District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 250 m (820 ft) Area 15.87 km² Population 9,430 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 02624 | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Postal code 56203 Local time Saturday 3:18 PM | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 86% Humidity | ||
Höhr-Grenzhausen is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a centre for the ceramic industry in the Kannenbäckerland with a professional college for ceramics, another for ceramic form, and many others, hence the nickname Kannenbäckerstadt (roughly, “Jug Baking Town”).
Contents
- Map of HC3B6hr Grenzhausen Germany
- Location
- Town council
- Town partnerships
- Museums
- Buildings
- Sport
- Economy
- Sons and daughters of the town
- References
Map of H%C3%B6hr-Grenzhausen, Germany
Together with the communities of Hillscheid, Hilgert and Kammerforst it has formed the Verbandsgemeinde of Höhr-Grenzhausen – a kind of collective municipality – since 1971.
Location
Höhr-Grenzhausen lies roughly 10 km west of Montabaur, and 10 km northeast of Koblenz.
Town council
(as of municipal election on 13 June 2004)
Town partnerships
Höhr-Grenzhausen maintains partnerships with these towns:
Museums
In the town are found the Westerwald Ceramics Museum (Keramikmuseum Westerwald) and a museum of the town’s history.
Buildings
Sport
Höhr-Grenzhausen’s outlying centre of Grenzau is home to the TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau, a table tennis club involved in Bundesliga play. Likewise, the Rhineland-Palatinate table tennis Olympic base is found here.
Economy
RASTAL GmbH & Co. KG, which is a business established in Höhr-Grenzhausen, is one of Europe’s biggest manufacturers of decorated drinking vessels, especially beer glasses.