Hünfeld

Not to be confused with Hünfelden.

Hünfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈhyːnfɛlt] ^ⓘ) 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 of close to 16,000.

Hünfeld
Town
Hünfeld
Coat of arms
Location of Hünfeld within Fulda district
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Coordinates: 50°40′N 9°46′E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Fulda
Government
• Mayor (2019–25)	Benjamin Tschesnok[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	119.75 km2 (46.24 sq mi)
Elevation	261 m (856 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	16,942
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	36088
Dialling codes	06652
Vehicle registration	FD
Website	www.huenfeld.de

Infrastructure

Transport

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

Townhall of Hünfeld

The closest motorway is Autobahn A7 Flensburg - Füssen, and the nearest interchange is "Hünfeld / Schlitz AS 90", a 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

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

Festivals

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

See also

• Fulda Gap

External links

• Municipal website
• Brochure of Hünfeld (in English)
• Konrad-Zuse-Museum Hünfeld (in German) Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine