Hünfelden

Quality 0.50 · 2 views · Updated 2 months ago

title: "Hünfelden" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["limburg-weilburg"] topic_path: "general/limburg-weilburg" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hünfelden" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::data[format=table title="Infobox German location"]

Field	Value
image_coa	DEU Hünfelden COA.svg
image_flag	DEU Hünfelden Banner.svg
coordinates
image_plan	Hünfelden in LM.svg
state	Hessen
region	Gießen
district	Limburg-Weilburg
elevation	222
area	62.7
Gemeindeschlüssel	06533008
postal_code	65597
area_code	06438, 06431 (Mensfelden)
licence	LM, WEL
website	www.huenfelden.de
mayor	Silvia Scheu-Menzer
leader_term	2022–28
party	independent
::

Geography

Location

Hünfelden lies in the Taunus north of Wiesbaden, 9 km southeast of Limburg an der Lahn.

Neighbouring communities

Hünfelden borders in the north on the town of Limburg and the community of Brechen, in the east on the community of Selters and the town of Bad Camberg (all in Limburg-Weilburg), in the south on the communities of Hünstetten and Aarbergen (both in Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis), and in the west on the Verbandsgemeinden (a kind of collective municipality) of Aar-Einrich and Diez (both in Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate).

Constituent communities

The community consists of seven Ortsteile, each formerly autonomous, listed here with population figures as of 15th May 2022.

Kirberg: 2,310
Dauborn: 2,530
Mensfelden: 1,250
Heringen: 970
Nauheim: 870
Ohren: 790
Neesbach: 740

History

The community of Hünfelden came into being within the framework of administrative reform in Hesse on 1 October 1971 through the voluntary merger of the then autonomous communities of Dauborn, Heringen, Kirberg, Mensfelden, Nauheim, Neesbach and Ohren. The name “Hünfelden” was chosen then because of the great number of cromlechs – Hünengräber in German – from Hallstatt times around the centres of Heringen and Ohren. At the time of founding, the community’s population was 6,952.

Among Hünfelden’s constituent communities, Mensfelden can claim the earliest documentary mention, which came in 775. Dauborn, Heringen and the now long-vanished village of Bubenheim, which lay in the area of today’s Kirberg, followed in 790 in the Prüm Abbey’s golden book. Through Hünfelden’s current municipal area ran the Via Publica as well as the Hühnerstraße (roads). In 1355, a castle was built in Kirberg.

In 1235, the Cistercian convent of Gnadenthal was founded, which in 1590 was furnished with a great Abbess’s house. After the Reformation, the site became Nassau stately domain. Since 1969, the Christian community “Jesusbruderschaft” (“Jesus Brotherhood”) has existed there.

Politics

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Hünfelden_Rathaus.jpg" caption="Hünfelden Town Hall in Kirberg"] ::

Community council

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results: ::data[format=table]

voter turnout in %	45.6	51.4
::

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

Kirberg castle ruins
Restored timber-frame buildings and former town hall in Kirberg
Stein’sches Haus in Kirberg
Former Gnadenthal convent

Image:Kirberg Steinsches Haus.jpg|Stein’sches Haus in Kirberg Image:Dauborn Kirche.jpg|Dauborn church Image:Mensfelden Kirche Sueden.jpg|Mensfelden churchtower Image:Heringen_Rathaus.jpg|Former town hall and former postal station in Heringen Image:Nauheim alter Schule.jpg|Old school in Nauheim Image:Ohren Schule.jpg|Old school in Ohren Image:Neesbach Kirche.jpg|Neesbach church Image:Kirberg - Burg.jpg|Kirberg castle ruins Image:Kirberg - Rathaus.jpg|Former town hall of Kirberg Image:Dauborn Hofzeile.jpg|Row of buildings in Dauborn

Museums

Heimatmuseum (local lore) in Kirberg.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Hünfelden has developed itself into a popular residential community, as it has at its disposal good transport connections with Wiesbaden and Limburg an der Lahn (Bundesstraße 417) as well as with the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region over A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) through the Limburg-Süd and Bad Camberg interchanges. At the same time, though, it has kept a very quiet and rural character.

Education

The Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule is a primary school, Hauptschule and Realschule with a Gymnasium branch.

Public institutions

Kindergarten Kirberg
Kindergarten Dauborn
Kindergarten Heringen
Kindergarten Mensfelden
Kindergarten Nauheim
Kindergarten Neesbach
Kindergarten Ohren
Kirberg Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1905 (includes Youth Fire Brigade)
Dauborn Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1906 (includes Youth Fire Brigade)
Heringen Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1909 (includes Youth Fire Brigade)
Mensfelden Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1935 (includes Youth Fire Brigade)
Nauheim Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1934 (includes Youth Fire Brigade)
Neesbach Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1934 (includes Youth Fire Brigade)
Ohren Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded 1934 (includes Youth Fire Brigade)

Famous people

Wilhelm Bender, Chairman of the board of Fraport AG
Frank Gerhardt, composer (b. 1967)
Andreas Felger, painter (b. 1935)
Hildegard Pfaff, (b. 1952), Hessian politician (SPD)
Karlheinz Weimar (b. 1950), since 1999 Hessian Finance Minister

References

"Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen, Stand 13.04.2023". [[Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt]].

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::