Hüttenberg is a municipality in the

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Geography

Location

Hüttenberg lies about 6 km southeast of

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and 10 km southwest of

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south of the river

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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 of

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(both in Giessen district).

Constituent communities

The community consists of the centres of Hüttenberg (earlier Hochelheim and Hörnsheim), Rechtenbach, Reiskirchen, Vollnkirchen, Volpertshausen and 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. On 1 January 1971, Rechtenbach, Vollnkirchen and Weidenhausen merged into the new community of Schwingbach. On 1 January 1977, 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

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minister from 1926 to 1934. In 1939, he was murdered by the

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in Buchenwald concentration camp. A street and an Evangelical parish house in Hüttenberg are named after him. After the

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, many people driven out of the Sudetenland 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

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and the community's gustatory speciality, '' Handkäse'' (literally "hand cheese", so called from its originally being shaped by hand), a pungent, sour-milk cheese. 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

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foothills with lovely forests, hilly fields, brookside paths and rare kinds of plants. On some farms there are tasty treats. In summer, country parties and many traditional festivals take place around Hüttenberg.

Politics

Municipal council

The municipal elections on 27 March 2011 yielded the following results: Note: The FÖBH (Free Ecological Citizens List of Hüttenberg) is a citizens' coalition politically close to the Greens.

Partnerships

Hüttenberg maintains partnerships with the following places: * the market community of Göstling an der Ybbs,

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since 1991, * Oberschönau,

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since 1992 * the French community of

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east of

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, since 1993.

Personalities

* Horst Spengler, handball world champion of 1978. * Samuel Harfst, musician

References

External links

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