Butzbach

Butzbach (German pronunciation: [ˈbʊtsbax]) is a town in the Wetteraukreis district in Hessen, Germany. It is located approximately 16 km south of Gießen and 35 km north of Frankfurt am Main.

Butzbach
Town
Aerial view
Coat of arms
Location of Butzbach within Wetteraukreis district
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Coordinates: 50°26′12″N 8°39′44″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.stadt-butzbach.de

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 Bodenrod, Butzbach (urban core), Ebersgöns, Fauerbach vor der Höhe, Griedel, Hausen-Oes, Hoch-Weisel, Kirch-Göns, Maibach, Münster, Nieder-Weisel, Ostheim, Pohl-Göns and Wiesental.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Butzbach is twinned with:^[3]

• Collecchio, Italy (2012)
• Eilenburg, Germany (1990)
• Saint-Cyr-l'École, France (2008)

Notable people

• Gabriel Biel (c. 1420–1495), scholastic philosopher and theologian; longtime Propst of the Brothers of the Common Life in 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

1. "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
2. "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
3. "Städtepartnerschaft" (in German). Butzbach. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
4. "Griesbach, Johann Jakob" . 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)