# Hungen

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Town in Hesse, Germany

Hungen Town Coat of arms Location of Hungen within Gießen district Location of Hungen Hungen Show map of Germany Hungen Show map of Hesse Coordinates: 50°28′N 08°54′E / 50.467°N 8.900°E / 50.467; 8.900 Country Germany State Hesse Admin. region Gießen District Gießen Government • Mayor (2023–29) Rainer Wengorsch[1] Area • Total 86.78 km2 (33.51 sq mi) Elevation 144 m (472 ft) Population (2024-12-31)[2] • Total 12,754 • Density 147.0/km2 (380.6/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) Postal codes 35410 Dialling codes 06402 Vehicle registration GI Website www.hungen.de

**Hungen** (German pronunciation: [\[ˈhʊŋən\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Hungen.ogg)) is a town in the [district of Gießen](/source/Gie%C3%9Fen_(district)), in [Hesse](/source/Hesse), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is situated 20 km southeast of [Gießen](/source/Gie%C3%9Fen), and 18 km northeast of [Friedberg](/source/Friedberg%2C_Hesse). Surrounding towns are [Laubach](/source/Laubach) to the north, [Nidda](/source/Nidda%2C_Hesse) to the east, [Wölfersheim](/source/W%C3%B6lfersheim) to the south, and [Münzenberg](/source/M%C3%BCnzenberg) and [Lich](/source/Lich%2C_Hesse) to the west.

The history of Hungen dates back to 782. In 1806 it came under the sovereignty of the [Grand Duchy of Hesse](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Hesse).

Buildings of interest include the Hungen Castle, the Evangelical Church, parts of the medieval city wall and [Hungen station](/source/Hungen_station).

## Looted books depository

At the end of [World War II](/source/World_War_II) American forces discovered almost 1.2 million looted books and prints at Hungen, among them the contents of the Rothschild Library at Frankfurt, which had been removed by the Nazis from Frankfurt because of Allied bombing raids.[3][4]

## Hungen in the media

### Literature

Shmuel Spector, [Geoffrey Wigoder](/source/Geoffrey_Wigoder), *[The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust](https://web.archive.org/web/20081017094839/http://www.nyupress.org/jewishlife/) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8147-9356-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8147-9356-8)*, New York University Press, 2001.

### Film

[My Opposition: the Diaries of Friedrich Kellner](/source/My_Opposition%3A_the_Diaries_of_Friedrich_Kellner)

- The railroad station of Hungen can be seen in this 2007 Canadian documentary, which recounts the story of Robert Scott Kellner and his grandfather, [Friedrich Kellner](/source/Friedrich_Kellner), chief justice inspector of Laubach who wrote the anti-Nazi diary, "[My Opposition](/source/My_Opposition)."

## See also

- [Hungen (meteorite)](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hungen_(meteorite)&action=edit&redlink=1), for the Hungen meteorite (fallen in 1877).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen"](https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2024-05/BVII_m05-2024_Direktwahlen_Tabelle_1a.xlsx) (XLS) (in German). [Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt](/source/Hessisches_Statistisches_Landesamt). 21 May 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)"](https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2025-06/ai2_4vj-2024_bevoelkerung_tabelle_20.xlsx) (XLS) (in German). [Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt](/source/Hessisches_Statistisches_Landesamt).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Mystery_3-0)** Michael Frank. ["The Mystery of the Missing Jewish Books of Rome"](https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/194543/missing-jewish-books-of-rome). [Tablet](/source/Tablet_(magazine)). Retrieved 3 October 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Govitaly_4-0)** [Activity Report on the activities of the commission for the recovery of the bibliographic patrimony of the Jewish community in Rome stolen in 1943](http://presidenza.governo.it/USRI/confessioni/doc/rapporto_finale_eng.pdf) (PDF) (Report). [Government of Italy](/source/Government_of_Italy) - [Presidency of the Council of Ministers](/source/Presidency_of_the_Council_of_Ministers_(Italy)). Retrieved 3 October 2018.

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