Höhr-Grenzhausen

Höhr-Grenzhausen
Höhr-Grenzhausen
Location of the town of Höhr-Grenzhausen within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates	50°26′6″N 7°40′16″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Höhr-Grenzhausen
Mayor	Michael Thiesen
Basic statistics
Area	15.87 km2 (6.13 sq mi)
Elevation	250 m  (820 ft)
Population	9,191 (31 December 2010)
- Density	579 /km2 (1,500 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WW
Postal code	56203
Area code	02624
Website	www.hoehr-grenzhausen.de

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 – since 1971.

Geography

Location

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

Politics

Town council

	CDU	SPD	FWG	FDP	Grüne	Total
2004	10	5	6	1	2	24 seats

(as of municipal election on 13 June 2004)

Town partnerships

Höhr-Grenzhausen maintains partnerships with these towns:

• Laigueglia, Riviera, Italy (since 1972)
• 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

• Fries, Heribert: Kurrimurri : Erinnerungen an die Kannenbäcker in Höhr-Grenzhausen. Stadt Höhr-Grenzhausen, Höhr-Grenzhausen 1993, ISBN 3-9801311-3-0.