Neu-Anspach is a town in the
Hochtaunuskreis
The Hochtaunuskreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany and is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Neighbouring districts are Lahn-Dill, Wetteraukreis, district-free Frankfurt, Main-Taunus, Rheingau-Taunus ...
in
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 Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
,
Germany
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.
Geography
Neighbouring communities
Neu-Anspach borders in the north on the town of
Usingen
Usingen is a small town in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hessen, Germany. Until 1972, this residential and school town was the seat of the former district of Usingen.
Coat of arms
The earliest seal whose appearance is known – there had been earlier on ...
, in the east on the community of
Wehrheim
Wehrheim is a municipality in Hesse, Germany some 30 km (20 mi) north of Frankfurt am Main.
The town's nickname is "Apfeldorf Wehrheim" (''Apple-village Wehrheim'').
Geography
Location
Wehrheim lies from 300 to 600 m above sea lev ...
, in the south on the town of
Bad Homburg
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe () is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority, Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's offic ...
and in the west on the community of
Schmitten.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
The nearest
Autobahn
The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. ...
interchange on the
A 661 is about 13 km from the community's centre. The interchange on the
A 5 is about 15 km away, Bad Homburg about 12 km and
Frankfurt International Airport
Frankfurt Airport (; german: link=no, Flughafen Frankfurt Main , also known as ''Rhein-Main-Flughafen'') is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres. ...
about 35 km.
As for local public transport there are direct connections to
Frankfurt am Main
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 its na ...
and Bad Homburg with the RMV (''Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund'' or Rhine-Main Transport Network) line 15, known as the ''
Taunusbahn''. Moreover, there are buslines to
Usingen
Usingen is a small town in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hessen, Germany. Until 1972, this residential and school town was the seat of the former district of Usingen.
Coat of arms
The earliest seal whose appearance is known – there had been earlier on ...
and
Königstein im Taunus
Königstein im Taunus () is a health spa and lies on the thickly wooded slopes of the Taunus in Hesse, Germany. The town is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. Owing to its advantageous location for both scenery and transport on the ed ...
.
Near Neu-Anspach lies the Anspach Airport.
Educational institutions
In Neu-Anspach there is an integrated
comprehensive school
A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is res ...
with a
gymnasial upper level, the
Adolf-Reichwein-Schule, as well as the
primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...
at the Hasenberg and the one on the Wiesenau.
Adolf-Reichwein-Schule takes part in a cultural exchange with
Monroe High School located in
Monroe, Wisconsin
Monroe, known as "the Swiss Cheese Capital of the USA", is a city in and the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 10,661 at the 2020 census. The city is bordered by the Town of Monroe to the north and the ...
. This exchange takes place every other year with the German students going to Monroe in the fall of even numbered years, and the U.S. students going to Germany the following summer.
Culture and sightseeing
The best known attractions are:
* the
Hessenpark Open-Air Museum (''Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark'')
* the nearby Lochmühle Leisure Park (''Freizeitpark Lochmühle'')
* the
Saalburg Roman Fort
Mayors
* Fritz Jäger (1911–1918)
* Emil Becker (1918–1933)
* Rudolf Henrici (1933–1946)
* Heinrich Schneider (1946–1960)
* Rudolf Selzer (1960–1984)
* Heinz Born (1984–1991)
* Rudi Rübsamen (temporary) (1991–1993)
* Gerd Hillen (1993–2005)
[
* Klaus Hoffmann (2005–2017)][
* Thomas Pauli (since 2017)][
]
References
External links
www.neu-anspach.de Neu-Anspach
Adolf-Reichwein-Schule homepage
Thalgau (partner community
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