Höhn

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Field	Value
image_photo	Hoehn1.jpg
image_coa	Wappen Höhn.svg
coordinates
image_plan	Höhn im Westerwaldkreis.png
state	Rheinland-Pfalz
district	Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde	Westerburg
elevation	508
area	13.68
postal_code	56462
area_code	02661
licence	WW
Gemeindeschlüssel	07 1 43 242
divisions	4
website	www.gemeinde-hoehn.de
mayor	Karin Mohr
leader_term	2019–24
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Mariae_Heimsuchung_Hoehn.jpg" caption="''Mariä Heimsuchung''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Foerderturm_Alexandria_(quer).jpg" caption="The industrial memorial at the marketplace"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Hochstein_(Neuhochstein).jpg" caption="''Westerburger Land''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/NisterHoehn.jpg" caption="Nister]] north of Höhn"] ::

Geography

Location

With roughly 3,200 inhabitants, Höhn is the biggest Ortsgemeinde in the Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg – a kind of collective municipality – in the Westerwald. The community offers, at 500 m above sea level, all the attractions and charm of a high plateau, as well as lovely views from almost every part of the community.

Constituent communities

Since 1969, Höhn has consisted of the Ortsteile of Höhn-Urdorf, Oellingen, Schönberg and Neuhochstein. The Ortsteile Höhn-Urdorf, Oellingen and Schönberg have over the last 50 years grown into one another, but in each one's old core, the signs of the structure of the original “clump” villages can be seen. Höhn-Urdorf – “Urdorf” means “original village” – is the community's main centre.

History

In 930, Höhn had its first documentary mention as Hana.

Religion

In Höhn-Urdorf stands the great Catholic parish church Mariä Heimsuchung, which forms the centre of the old village core, as well as an Evangelical church on Bahnhofstraße. In Schönberg is found the Catholic parish church St. Josef.

Climate

Höhn has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).

| location = Höhn (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1969–present) | metric first = Y | single line = Y |collapsed = Y |Jan record high C = 13.3 |Feb record high C = 15.3 |Mar record high C = 20.5 |Apr record high C = 27.4 |May record high C = 32.9 |Jun record high C = 33.4 |Jul record high C = 35.3 |Aug record high C = 36.1 |Sep record high C = 29.9 |Oct record high C = 22.8 |Nov record high C = 17.4 |Dec record high C = 13.8 |year record high C = 36.1 |Jan high C = 3.8 |Feb high C = 4.6 |Mar high C = 7.6 |Apr high C = 12.6 |May high C = 16.9 |Jun high C = 19.6 |Jul high C = 22.5 |Aug high C = 22.5 |Sep high C = 18.5 |Oct high C = 13.1 |Nov high C = 7.6 |Dec high C = 4.5 |year high C = 12.8 |Jan mean C = 1.7 |Feb mean C = 1.9 |Mar mean C = 4.3 |Apr mean C = 8.0 |May mean C = 12.0 |Jun mean C = 15.2 |Jul mean C = 17.5 |Aug mean C = 17.2 |Sep mean C = 13.7 |Oct mean C = 9.5 |Nov mean C = 5.3 |Dec mean C = 2.7 |year mean C = 8.9 |Jan low C = -0.9 |Feb low C = -1.1 |Mar low C = 0.4 |Apr low C = 3.4 |May low C = 6.9 |Jun low C = 10.1 |Jul low C = 12.8 |Aug low C = 12.6 |Sep low C = 9.7 |Oct low C = 5.7 |Nov low C = 2.2 |Dec low C = -0.3 |year low C = 5.1 |Jan record low C = -20.9 |Feb record low C = -17.3 |Mar record low C = -17.0 |Apr record low C = -7.3 |May record low C = -2.5 |Jun record low C = 2.0 |Jul record low C = 4.8 |Aug record low C = 3.6 |Sep record low C = 0.2 |Oct record low C = -7.8 |Nov record low C = -12.2 |Dec record low C = -22.5 |year record low C = -22.5 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 68.9 |Feb precipitation mm = 55.2 |Mar precipitation mm = 53.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 38.7 |May precipitation mm = 56.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 71.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 88.8 |Aug precipitation mm = 87.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 77.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 75.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 65.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 73.1 |year precipitation mm = 830.5 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 19.0 |Feb precipitation days = 17.6 |Mar precipitation days = 16.3 |Apr precipitation days = 12.9 |May precipitation days = 13.8 |Jun precipitation days = 15.3 |Jul precipitation days = 16.1 |Aug precipitation days = 15.9 |Sep precipitation days = 16.4 |Oct precipitation days = 17.8 |Nov precipitation days = 18.9 |Dec precipitation days = 19.4 |year precipitation days = 200.8 |Jan sun = 44.2 |Feb sun = 61.7 |Mar sun = 121.7 |Apr sun = 182.1 |May sun = 242.4 |Jun sun = 227.4 |Jul sun = 240.3 |Aug sun = 223.0 |Sep sun = 155.9 |Oct sun = 108.0 |Nov sun = 54.4 |Dec sun = 37.2 |year sun = 1672.4 |Jan humidity = 87.3 |Feb humidity = 84.4 |Mar humidity = 80.2 |Apr humidity = 73.7 |May humidity = 71.4 |Jun humidity = 72.6 |Jul humidity = 73.3 |Aug humidity = 75.4 |Sep humidity = 79.4 |Oct humidity = 83.0 |Nov humidity = 87.5 |Dec humidity = 88.7 |unit snow days = 1.0 cm |Jan snow days = 6.4 |Feb snow days = 6.6 |Mar snow days = 3.3 |Apr snow days = 0.2 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0 |Nov snow days = 0.9 |Dec snow days = 5.0 |year snow days = |source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012155943/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Hohn_10038.csv |archive-date = 12 October 2023 |url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Hohn_10038.csv |title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 |work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020) |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = 12 October 2023}} |source 2 = DWD (extremes) |url = https://www.wetterzentrale.de/extremes_mon.php?&station=2303&extreem=X_TX&order=1&country=1&jaar=2000&maand=01&dag=01 |title = Extremwertanalyse der DWD-Stationen, Tagesmaxima, Dekadenrekorde, usw. |publisher = DWD |language = de |access-date = 18 November 2023}}

