Höhr-Grenzhausen
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”).
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Höhr-Grenzhausen.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Höhr-Grenzhausen im Westerwaldkreis.png
- German location.state
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- German location.district
- Westerwaldkreis
- German location.Verbandsgemeinde
- Höhr-Grenzhausen
- German location.elevation
- 250
- German location.area
- 15.88
- German location.postal_code
- 56203
- German location.area_code
- 02624
- German location.licence
- WW
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 07 1 43 032
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- Geography
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- Town partnerships
- Culture and sightseeing
- Museums
- Buildings
- Sport
- Economy and infrastructure
- Economy
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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”).
Together with the communities of Hillscheid, Hilgert and Kammerforst it has formed the Verbandsgemeinde of Höhr-Grenzhausen – a kind of collective municipality – since 1971.
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