Hünfeld
Town
Hünfeld
Coat of arms
Location of Hünfeld within Fulda district
Hünfeld Show map of Germany Hünfeld Show map of Hesse
Coordinates: 50°40′N 9°46′E / 50.667°N 9.767°E / 50.667; 9.767
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Fulda
Government
• Mayor (2019–25)	Benjamin Tschesnok[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	119.77 km2 (46.24 sq mi)
Elevation	261 m (856 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	16,941
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	36088
Dialling codes	06652
Vehicle registration	FD
Website	www.huenfeld.de

Hünfeld is a town in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 16 km northeast of Fulda. In 2000, the town hosted the 40th Hessentag state festival. Hünfeld has a population close to 16,000.

The federal road B27 crosses Hünfeld from north to south. Eastbound B84 begins here.

The closest motorway is Autobahn A7 Flensburg - Füssen, the nearest interchange is "Hünfeld / Schlitz AS 90", 7 km distance to the town center.

Hünfeld has a railway station on the Bebra–Fulda railway. The nearest Intercity-Express stop is Fulda railway station.

The nearest international airport is Frankfurt International Airport, 140 km distance to city-center

Hünfeld is twinned with:

• Landerneau, Département Finistère,  France, since 14 July 1968
• Geisa, Thuringia,  Germany, since 1990
• Prószków, Opole Voivodeship,  Poland, since 4 October 1997
• Steinberg, Saxony,  Germany

• Wilm Hosenfeld (1895–1952)
• Johann Leonhard Pfaff (1775–1848), bishop of Fulda
• Franz Maria Liedig (1900–1967)
• Konrad Zuse (1910–1995)
• Paul Frielinghaus (1959)
• Vincenz Blanquett (1988), German teacher

• Rhön Rock Open Air, in Hünfeld-Oberfeld (in August)

• Fulda Gap

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hünfeld.

• Municipal website
• Brochure of Hünfeld (in English)
• Konrad-Zuse-Museum Hünfeld (in German) Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine

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