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 17 council members, including the mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004. ::data[format=table]

2004	4	10	6	16 seats
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Mayor

The Mayor of Höhn is Karin Mohr.

Culture and sightseeing

Particular attractions and sightseeing spots are the valley of the river Nister in the north, the natural monument “Hochstein” in Neuhochstein with its unusual basalt formations – and at 525 m also the highest spot in the Westerburger Land – the Catholic parish church Mariä Heimsuchung in Höhn, the parish church St. Josef in Schönberg – a basalt building from 1891, and painted to give its original appearance in 1992 – and the industrial memorial at the marketplace in Höhn.

Winter sport lovers find themselves in their element in Schönberg, home to the Westerwald's longest ski lift at 700 m. In the winter of 2004-2005, 8,000 winter lovers were counted, who had fun skiing, snowboarding or sledding on the varied and well laid out runs. Hiking lovers can, among other things, reach the Wiesensee, an 80-ha lake with an 18-hole golf course on the shores, over well developed hiking trails.

Businesses that supply life's daily needs, such as bakeries, butcher shops and grocer's shops, especially in the shopping park on the Bundesstraße, are just as abundant as the handicraft businesses in Höhn. Also available are two general practitioners, a dentist, a pharmacy, a filling station and several financial institutions.

Gastronomy, which draws food lovers from a broad area around the community, is well represented.

Those inhabitants who work somewhere outside Höhn's many businesses mostly earn their livelihoods in the Westerburg-Bad Marienberg-Rennerod area.

Sport

There are two sports grounds – one near the school in Oellingen and one between Schönberg and Neuhochstein. Furthermore, a ski lift some 700 m long and a chalet are to be found in Schönberg.

In each of Oellingen, Schönberg and Neuhochstein is a village community house. Among other institutions are the mayor's office with sitting room, fire stations, youth centres, graveyards, playgrounds and other public greenspaces.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Through Bundesstraße 255, Höhn is linked to Autobahnen A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) and A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg) as well as to the greater centres of Koblenz, Limburg an der Lahn and Herborn. Höhn had a station at the Cross Westerwald railway (Montabaur - Wallmerod - Westerburg - Rennerod - Herborn).

Education

Höhn is home to a primary school and a Hauptschule, a special school, a kindergarten and one special kindergarten.

The schools are assigned a sport hall, an indoor swimming pool and a sporting ground.

Secondary schools are found in Westerburg, Rennerod and Bad Marienberg.

References

[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1430000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.

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