Höhr-Grenzhausen
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Location of Höhr-Grenzhausen within Westerwaldkreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°26′06″N 7°40′16″E / 50.43500°N 7.67111°ECoordinates: 50°26′06″N 7°40′16″E / 50.43500°N 7.67111°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Westerwaldkreis | |
| Municipal assoc. | Höhr-Grenzhausen | |
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| • Mayor | Michael Thiesen | |
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| • Total | 15.87 km2 (6.13 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 9,346 | |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 56203 | |
| Dialling codes | 02624 | |
| Vehicle registration | WW | |
| Website | www |
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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.
Höhr-Grenzhausen lies roughly 10 km west of Montabaur, and 10 km northeast of Koblenz.
(as of municipal election on 13 June 2004)
Höhr-Grenzhausen maintains partnerships with these towns:
In the town are found the Westerwald Ceramics Museum (Keramikmuseum Westerwald) and a museum of the town’s history.
Höhr-Grenzhausen’s outlying centre of Grenzau is home to the TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau, a table tennis club involved in Bundesliga play. Likewise, the Rhineland-Palatinate table tennis Olympic base is found here.
RASTAL GmbH & Co. KG, which is a business established in Höhr-Grenzhausen, is one of Europe’s biggest manufacturers of decorated drinking vessels, especially beer glasses.
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