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Maintal
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. Geography Neighbouring places The neighbouring countries 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. Division of the town Maintal consists of the four districts Dörnigheim, Bischofsheim, Hochstadt (seat of city-administration) and Wachenbuchen. 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. Economy * Syngenta Agro GmbH *Altec Lansing * Rasmussen GmbH Transport Maintal is connected with Hanau and Frankfurt by the so-called '' nordmainische Eisenbahn'' (northern Main railway) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maintal Ost Station
Maintal Ost (east) is a station in the network of the Rhine-Main Transport Association (german: Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, RMV) on the Frankfurt-Hanau Railway, serving the Maintal districts of Hochstadt and Dörnigheim in the German state of Hesse. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station. Location The Regionalbahn station is at a centrally located and easily accessible location between Hochstadt and Dörnigheim: in the south from Hochstadt and in the north from Dörnigheim. History On 10 June 1848, the Frankfurt-Hanau railway was opened by the Frankfurt-Hanau Railway Company (''Frankfurt-Hanauer Eisenbahn Gesellschaft'', FHE), but at that time there was no station at the current location. Like the neighbouring ''Rumpenheim'' station (later ''Bischofsheim-Rumpenheim'' and now '' Maintal West''), the former ''Hochstadt–Dörnigheim'' station (now ''Maintal Ost'') was built by 1858. Infrastructure The station now consists of four tracks, but t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maintal-Dörnigheim Ferry
Dörnigheim is the biggest district of the town of Maintal in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the right, or northern, bank of the Main river. History Dörnigheim's existence was first documented in the year 793. According to a document Wolfbodo donated the Maingau including "Turinchheim" (old name of the city) to the Abbot of Lorsch. The proprietorship was shared between the counts of Hanau and the bishops of Mainz. Because of its well situated location between Hanau in the east and Frankfurt am Main in the west Dörnigheim was favoured as a last stop for travelling salesman on their way to Frankfurt. The Maintal-Dörnigheim Ferry, a cable ferry across the Main, links Dörnigheim with Mühlheim am Main on the opposite bank. In 1964 Dörnigheim received city rights because it grew and became more than 10000 inhabitants. In 1974 the city lost its independence and became together with three other towns, Bischofsheim, Hochstadt and Wachenbuchen Wachenbuchen is the smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maintal-Dörnigheim
Dörnigheim is the biggest district of the town of Maintal in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the right, or northern, bank of the Main river. History Dörnigheim's existence was first documented in the year 793. According to a document Wolfbodo donated the Maingau including "Turinchheim" (old name of the city) to the Abbot of Lorsch. The proprietorship was shared between the counts of Hanau and the bishops of Mainz. Because of its well situated location between Hanau in the east and Frankfurt am Main in the west Dörnigheim was favoured as a last stop for travelling salesman on their way to Frankfurt. The Maintal-Dörnigheim Ferry, a cable ferry across the Main, links Dörnigheim with Mühlheim am Main on the opposite bank. In 1964 Dörnigheim received city rights because it grew and became more than 10000 inhabitants. In 1974 the city lost its independence and became together with three other towns, Bischofsheim, Hochstadt and Wachenbuchen Wachenbuchen is the small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maintal-Hochstadt
Hochstadt is a district of the city of Maintal in Hesse, Germany. History Hochstadt's existence was first documented in the year 846. In 1974 Hochstadt lost its independence and merged with three other towns, Bischofsheim, Dörnigheim and Wachenbuchen Wachenbuchen is the smallest district in the city of Maintal, Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wie ..., a district of the newly formed city of Maintal. Main-Kinzig-Kreis {{Hesse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maintal-Wachenbuchen
Wachenbuchen is the smallest district in the city of Maintal, Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Da ..., Germany. It is about 17 km east of Frankfurt am Main. References Further reading *Peter Heckert: ''Liebenswertes Wachenbuchen''. Hanau 1997. *Heinrich Reimer: ''Historisches Ortslexikon für Kurhessen''. Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Hessen 14, 1926 pp. 73 f. *Eugen Heinz Sauer: ''Büchertalgeschichten. Festbuch zur 1200-Jahr-Feier der Stadtteile Hanau-Mittelbuchen und Maintal-Wachenbuchen''. Hanau-Mittelbuchen 1997 External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mühlheim Am Main
