Hirzenhain

Hirzenhain
Hirzenhain
	Hirzenhain in 2009
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	Hirzenhain Location of Hirzenhain within Wetteraukreis district
	Coordinates: 50°23′25″N 9°8′10″E / 50.39028°N 9.13611°ECoordinates: 50°23′25″N 9°8′10″E / 50.39028°N 9.13611°E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Wetteraukreis
Government
• Mayor	Freddy Kammer
Area
• Total	16.11 km2 (6.22 sq mi)
Elevation	260 m (850 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,882
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	63697
Dialling codes	06045
Vehicle registration	FB
Website	www.hirzenhain.de

Hirzenhain is a municipality in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located approximately 45 kilometers northeast of Frankfurt am Main. It has a population of around 2,800.

History

From 1943 to 1945 the area was the site of de:Arbeitserziehungslager Hirzenhain, a camp for forced labourers run by the Gestapo. On 25 March 1945, shortly before the end of the war, a troop of SS killed 87 inmates of the camp. There is a memorial to the victims in the municipality. The dead were reinterred at Arnsburg Abbey in 1960.^[2]

References

↑ "Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). September 2018.
↑ Sundermann, Detlef (26 March 2010). "SS-Massenmord kurz vor Kriegsende(German)". Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 15 January 2017.

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[1] "Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). September 2018.

[FR-2] Sundermann, Detlef (26 March 2010). "SS-Massenmord kurz vor Kriegsende(German)". Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 15 January 2017.