampfmaschinenmuseum ("Steam Engine Museum"), with the biggest steam engine of its kind in Germany, with artistic and theatrical performances. "Haus am Geismarer Tor" ("House at the Geismar Gate"), changing exhibitions of Kunsttreff Frankenberg. Thonet-Museum, an internationally noteworthy furniture museum with the world-famous Thonet coffee house chairs. Kreisheimatmuseum ("district local history museum") in the St. Georgenberg Monastery. Gallery of sights Regular festivals "Nightgroove", the pub festival Maistadtfest (May Town Festival) Pfingstmarkt (Whitsun Market) With 250.000 visitors the biggest Volksfest in Northern Hesse. Lichterfest (Light Festival) Bütower Treffen (Bütow Meeting) Beach-Cup at the Upper Market Rolling Oldies Herbststadtfest (Autumn Town Festival) Halloween-Shopping-Night Eder-Bike-Tour Economy The economy is divided evenly over various fields, thus contributing to a very good regional labour situation. Established in Frankenberg are, among others, the famous furniture factory of the Brothers Thonet, a plant belonging to the injection moulding firm Hettich and the Bundeswehr's Electronic Warfare Battalion (Bataillon Elektronische Kampfführung) 932. The biggest employer in the area is the heating technology manufacturer Viessmann in Allendorf. For the last 25 years, one technological focus has been formed by plastics technology. Frankenberg has in Ewikon and Günther two worldwide leaders among companies in so-called hotrunner technology. Likewise important to the economy is Finger Fertighaus, a prefabricated housing company. Many administrative bodies have their offices in Frankenberg, which was the district seat until 1973. Since 2005, Frankenberg has been the seat of a professional academy, BA-Nordhessen, which offers systems engineering as its course of study. Model Hessian Municipality Since November 2005, Frankenberg has been a "Model Hessian Municipality", the "Family town with future". This ten-year programme sought to choose two midsize towns in Hesse, and Frankenberg was chosen from a field of 33 candidates. With the "Family town with future" model project, the state of Hesse would like to test whether, and if so with what success, municipal measures can have a positive influence on demographic development. As part of the scientifically conducted experiment, the town gets up to €5,000,000, spread out over the experiment's running time, to