- Hüttenberg
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Hüttenberg
Wappen = Wappen Hüttenberg (Hessen).png
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 30
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 37
Lageplan = Lahn-Dill-Kreis Hüttenberg.png
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Gießen
Landkreis = Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Höhe = 296
Fläche = 40.74
Einwohner = 10562
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 35625
Vorwahl = 06441, 06445, 06447, 06403
Kfz = LDK
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 32 014
Adresse = Im Saales 2
35625 Hüttenberg
Website = [http://www.huettenberg.de www.huettenberg.de]
Bürgermeister = Dr. Manfred Schmidt
Partei = SPDHüttenberg is a community in the
Lahn-Dill-Kreis inHesse ,Germany .Geography
Location
Hüttenberg near Wetzlar lies about 6 km southeast of
Wetzlar and 10 km southwest ofGießen south of the riverLahn .Neighbouring communities
Hüttenberg borders in the west on the community of
Schöffengrund , in the north on the town of Wetzlar (both in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis) and the town of Gießen, in the northeast on the town of Linden, and in the east and south on the community ofLanggöns (both in Gießen district).Constituent communities
The community consists of the centres of Hüttenberg (earlier Hochelheim and Hörnsheim), Rechtenbach, Reiskirchen, Vollnkirchen, Volpertshausenand Weidenhausen.
History
On
1 August 1968 , Groß-Rechtenbach and Klein-Rechtenbach formed the new community of Rechtenbach, while Hochelheim and Hörnsheim formed the new community of Hüttenberg. On1 January 1971 , Rechtenbach, Vollnkirchen and Weidenhausen merged into the new community of Schwingbach. On 1 January1977 , the new greater community of Hüttenberg was formed out of Hüttenberg, Reiskirchen, Schwingbach and Volpertshausen. In the years from 1910, Paul Schneider spent his youth in Hochelheim. He was later Hochelheim's and Dornholzhausen's Evangelical minister from 1926 to 1934. In 1939, he wasmurder ed by theNazis inBuchenwald concentration camp . A street and an Evangelical parish house in Hüttenberg are named after him. After theSecond World War , many people driven out of theSudetenland came here and contributed considerably to the community's economic growth, its cultural modernization and to changes in the community.Hüttenberg has become well known for
team handball and the community's gustatory speciality, "Handkäse " (literally "hand cheese", so called from its originally being shaped by hand), a pungent, sour-milkcheese . It is still produced in Hüttenberg today and sold all over Germany.Moreover, Hüttenberg is somewhat less well known – and somewhat more laid back as a result – for being a small recreation destination in the
Taunus foothills with lovelyforest s, hilly fields, brookside paths and rare kinds of plant. On some farms there are tasty treats.Country parties and many traditional festivals make a trip to the community in summer worth taking.
Politics
Municipal council
The municipal elections on
26 March 2006 yielded the following results:Note: FÖBH is a citizens' coalition.Partnerships
Hüttenberg maintains partnerships with the following places:
* the market community ofGöstling an der Ybbs ,Lower Austria since 1991,
*Oberschönau ,Thuringia since 1992
* the French community ofCrémieu east ofLyon , since 1993.Personalities
*
Horst Spengler , handball world champion of 1978.
*Heinrich Harrer , mountaineer, explorer, and author.References
External links
* [http://www.huettenberg.de Hüttenberg]
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