Mühlheim am Main is a town of roughly 28,500 inhabitants on the Main’s left bank in the Offenbach district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Its municipal area measures 20.67 km² (including outlying centres’ areas). Geography Location Mühlheim is one of 13 towns and communities in the Offenbach district. It lies in the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region south of the Main between Offenbach am Main and Hanau in the historic Maingau region. The Bieber empties into the Rodau within town limits, and the Rodau then empties into the Main. Population development (each time at 31 December) *1998 - 26,124 *1999 - 26,210 *2000 - 26,082 *2001 - 26,210 *2002 - 26,396 *2003 - 26,436 *2004 - 26,557 *2005 - 26,582 *2006 - 26,625 *2007 - 28,279 Neighbouring communities Mühlheim borders in the north, along the Main, on the town of Maintal, in the east on the town of Hanau (both in Main-Kinzig-Kreis), in the south on the town of Obertshausen (Offenbach district) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katerini
Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Pieria regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, at an altitude of 14 m. The municipal unit of Katerini has a population of 85,851 (according to the 2014 census) and it is the second most populous urban area at the Region of Macedonia after Thessaloniki. The close distance between two cities (68 km), has been beneficial for Katerini's development over recent years. Katerini is accessible from the main Thessaloniki–Athens highway GR-1/ E75 (with the Katerini's South, East and North interchanges) and the Egnatia Odos to the north. It is served by Intercity, Proastiakos (Suburban Railway) and local trains on the main railway line from Athens to Thessaloniki and there is a comprehensive regional and national bus service with its hub in the city. A popular tourist destination in nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecséd
Ecséd is a small village in Heves County, Hungary. Notable residents * Gyula Pikler (1864-1937), Hungarian philosopher of law * Gedeon Richter (1872-1944), Hungarian business magnate, investor, philanthropist, founder of the Gedeon Richter plc Sister cities * Maintal – Germany – 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ... ''since'' References Populated places in Heves County {{Heves-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main (river)
The Main () is the longest tributary of the Rhine. It rises as the White Main in the Fichtel Mountains of northeastern Bavaria and flows west through central Germany for to meet the Rhine below Rüsselsheim, Hesse. The cities of Mainz and Wiesbaden are close to the confluence. The largest cities on the Main are Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach am Main and Würzburg. It is the longest river lying entirely in Germany (if the Weser- Werra are considered separate). Geography The Main flows through the north and north-west of the state of Bavaria then across southern Hesse; against the latter it demarcates a third state, Baden-Württemberg, east and west of Wertheim am Main, the northernmost town of that state. The upper end of its basin opposes that of the Danube where the watershed is recognised by natural biologists, sea salinity studies (and hydrology science more broadly) as the European Watershed. The Main begins near Kulmbach in Franconia at the joining of its two hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt Am Main
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian dialects, Hessian: , "Franks, Frank ford (crossing), ford on the Main (river), Main"), is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its namesake Main (river), Main River, it forms a continuous conurbation with the neighboring city of Offenbach am Main and Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority, its urban area has a population of over 2.3 million. The city is the heart of the larger Rhine-Main metropolitan region, which has a population of more than 5.6 million and is Germany's Metropolitan regions in Germany, second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region. Frankfurt's central business district, the Bankenviertel, lies about northwest of the geographic centre of the EU, geographic center of the EU at Gadheim, Lower Franconia. Like France and Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moosburg, Austria
Moosburg ( sl, Možberk) is a market town in the Klagenfurt-Land district in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography It is located in the Klagenfurt Basin on the ''B 95 Turracher Straße'' federal highway, northwest of the state capital. In the south, Moosburg borders the municipalities of Pörtschach and Krumpendorf, both popular bathing resorts on the northern shore of Lake Wörth. The nearby Süd Autobahn (A2) can be reached via the Pörtschach and Krumpendorf junctions. The Old High German name ''moos'' ("mire") refers to several swamps and ponds around the settlement, remnants of the last glacial period and today a protected area. The municipal area comprises the cadastral communities of Bärndorf, Gradenegg, Kreggab, Moosburg, Sankt Peter, Seigbichl (''Žihpolje''), Tigring (''Tigrče''), and Tuderschitz (''Tudrešiče''). History The area had at least been settled since Roman times, when it was part of the Noricum province; documented by preserved sections of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luisant
Luisant () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. Population Twin towns Luisant is twinned with: * Hochstadt, Germany, since 1974 * Villanueva del Pardillo, Spain, since 2002 * Chions, Italy, since 2002 See also *Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department The following is a list of the 365 communes of the Eure-et-Loir department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official site Communes of Eure-et-Loir {{EureLoir-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
