Höhr-Grenzhausen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen hoehr grenzhausen.jpg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 26 |lat_sec = 06
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 40 |lon_sec = 16
Lageplan = Höhr-Grenzhausen im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Höhr-Grenzhausen
Höhe = 250
Fläche = 15.87
Einwohner = 9674
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56203
Vorwahl = 02624
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 032
Adresse-Verband = Rathausstraße 48
Höhr-Grenzhausen
Website = [http://www.hoehr-grenzhausen.de www.hoehr-grenzhausen.de]
Bürgermeister = Jürgen Johannsen
Partei =

Höhr-Grenzhausen is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a centre for the ceramic industry in the Kannenbäckerland with a professional college for ceramics, another for ceramic form, and many others, hence the nickname "Kannenbäckerstadt" (roughly, “Jug Baking Town”).

Together with the communities of Hillscheid, Hilgert and Kammerforst it has formed the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Höhr-Grenzhausen – a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate – since 1971.

Geography

Location

Höhr-Grenzhausen lies roughly 10 km west of Montabaur, and 10 km northeast of Koblenz.

Politics

Town council

(as of municipal election on 13 June 2004)

Town partnerships

Höhr-Grenzhausen maintains partnerships with these towns:
*flagicon|Italy Laigueglia, Riviera, Italy (since 1972)
*flagicon|France Semur-en-Auxois, Burgundy, France (since 1987)

Culture and sightseeing

Museums

In the town are found the Westerwald Ceramics Museum ("Keramikmuseum Westerwald") and a museum of the town’s history.

Buildings

* Evangelical church
* Grenzau Castle
* "Limes Germanicus", a UNESCO World Heritage site, in particular the Ferbach fort

Sport

Höhr-Grenzhausen’s outlying centre of Grenzau is home to the TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau, a table tennis club involved in Bundesliga play. Likewise, the Rhineland-Palatinate table tennis Olympic base is found here.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

RASTAL GmbH & Co. KG, which is a business established in Höhr-Grenzhausen, is one of Europe’s biggest manufacturers of decorated drinking vessels, especially beer glasses.

Famous people

Sons and daughters of the town

* Anke Maggauer-Kirsche (1948- ), German lyricist and aphorist
* Paul Zimmerling (1927–2006), ceramicist
* Karlheinz Zöller (1928–2005), musician
* Manfred Reimann (1928- ), politician (SPD)

Further reading

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