Butzbach
Butzbach | |
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Location of Butzbach within Wetteraukreis district  | |
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| Coordinates: 50°26′12″N 8°39′44″E / 50.43667°N 8.66222°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Wetteraukreis |
| Subdivisions | 14 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2018–24) | Michael Merle[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 106.60 km2 (41.16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 199 m (653 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 27,402 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 35510 |
| Dialling codes | 06033 |
| Vehicle registration | FB |
| Website | www |
Butzbach (German pronunciation:
In 2007, the town hosted the 47th Hessentag state festival from 1 to 10 June.
The "Landgrafenschloss" ("landgraves' castle"), used by the United States Army until 1990, is now utilized by the city council. The so-called "Roman Way Housing" of the United States Army with more than 1000 apartments was returned to the German Government in October 2007 and since has been renovated and rented out to the public. The town's market place is enclosed by timber framing. The "Schrenzer" hill (or Heidelbeerberg, 385 m) overlooks the town and the country north of Frankfurt, called Wetterau. Another much higher mountain nearby is the Hausberg which features a look-out tower.
Boroughs of Butzbach
Butzbach consists of the boroughs
.Twin towns – sister cities
Collecchio, Italy (2012)
Eilenburg, Germany (1990)
Saint-Cyr-l'École, France (2008)
Notable people
- Brothers of the Common Lifein Butzbach
- Johann Jakob Griesbach (1745–1812), biblical textual critic.[4]
- Friedrich Ludwig Weidig (1791–1837), theologian, pastor and teacher; worked here 22 years as teacher and rector of the school
- Lorenz Diefenbach (1806–1883), librarian, pastor, Germanist, lexicographer and writer
- Friedrich Schwally (1863–1919), orientalist
- Ernst Glaeser (1902–1963), writer
- Peter Krick (born 1944), figure skater
- Dieter Enders (born 1946), chemist and expert in the field of asymmetric synthesis
- Siegfried Zielinski (born 1951), media scientist and university lecturer
- Ron Gardenhire (born 1957), baseball manager
References
- Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
- Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaft" (in German). Butzbach. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 594.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Town museum website (in German)
- English description[permanent dead link] (in English)
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