Hünfeld

Hünfeld
Hünfeld
Coat of arms
Hünfeld
Location of Hünfeld within Fulda district
Coordinates: 50°40′0″N 9°46′0″E / 50.66667°N 9.76667°E / 50.66667; 9.76667Coordinates: 50°40′0″N 9°46′0″E / 50.66667°N 9.76667°E / 50.66667; 9.76667
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Fulda
Government
• Mayor	Stefan Schwenk
Area
• Total	119.77 km2 (46.24 sq mi)
Elevation	261 m (856 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	15,996
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	36088
Dialling codes	06652
Vehicle registration	FD
Website	www.huenfeld.de

Hünfeld is a town in the district of Fulda, in Hessen, Germany. It is situated 16 km northeast of Fulda. In 2000, the town hosted the 40th Hessentag state festival.

Notable people

• Wilm Hosenfeld (1895–1952)
• Johann Leonhard Pfaff (1775–1848), bishop of Fulda
• Franz Maria Liedig (1900–1967)
• Konrad Zuse (1910–1995)
• Paul Frielinghaus (1959)

Memorial of Konrad Zuse, inventor of the Computer, at Stadtpark Hünfeld

Transport

The federal highway B27 crosses Hünfeld from north to south. Eastbound B84 begins here.

Townhall of Hünfeld

Next motorway Autobahn A7 Flensburg - Füssen, next motorway-junction "Hünfeld / Schlitz AS 90", 7 km distance to city-center

Hünfeld has a railway station on the Bebra–Fulda railway. The nearest Intercity-Express stop is Fulda railway station.

The nearest international airport is Frankfurt International Airport, 140 km distance to city-center

Twin towns — sister cities

Hünfeld is twinned with:

• Landerneau, Département Finistère,  France, since July 14th, 1968
• Geisa, Thuringia,  Germany, since 1990
• Prószków, Opole Voivodeship,  Poland, since October 4th, 1997
• Steinberg, Saxony,  Germany

See also

• Fulda Gap
• Observation Post Alpha

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hünfeld.

• Brochure of Hünfeld (in English)
• Konrad-Zuse-Museum Hünfeld (in German)

References