Maintal
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Location of the town of Maintal within Main-Kinzig-Kreis district
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| Coordinates | 50°09′N 8°50′E / 50.15°N 8.83333°ECoordinates: 50°09′N 8°50′E / 50.15°N 8.83333°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Main-Kinzig-Kreis |
| Mayor | Erhard Rohrbach |
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| Area | 32.4 km2 (12.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (328 ft) |
| Population | 37,962 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 1,172 /km2 (3,035 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | MKK |
| Postal code | 63477 |
| Area codes | 06181, 06109 (Bischofsheim) |
| Website | www.maintal.de |
Maintal is the second largest town of the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Main, between Frankfurt am Main and Hanau.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Neighbouring places
Neighbouring towns and cities of Maintal are Niederdorfelden and Schöneck in the north, the city of Hanau in the East, Mühlheim am Main and Offenbach am Main on the other bank of the river Main as well as Frankfurt am Main in the west.
[edit] Division of the town
Maintal consists of the four districts Dörnigheim, Bischofsheim, Hochstadt (seat of city-administration) and Wachenbuchen.
[edit] History
The city was artificially created in 1974 in the course of the Hessian administration reform by merging the city of Dörnigheim (now Maintal's biggest district) with the nearby towns of Bischofsheim, Hochstadt and Wachenbuchen.
[edit] Economy
[edit] Transportation
Maintal is connected with Hanau and Frankfurt by the so-called "nordmainische Eisenbahn" (northern Main railway) and has two train stations (Maintal-West in Bischofsheim near the Main river and Maintal-East in Dörnigheim)
Two ferries cross the Main to the left, or south, bank. The Rumpenheim Ferry links Bischofsheim with Rumpenheim, whilst the Maintal-Dörnigheim Ferry links Dörnigheim with Mühlheim am Main.
[edit] International relations
Maintal is twinned with:
Luisant (France), since April 21, 1973
Moosburg (Austria), since October 22, 1976
Amersford (Netherlands), since April 10, 1983
Esztergom (Hungary), since July 18, 1993
Katerini (Greece), since March 26, 1995
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official site (German)
- Private website about local history (German)
- Maintal at the Open Directory Project
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