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Hünxe
High residential and leisure potential
Hünxe is a large-scale municipality in the attractive Lippe valley, featuring extensive forests and open agricultural areas in the Hohe Mark nature park. Hünxe has approximately 13,600 inhabitants, on an area of 107 square kilometres.Economic structure comprises mineral oil distribution, mining equipment, clay extraction and processing, sports aircraft manufacturing, vehicle body manufacturing, trades, retail and services industries.
Education
Hünxe has five general education schools; secondary and vocational schools in the neighbouring municipalities and an adult education centre. In close proximity to the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Culture, sport and leisure
Both locals and visitors alike appreciate Hünxe's Otto Pankok Museum, the Museum of Local History, the historic churches and manor houses. Also worth a visit are Gartrop castle (14th century), including water mill, and Haus Schwarzenstein, a medieval knight’s manor dating from the same century. Nearby are the Krudenburg historic towing community on the river Lippe and the water mills in Bruckhausen and Gartrop-Bühl.
Active leisure options include seven nature reserves, three sports centres, an indoor swimming pool, riding paths, tennis courts, golf courses and squash courts. Gliding and surfing enthusiasts are also catered for and nature fans can enjoy 187 kilometres of hiking trails, ten marked cycle routes, the NiederRhein route and the Roman route.
Future projects
Development concentrated on LippeConfluenceArea, including Schwarze Heide airport.
Transport infrastructure
Road:
A3 / E35 (Frankfurt-Arnhem) with two autobahn exits;
A31 (Bottrop-Emden)
B58 (Venlo-Münster);
Rail:
Dinslaken and Wesel freight terminal (10 km),
IC/EC Duisburg (20 km),
Container terminal at the Duisburg-Ruhrort port (25 km)
Rail link to the Hünxe-Bucholtwelmen industrial and business park (part of the LippeConfluenceArea)
Waterways:
Voerde-Emmelsum Rhine ports (10 km),
Wesel Rhine-Lippe port (10 km),
Wesel Rhine port (12 km)
Duisburg inland and free port (25 km)
Rotterdam sea port (185 km)
Air:
Düsseldorf (50 km),
Cologne/Bonn (105 km)
Amsterdam (215 km)
Schwarze Heide/Hünxe landing field