Höhr-Grenzhausen

Höhr-Grenzhausen
Location of Höhr-Grenzhausen within Westerwaldkreis district
Höhr-Grenzhausen
Höhr-Grenzhausen
Coordinates: 50°26′06″N 7°40′16″E / 50.43500°N 7.67111°E / 50.43500; 7.67111
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Höhr-Grenzhausen
Government
  Mayor (201924) Michael Thiesen
Area
  Total
15.87 km2 (6.13 sq mi)
Elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)
  Total
9,439
  Density590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56203
Dialling codes02624
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.hoehr-grenzhausen.de

Höhr-Grenzhausen (German pronunciation: [ˌhøːɐ̯ɡʁɛnt͡sˈhaʊ̯zn̩] ) 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.