Hirzenhain Explained

Type:Gemeinde
Hirzenhain
Image Coa:Wappen Hirzenhain.png
Coordinates:50.3903°N 9.1361°W
Image Plan:Hirzenhain in FB.svg
State:Hessen
Region:Darmstadt
District:Wetteraukreis
Elevation:260
Area:16.11
Postal Code:63697
Area Code:06045
Licence:FB
Gemeindeschlüssel:06 4 40 011
Divisions:3 districts
Website:www.hirzenhain.de
Mayor:Timo Tichai[1]
Leader Term:2023 - 29

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 , a camp for forced labour by convicted criminals and prisoners of war, 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen. de. 21 May 2024. Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. XLS.
  2. Web site: SS-Massenmord kurz vor Kriegsende(German). Frankfurter Rundschau. 26 March 2010. Detlef. Sundermann. 15 January 2017.