Hünfelden

Hünfelden
Coat of arms
Hünfelden
Location of Hünfelden within Limburg-Weilburg district
Coordinates: 50°20′N 8°9′E / 50.333°N 8.150°E / 50.333; 8.150Coordinates: 50°20′N 8°9′E / 50.333°N 8.150°E / 50.333; 8.150
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Limburg-Weilburg
Government
• Mayor	Silvia Scheu -Menzer (Ind.)
Area
• Total	62.7 km2 (24.2 sq mi)
Elevation	222 m (728 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	9,646
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	65597
Dialling codes	06438 06431 Mensfelden
Vehicle registration	LM
Website	www.huenfelden.de

Hünfelden is a community in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Hünfelden lies on the Hühnerstraße, an historic part of Bundesstraße 417.

Hünfelden lies in the Taunus north of Wiesbaden, 9 km southeast of Limburg an der Lahn.

Hünfelden borders in the north on the town of Limburg and the community of Brechen, in the east on the community of Selters and the town of Bad Camberg (all in Limburg-Weilburg), in the south on the communities of Hünstetten and Aarbergen (both in Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis), and in the west on the Verbandsgemeinden (a kind of collective municipality) of Hahnstätten and Diez (both in Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate).

The community consists of seven Ortsteile, each formerly autonomous, listed here with population figures as at 1 January 2008.

The community of Hünfelden came into being within the framework of administrative reform in Hesse on 1 October 1971 through the voluntary merger of the then autonomous communities of Dauborn, Heringen, Kirberg, Mensfelden, Nauheim, Neesbach and Ohren. The name “Hünfelden” was chosen then because of the great number of cromlechs – Hünengräber in German – from Hallstatt times around the centres of Heringen and Ohren. At the time of founding, the community’s population was 6,952.