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Höfen (Monschau)
Höfen or Hoefen can be: Austria * Höfen, Tyrol, a municipality in the district of Reutte in Tyrol Germany * Höfen an der Enz, a town in the district of Calw, Baden-Württemberg * Höfen, Gummersbach, a village in the municipality of Gummersbach, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia * Höfen, Monschau, a borough (former village) of Monschau, Aachen District, North Rhine-Westphalia * Höfen, Stegaurach, a village in the municipality of Stegaurach, Bavaria * Höfen, Meinersen, a village in the municipality of Meinersen, Lower Saxony Switzerland * Höfen, Thun Höfen is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Höfen, Niederstocken and Oberstocken merged into the new municipality of Stocken-Höf ..., a municipality (commune) in Thun, in Canton of Bern See also * Hofen (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Höfen, Tyrol
Höfen is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Geography Höfen lies southwest of Reutte on the left bank of the Lech Lech may refer to: People * Lech (name), a name of Polish origin * Lech, the legendary founder of Poland * Lech (Bohemian prince) Products and organizations * Lech (beer), Polish beer produced by Kompania Piwowarska, in Poznań * Lech Poznań, .... References Cities and towns in Reutte District {{Tyrol-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Höfen An Der Enz
Höfen or Höfen an der Enz is a municipality in Calw district, in the region of Karlsruhe of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Höfen is located on the River Enz at the northern edge of the Black Forest. It is located where street L 343 intersects with street B 294 (Gundelfingen - Bretten). Geography Enztal is located in the northern Black Forest at an altitude of 360-712 meters, below the confluence of the big Enz and the small Enz. The community area is forested to 85%. History The first recorded name of the place is "zum Hof" (locus dictus at ''zum hofe'' in a deed dated July 26, 1376), ''zu den Höfen.'' To Württemberg came Höfen together with Neuenbürg. Previously managed by a lawyer, the place became its own municipality administration unit (Schultheißenamt) and an independent municipality in the mid of the 19th century. Religions Since the Reformation Höfen is Protestant coined; Roman Catholic believers are supervised by Bad Wildbad. Transportation By the Enz Valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gummersbach
Gummersbach (; ksh, Jummersbach) is a town in the States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. It is located east of Cologne. History In 1109 Gummersbach was mentioned in official documents for the first time. The document in question concerned the lowering of the episcopal tax for the church in Gummersbach by Archbishop Frederick I (Archbishop of Cologne), Frederick I. At that time the name of the town was spelled as ''Gumeresbracht''. Gummersbach received town privileges in 1857. In 1855 Gummersbach's industrial history began with the foundation of the company Steinmüller. With the company's success the little village began to grow to a town. After the company was bought in 1998 the production in Gummersbach was closed and most of the company's area was unused. Due to the fact that by the time this area made up half of the downtown area the town of Gummersbach bought this area to develop it. In the following y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monschau
Monschau (; french: Montjoie, ; wa, Mondjoye) is a small resort town in the Eifel region of western Germany, located in the Aachen district of North Rhine-Westphalia. Geography The town is located in the hills of the North Eifel, within the Hohes Venn – Eifel Nature Park in the narrow valley of the Rur river. The historic town center has many preserved half-timbered houses and narrow streets have remained nearly unchanged for 300 years, making the town a popular tourist attraction nowadays. An open-air, classical music festival is staged annually at Burg Monschau. Historically, the main industry of the town was cloth-mills. History On the heights above the city is Monschau castle, which dates back to the 13th century — the first mention of Monschau was made in 1198. Beginning in 1433, the castle was used as a seat of the dukes of Jülich. In 1543, Emperor Charles V besieged it as part of the Guelders Wars, captured it and plundered the town. However, the castle st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stegaurach
Stegaurach is a community and a village in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg (district), Bamberg and the seat of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Stegaurach. Geography The community lies in the valley of the Aurach, about 4 km west of Bamberg. Stegaurach lies in the Upper Franconia-West region. Constituent communities Stegaurach’s main and namesake centre is by far the biggest of its ''Ortsteile'' with a population of 4,033. The community furthermore has these outlying centres, each given here with its own population figure and dialectal name where there is one: *Debring (village) 484 *Dellerhof (farm) 17 *Dellern (farm) 32 *Hartlanden (village) 410, locally “Hädländ” *Höfen (village) 220, locally “Höfn” *Kaifeck (hamlet (place), hamlet) 12 *Knottenhof (small hamlet) 5, locally “Knonhof” *Kreuzschuh (village) 210, locally “Kreutschi” *Mühlendorf (village) 807, locally “Müllndäff” *Mutzershof (hamlet) 67 *Seehöf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meinersen
Meinersen is a municipality in the Gifhorn (district), district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated between the rivers Oker and Aller (Germany), Aller, approx. 12 km west of Gifhorn, and 25 km southeast of Celle. The Municipality Meinersen includes the villages of Ahnsen, Böckelse, Hardesse, Höfen, Hünenberg, Meinersen, Ohof, Päse, Seershausen, Siedersdamm and Warmse. St.Georg-Kirche Meinersen IMG 9060.JPG, The lutheran church Meinersen Amtsgericht.JPG, Old court Wassermühle Meinersen IMG 9047.JPG, Old water mill Meinersen is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde Meinersen'' ("collective municipality"), which consists of the following municipalities: *Hillerse *Leiferde *Meinersen *Müden (Aller) References Gifhorn (district) {{Gifhorn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Höfen, Thun
Höfen is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Höfen, Niederstocken and Oberstocken merged into the new municipality of Stocken-Höfen.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 13 December 2014 Geography Before the merger, Höfen had a total area of . Of this area, or 74.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.7% is unproductive land.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
