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 ...

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 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 ...

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

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
* {{Authority control Hochtaunuskreis