Hallenberg

Hallenberg
Hallenberg
Town
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hallenberg within Hochsauerlandkreis district
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Hochsauerlandkreis
Subdivisions	4
Government
• Mayor	Michael Kronauge (CDU)
Area
• Total	65.36 km2 (25.24 sq mi)
Elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	4,537
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	59969
Dialling codes	02984
Vehicle registration	HSK
Website	Official website

Hallenberg is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Hallenberg is situated approximately 15 km southeast of Winterberg and 35 km north of Marburg.

Neighbouring Places

Division of the town

Hallenberg consists of 4 districts: the town proper and 3 villages:

Hallenberg (2,660 inhabitants, 34.72 km²)
Braunshausen (350 inhabitants, 9.08 km²)
Hesborn (1,060 inhabitants, 14,18 km²)
Liesen (780 inhabitants, 7,38 km²)

Personalities

Adolf Winkelmann (b. 1946), film director and producer

Currency

From 1917 until the 1920s Hallenberg, like many German towns, produced its own currency, known as Notgeld. During the First World War this was because the value of the official coinage exceeded its face value, so coins were hoarded or sold for their metal, and then from about 1923 the rate of hyperinflation meant that the central bank could not print and distribute the ever-higher banknote values quickly enough, so this was done locally.