Hallenberg is a town in the
Hochsauerland
Hochsauerlandkreis (meaning “High Sauerland District” in German) is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Soest, Paderborn, Höxter, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Olpe, M ...
district, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
, Germany.
Geography
Hallenberg is situated approximately 15 km southeast of
Winterberg and 35 km north of
Marburg
Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximate ...
(in Hesse).
Neighbouring places
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Allendorf (in Hesse)
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Bad Berleburg
Bad Berleburg (, earlier also Berleburg) is a town, in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of Germany's largest towns by land area. It is located approximately northeast of Siegen and northwest of ...
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Bromskirchen
Bromskirchen is a village and a former municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the municipality of Allendorf (Eder).Frankenberg, Hesse
Frankenberg an der Eder is a town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse, Germany.
The mountain at a Ford (crossing), ford over the Eder (Fulda), Eder north of the Burgwald range was for a long time a fortified place, playing an especially importa ...
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Lichtenfels, Hesse
Lichtenfels is a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northwest Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
Lichtenfels lies at the northeast foot of the Rothaargebirge, some southwest of Kassel. It is not far from the western end of the E ...
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Medebach
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Winterberg
Division of the town
Hallenberg consists of 4 districts: the town proper and 3 villages:
* Hallenberg (2,660 inhabitants, 34.72 km²)
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Braunshausen (350 inhabitants, 9.08 km²)
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Hesborn (1,060 inhabitants, 14,18 km²)
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Liesen (780 inhabitants, 7,38 km²)
Personalities
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Adolf Winkelmann (born 1946), film director and producer
Currency
From 1917 until the 1920s Hallenberg, like many German towns, produced its own currency, known as
Notgeld
''Notgeld'' (German for "emergency money" or "necessity money") refers to money issued by an institution in a time of economic or political crisis. The issuing institution is usually one without official sanction from the central government. This ...
. During the First World War this was because the value of the official coinage exceeded its face value, so coins were hoarded or sold for their metal, and then from about 1923 the rate of hyperinflation meant that the central bank could not print and distribute the ever-higher banknote values quickly enough, so this was done locally.
Gallery
File:Hallenberg, Hallenberg in bloemen foto3 2010-08-11 10.54.JPG, Hallenberg in flowers
File:Hallenberg, Sankt Heribertkirche foto6 2010-08-11 11.13.JPG, St. Heribert's church
File:Hallenberg-Gebäude der Oberen Kirchstraße.jpg, Buildings in Kirchstraße
File:Hallenberg Kernstadt Sauerland Ost 173 pk.jpg, Hallenberg 2013
References
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Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
Hochsauerlandkreis