Hüttenberg
Encyclopedia
Hüttenberg is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis
in Hesse
, Germany
.
and 10 km southwest of Gießen
south of the river Lahn
.
, 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 Langgöns
(both in Gießen
district).
and Weidenhausen.
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 was murder
ed by the Nazis in Buchenwald concentration camp
. A street and an Evangelical parish house in Hüttenberg are named after him. After the Second World War, 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 team handball
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 Taunus
foothills with lovely forest
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.
Note: FÖBH is a citizens' coalition.
, Lower Austria
since 1991, Oberschönau
, Thuringia
since 1992 the French
community of Crémieu
east of Lyon
, since 1993.
Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Lahn-Dill is a Kreis in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Siegen-Wittgenstein, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen, Wetteraukreis, Hochtaunuskreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Westerwaldkreis.-History:...
in Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Location
Hüttenberg near Wetzlar lies about 6 km southeast of WetzlarWetzlar
Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. Located at 8° 30′ E, 50° 34′ N, Wetzlar straddles the river Lahn and is on the German Timber-Framework Road which passes mile upon mile of half-timbered houses. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis on the north edge of...
and 10 km southwest of Gießen
Gießen
Gießen, also spelt Giessen is a town in the German federal state of Hesse, capital of both the district of Gießen and the administrative region of Gießen...
south of the river Lahn
Lahn
The Lahn River is a -long, right tributary of the Rhine River in Germany. Its course passes through the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia , Hesse , and Rhineland-Palatinate ....
.
Neighbouring communities
Hüttenberg borders in the west on the community of SchöffengrundSchöffengrund
-Location:Schöffengrund lies only a few kilometres south of Wetzlar in the Hochtaunus Nature Park.-Neighbouring communities:Schöffengrund borders in the north on the towns of Solms and Wetzlar, in the east on the community of Hüttenberg , in the southeast on the community of Langgöns , in the south...
, 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
Linden, Hesse
Linden is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 6 km south of Gießen.The town consists of the two parts Großen-Linden and Leihgestern.It is the home of the computer hardware seller Alternate ....
, and in the east and south on the community of Langgöns
Langgöns
Langgöns is a municipality in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 10 km south of Gießen....
(both in Gießen
Gießen (district)
Gießen is a Kreis in the middle of Hessen, Germany. Neighboring districts are Marburg-Biedenkopf, Vogelsbergkreis, Wetteraukreis, Lahn-Dill.-History:...
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. 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
Paul Schneider (pastor)
Paul Schneider was an Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union pastor who was the first Protestant minister to be martyred by the Nazis. He was executed at Buchenwald.-Early life:...
spent his youth in Hochelheim. He was later Hochelheim's and Dornholzhausen's Evangelical
Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
minister from 1926 to 1934. In 1939, he was murder
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
ed by the Nazis in Buchenwald concentration camp
Buchenwald concentration camp
Buchenwald concentration camp was a German Nazi concentration camp established on the Ettersberg near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937, one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps on German soil.Camp prisoners from all over Europe and Russia—Jews, non-Jewish Poles and Slovenes,...
. A street and an Evangelical parish house in Hüttenberg are named after him. After the Second World War, many people driven out of the Sudetenland
Sudetenland
Sudetenland is the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the northern, southwest and western regions of Czechoslovakia inhabited mostly by ethnic Germans, specifically the border areas of Bohemia, Moravia, and those parts of Silesia being within Czechoslovakia.The...
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
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
and the community's gustatory speciality, Handkäse
Handkäse
Handkäse is a German regional sour milk cheese and is a culinary speciality of Frankfurt, Offenbach am Main, Darmstadt, Langen and all other parts of South-Hessen. It gets its name from the traditional way of producing it: forming it with one's own hands.It is a small, translucent, yellow cheese...
(literally "hand cheese", so called from its originally being shaped by hand), a pungent, sour-milk cheese
Cheese
Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
. 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
Taunus
The Taunus is a low mountain range in Hesse, Germany that composes part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. It is bounded by the river valleys of Rhine, Main and Lahn. On the opposite side of the Rhine, the mountains are continued by the Hunsrück...
foothills with lovely forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
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.
Municipal council
The municipal elections on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:| SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
10 seats |
| CDU Christian Democratic Union (Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum... |
9 seats |
| FWG | 7 seats |
| Greens Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir... |
2 seats |
| FÖBH | 2 seats |
| F.D.P. Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... |
1 seat |
Note: FÖBH is a citizens' coalition.
Partnerships
Hüttenberg maintains partnerships with the following places: the market community of Göstling an der YbbsGöstling an der Ybbs
Göstling an der Ybbs is a municipality in the district of Scheibbs in Lower Austria, Austria....
, Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
since 1991, Oberschönau
Oberschönau
Oberschönau is a municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany....
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
since 1992 the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
community of Crémieu
Crémieu
Crémieu is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.It is located near Bourgoin-Jallieu, about 25 miles east of Lyon.-Early history:...
east of Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, since 1993.