Höhn

Höhn
Coat of arms
Höhn
Location of Höhn within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°37′11″N 7°59′17″E / 50.61972°N 7.98806°E / 50.61972; 7.98806Coordinates: 50°37′11″N 7°59′17″E / 50.61972°N 7.98806°E / 50.61972; 7.98806
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Westerburg
Government
• Mayor	Norbert Bresser
Area
• Total	13.69 km2 (5.29 sq mi)
Elevation	508 m (1,667 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	3,061
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56462
Dialling codes	02661
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.gemeinde-hoehn.de

Höhn is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

With roughly 3,200 inhabitants, Höhn is the biggest Ortsgemeinde in the Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg – a kind of collective municipality – in the Westerwald. The community offers, at 500 m above sea level, all the attractions and charm of a high plateau, as well as lovely views from almost every part of the community.

Since 1969, Höhn has consisted of the Ortsteile of Höhn-Urdorf, Oellingen, Schönberg and Neuhochstein. The Ortsteile Höhn-Urdorf, Oellingen and Schönberg have over the last 50 years grown into one another, but in each one’s old core, the signs of the structure of the original “clump” villages can be seen. Höhn-Urdorf – “Urdorf” means “original village” – is the community’s main centre.

In 930, Höhn had its first documentary mention as Hana.

In Höhn-Urdorf stands the great Catholic parish church Mariä Heimsuchung, which forms the centre of the old village core, as well as an Evangelical church on Bahnhofstraße. In Schönberg is found the Catholic parish church St. Josef.

The council is made up of 17 council members, including the mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

The Mayor of Höhn is named Norbert Bresser.

Particular attractions and sightseeing spots are the valley of the river Nister in the north, the natural monument “Hochstein” in Neuhochstein with its unusual basalt formations – and at 525 m also the highest spot in the Westerburger Land – the Catholic parish church Mariä Heimsuchung in Höhn, the parish church St. Josef in Schönberg – a basalt building from 1891, and painted to give its original appearance in 1992 – and the industrial memorial at the marketplace in Höhn.