Hünfeld is a town in the district of Fulda, in

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. It is situated 16 km northeast of

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. History ...

. In 2000, the town hosted the 40th

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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

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, the nearest interchange is "Hünfeld / Schlitz AS 90", 7 km distance to the town center. Hünfeld has a railway station on the

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. The nearest

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. The nearest international airport is

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, 140 km distance to city-center

Governance

Town twinning

Hünfeld is twinned with: *

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Notable people

Wilm Hosenfeld Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld (; 2 May 1895 – 13 August 1952), originally a school teacher, was a German Army officer who by the end of the Second World War had risen to the rank of ''Hauptmann'' (Captain). He helped to hide or rescue several Poli ...

(1895–1952) *

Johann Leonhard Pfaff Johann Leonhard Pfaff (18 August 1775 in Hünfeld - 3 January 1848 in Fulda) was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda from 1832 to 1848. During his tenure he revised the statutes for the education of priests in Fulda. Pfaff was ordained ...

(1775–1848), bishop of Fulda *

Franz Maria Liedig Franz Maria Liedig (2 February 1900, Hünfeld – 30 March 1967, Munich) was a '' Kriegsmarine'' officer and member of the military resistance against Adolf Hitler. Biography Liedig volunteered the German Imperial Navy in October 1916, was educat ...

(1900–1967) *

Konrad Zuse Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse (; 22 June 1910 – 18 December 1995) was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-c ...

(1910–1995) *

Paul Frielinghaus Paul Erich Frielinghaus (born 14 December 1959 in Darmstadt, West Germany) is a German television actor. Since 2000 he plays a leading role on the German TV series ''Ein Fall für Zwei ''Ein Fall für zwei'' (''"A case for two"'') is a German ...

(1959) * Vincenz Blanquett (1988), German teacher

Festivals

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

External links

Municipal website

Brochure of Hünfeld (in English)

References

Fulda (district) {{Hesse-geo-stub