Hallenberg

Hallenberg is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Geography

Hallenberg is situated approximately 15 km southeast of Winterberg and 35 km north of Marburg.

Neighbouring places

Allendorf
Bad Berleburg
Bromskirchen
Frankenberg, Hesse
Lichtenfels, Hesse
Medebach
Winterberg

Division of the town

Hallenberg consists of 4 districts: the town proper and 3 villages:

Hallenberg
Braunshausen
Hesborn
Liesen

Personalities

Adolf Winkelmann, film director and producer

Currency

From 1917 until the 1920s Hallenberg, like many German towns, produced its own currency, known as Notgeld. During the First World War this was because the value of the official coinage exceeded its face value, so coins were hoarded or sold for their metal, and then from about 1923 the rate of hyperinflation meant that the central bank could not print and distribute the ever-higher banknote values quickly enough, so this was done locally.