Hünfeld

Town in Hesse, Germany

(2019–25) Benjamin Tschesnok^[1] (CDU)Area • Total119.77 km² (46.24 sq mi)Elevation261 m (856 ft)Population • Total16,941 • Density140/km² (370/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes06652Vehicle registrationFDWebsitewww.huenfeld.de

Hünfeld is a town in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 16 km northeast of Fulda. In 2000, the town hosted the 40th Hessentag state festival. Hünfeld has a population close to 16,000.

Infrastructure

Transport

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

The closest motorway is Autobahn A7 Flensburg - Füssen, the nearest interchange is "Hünfeld / Schlitz AS 90", 7 km distance to the town 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

Governance

Town twinning

Hünfeld is twinned with:

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

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)
• Vincenz Blanquett (1988), German teacher

Festivals

• Rhön Rock Open Air, in Hünfeld-Oberfeld (in August)

See also

• Fulda Gap

External links