Hungen

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Hungen.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 28
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 54
Lageplan = Landkreis Gießen Hungen.pngBundesland = Hesse
Regierungsbezirk = Gießen
Landkreis = Gießen
Höhe = 144
Fläche = 86.75
Einwohner = 12924
Stand = 2004-12-31
PLZ = 35410
Vorwahl = 06402
Kfz = GI
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 31 008
Straße = Kaiserstraße 7
Website = [http://www.hungen.de www.hungen.de]
Bürgermeister = Klaus Peter Weber

Hungen

Hungen is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 20 km southeast of Gießen, and 18 km northeast of Friedberg. Surrounding towns are Laubach to the north, Nidda to the east, Wölfersheim to the south, and Münzenberg and Lich to the west.

The history of Hungen dates back to 782. In 1806 it came under the sovereignty of the Grand Duchy of Hesse.

Buildings of interest include the Hungen Castle, the Evangelical Church, parts of the medieval city wall and the "Hauptbahnhof" (main railroad station).

Hungen in the media

Literature

Shmuel Spector, Geoffrey Wigoder, " [http://www.nyupress.org/jewishlife The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust, ISBN 0-8147-9356-8] ",New York University Press, 2001.

Film

:The railroad station of Hungen can be seen in this 2007 Canadian documentary, which recounts the story of Robert Scott Kellner and his grandfather, Friedrich Kellner, chief justice inspector of Laubach who wrote the anti-Nazi diary, "My Opposition."

ee also

* Hungen (meteorite), for the Hungen meteorite (fallen in 1877).
* List of conflicts in Europe, for the Hungen-Rodheim War (1877-1881).
* Gold rush, for the gold rush in Hungen-Inheiden in 1877.