Hattersheim am Main () is a town in the
Main-Taunus district,
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 Dar ...
(
Germany
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) and part of the
Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area.
Geography
Neighbouring towns
Hattersheim borders the city of
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...
in the northeast, in the southeast with
Kelsterbach
Kelsterbach () is a town in Groß-Gerau district in Hessen, Germany and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. It is located on Frankfurt's southwestern outskirts at a bend on the left bank of the river Main, right where a small brook, ca ...
, in the southwest with
Raunheim
Raunheim is a town in Groß-Gerau district in Hesse, Germany and a part of the Frankfurt Urban Region as well as the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region.
Geography
Location
Raunheim lies in the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region between Frankfurt am Main (2 ...
(both are in the
district of Groß-Gerau). The western neighboring towns are
Flörsheim,
Hofheim and
Kriftel
Kriftel is a municipality in the Main-Taunus district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 16 km west of Frankfurt (centre).
It has about 11,000 inhabitants.
Kriftel is also commonly known as "Fruit Orchard of the Anterior Taunus" (''Obstgar ...
.
Town districts
In 1972 the villages of Okriftel und Eddersheim, both situated next to the river
Main
Main may refer to:
Geography
* Main River (disambiguation)
**Most commonly the Main (river) in Germany
* Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province
*"Spanish Main", the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territories in the 16th and 17th centuries
...
, were incorporated into Hattersheim. Since then the town has been called Hattersheim am Main. Hattersheim consists of three districts: Eddersheim, Hattersheim und Okriftel.
Eddersheim
4944 people lived here in 2004. There is a lock on the river Main near the village's center.
The engineer and inventor
Anton Flettner
Anton Flettner (November 1, 1885 – December 29, 1961) was a German aviation engineer and inventor. Born in Eddersheim (today a district of Hattersheim am Main), Flettner made important contributions to airplane, helicopter, vessel, and automob ...
was born in Eddersheim.
Okriftel
7561 people lived here in 2007. You can cross the river Main by ferry. The town on the other side of the river is
Kelsterbach
Kelsterbach () is a town in Groß-Gerau district in Hessen, Germany and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. It is located on Frankfurt's southwestern outskirts at a bend on the left bank of the river Main, right where a small brook, ca ...
. The ferry boat operates in summer time on Sundays.
History
A former industrial chocolate production of Sarotti chocolate and the Sarotti-
Moor ''(Mohr)'' took place in Hattersheim am Main. With the change of the majority stockholding, in 1929, the factory merged to Nestlé. The factory in Hattersheim was in the 1960s one of the biggest companies in Hattersheim and Main-Taunus district with a workforce up to 2,000 workers. The factory was closed down in 1994 and currently it was designated a historic site in Hesse.
Population
(as of 31 December)
*1998 – 24,687
*1999 – 24,756
*2000 – 24,752
*2001 – 24,858
*2002 – 25,093
*2003 – 25,059
*2004 – 25,161
*2019 – 27,674
Twin towns – sister cities
Hattersheim am Main is
twinned with:
*
Mosonmagyaróvár
Mosonmagyaróvár (; german: Wieselburg-Ungarisch Altenburg; also known by other alternative names) is a town in Győr-Moson-Sopron County in northwestern Hungary. It lies close to both the Austrian and Slovakian borders and has a population ...
, Hungary
*
Santa Catarina, Cape Verde
*
Sarcelles
Sarcelles () is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Sarcelles is a sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise department and the seat of the arrondissement of Sarcelles.
In the south of the commune ...
, France
Notable people
*
Anton Flettner
Anton Flettner (November 1, 1885 – December 29, 1961) was a German aviation engineer and inventor. Born in Eddersheim (today a district of Hattersheim am Main), Flettner made important contributions to airplane, helicopter, vessel, and automob ...
(1885–1961), inventor
References
External links
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Towns in Hesse
Main-Taunus-Kreis
Populated places on the Main basin
Populated riverside places in Germany