Sulzbach is a municipality in the Main-Taunus district, in

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and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area.

History

Sulzbach is first referred to in 1035. It was one of only a few Holy Roman Empire

Imperial Village The Imperial Villages (''Reichsdörfer'', singular ''Reichsdorf'') were the smallest component entities of the Holy Roman Empire. They possessed imperial immediacy, having no lord but the Emperor, but were not estates. They were unencircled and di ...

s and one of the five final ones when the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1804. The physician

Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (11 June 1786 – 4 May 1845) was a German physician and natural scientist. Cretzschmar was born at Sulzbach and studied medicine at the University of Würzburg. He taught anatomy and zoology at the Senckenberg Medica ...

(1786–1845) was born in Sulzbach.

Town Partnerships

Sulzbach is twinned with *

Pont-Sainte-Maxence Pont-Sainte-Maxence () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France, in the region of Hauts-de-France. It is named after Saint Maxentia of Beauvais, whose relics were taken here. Pont-Sainte-Maxence station has rail connections to Sa ...

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since 1982 *

Jablonec nad Jizerou Jablonec nad Jizerou (german: Jablonetz an der Iser) is a town in Semily District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Blansko, Bratrouchov, Buřany, Dolní Dušnice, Dolní ...

(dt.: Jablonetz) in the

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since 1987 * Schönheide im Erzgebirge in

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

since 1990

Points of interest

Arboretum Main-Taunus The Arboretum Main-Taunus (76 hectares) is an arboretum located southwest of Eschborn, Hesse, Germany. The Arboretum lies close to Frankfurt am Main.The distance from Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof is about 10 km. History The location of the arb ...

References

External links

* Municipalities in Hesse Main-Taunus-Kreis Imperial Villages {{Hesse-geo-stub