Maintal is the second largest town of the
Main-Kinzig district, in
Hesse,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It is situated on 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
...
, 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
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Syngenta Agro GmbH
*
Altec Lansing
*
Rasmussen GmbH
Transport
Maintal is connected with Hanau and Frankfurt by the so-called ''
nordmainische Eisenbahn'' (northern Main railway) and has two 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
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’ a ...
.
Twin towns – sister cities
Maintal is
twinned with:
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Luisant
Luisant () is a Communes of France, commune in the Eure-et-Loir Departments of France, department in northern France.
Population
Twin towns
Luisant is town twinning, twinned with:
* Maintal-Hochstadt, Hochstadt, Germany, since 1974
* Vil ...
, France (1973)
*
Moosburg
Moosburg an der Isar (Central Bavarian: ''Mooschbuag on da Isa'') is a town in the ''Landkreis'' Freising of Bavaria, Germany.
The oldest town between Regensburg and Italy, it lies on the river Isar at an altitude of 421 m (1381 ft). ...
, Austria (1976)
*
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 ...
, Hungary (1994)
*
Katerini, Greece (1995)
References
External links
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Towns in Hesse
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
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